Background
Menken, Jane Ava was born on November 29, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Isaac Nathan and Rose Ida (Sarvetnick) Golubitsky.
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World Population and United States Policy: The Choices Ahead
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Jane Ava Menken
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Bachelor of Arts Pennsylvania, 1960. Master of Science, Harvard University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1975.
Career
Assistant in biostatistics Harvard University School Public Health, Boston, 1962-1964. Mathematics statistician National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1964-1966. Research associate department biostatistics Columbia University, New York City, 1966-1969.
Member research staff Office of Population Research Princeton University, 1969-1971, 75-87, assistant director, 1978-1986, associate director, 1986-1987, professor sociology, 1980-1982, professor sociology public affairs, 1982-1987. Professor sociology and demography University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1987-1997, United Parcel Service Foundation professor social science, 1987-1997, director Population Studies Center, 1989-1995. Professor sociology University Colorado, Boulder, since 1997, faculty associate Population Program, Institute Behavioral Science, since 1997.
Director Population Aging Center, 2000—2008, Institute Behavioral Science, since 2001, distinguished professor, since 2002. Honorary professor University Witwatersrand School Public Health, Johannesburg, since 2006. Member social science and population study section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1978-1982, chairman, 1980-1982, directors advisory committee, 1995-2000, National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council, 1988-1991, advisory committee Fogarty International Center, 2000-2002, population advisory committee Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, 1981-1993, committee on population and demography, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, 1978-1983, committee on population, 1983-1985, 1996-2002, chair 1998-2002, committee national statistics, 1983-1989, committee on Acuired Immune Deficiency Syndrome research, 1987-1993, chair 1990-1993.
Co-chair panel data and research priorities for arresting Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in sub-Saharan Africa, 1994-1996, Committee on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, 1991-1997, chair, steering committee, workshop on aging in Africa, 2003-2006, chair, science advisory committee, INDEPTH network, since 2002. Consultant International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, since 1984.
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Board directors Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York City, 1981-1990, 93-2000, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2000-2010, chair 2007-2010. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Statistical Association. Member National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Population Association American (president 1985, Mindel Sheps award 1982), American Public Health Association (Mortimer Spiegelman award 1975), American Sociological Association, Society for Study of Social Biology, International Union for Science Study of Population (council 1989-1997, Laureate 2009), Sociological Research Association (executive committee 1991-1996, president 1996).
Connections
Married Matthew Menken, 1960 (divorced 1985). Children: Kenneth Lloyd, Kathryn Lee. Married Richard Jessor, November 13, 1992.
