Background
Thoresen, Jean Helen was born on December 27, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Carl and Helen Louise (Duncan) Thoresen.
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Jean Helen Thoresen
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Bachelor in Sociology, Mount Holyoke College, 1966; Master of Arts in Sociology, U. Connecticut, 1968; Master of Science in Human Relations, Eastern Connecticut State University, 1981; Juris Doctor magna cum laude, Western New England College School of Law, 1989.
Career
Lector in sociology, U. Connecticut Brs., Groton, Stamford, 1968-1970;
teaching assistant, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1967-1970;
lecturer in sociology, Connecticut Community Colls., Manchester, Quinebaug and Mohegan, 1970-1979;
assistant professor, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, 1970-1983;
associate professor, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, 1983-1990;
professor, since 1990. Consultant private camps, Willimantic, since 1983. Vice chairperson Department Sociology, Eastern Connecticut State University, 1983-1984, chairperson, 1984-1988, 97-.
Writer-in-residence Camp Camp, Kezar Lake, Maine, 1997.
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Membership
Member National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Member American Bar Association, American Association of University Professors (chair Ad Hoc Committee on Gay and Lesbian Faculty Issues, Eastern Connecticut State University chapter, president 1989-1994), National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Academy Family Mediators, Connecticut Bar Association, Sociological Practice Association, N.E. Sociological Association (Executive Committee 1989-1994, president-elect 1992, president 1993).
