Background
Clifton, Rachel Keen was born on October 5, 1937 in Burkesville, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of James Em and Regina Elizabeth (Simpson) Keen.
Clifton, Rachel Keen was born on October 5, 1937 in Burkesville, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of James Em and Regina Elizabeth (Simpson) Keen.
Bachelor, Berea (Kentucky) College, 1959; Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1963.
Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1963-1965;
research associate, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1966-1968;
from assistant professor to associate professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1968-1976;
professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1976. Visiting professor Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1975-1976, U. Sussex, Brighton, England, 1981-1982, U. Cambridge, England, 1989-1990. Member research review committee National Institute of Mental Health, 1983-1987.
Member human development study section National Institutes of Health, 1990-1994.
Fellow APA, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Society Research Child Development (secretary 1979-1985, associate editor journal 1977-1979, editor Monographs 1993-1999), Federation Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sc is. (secretary 1987-1990), Society Psychophysiol.
Research (board directors 1975-1978, associate editor journal 1972-1975), International Society Infant Studies (president elect since 1996).
Married James Bertram Hickman, August 22, 1961 (divorced 1963). Married Charles Egolf Clifton, Junior, August 20, 1965. Children: Ramona, Catherine.