Before joining the Stanford faculty in 1958 and after receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1950, Dr. Maccoby taught at Harvard University. Throughout her career her primary research focus has been on the development of children's social behavior, particularly as it relates to family functioning and parental child-rearing methods. Her work has pointed to the pervasive differences in the social development of boys and girls, although it has also illuminated many ways they are similar. Recently, Dr. Maccoby has been investigating the post-separation lives of divorcing families. She has published several books as a result of her research, including Patterns of Child Rearing, Psychology of Sex Differences, and Adolescents after Divorce.

Honors and awards have been a frequent reminder of the important contributions made by Dr. Maccoby to the field of developmental psychology. She is the recipient of the 1988 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award (APA), the 1996 American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award for Lifetime Achievements in the Science of Psychology (American Psychology Foundation) and the 1987 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development (Society for Research in Child Development), to name but a few of her honors.

Education:

1938 BS at University of Washington

1949 Masters at University of Michigan

1950 Ph.D. at University of Michigan

1987 Professor Emeritus at Stanford

Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology with focuses on:

Socialization of Children

Parent/Child Interactions

Differential Development of Female and Male

Developmental Change in Personality and Behavior

Divorce and Its Aftermath as related to Custody

National Academy of Science

American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Institute of Medicine

Western Psychology Association

American Psychology Academy

1963-66 Governing Council for the American Psychology Society

1971-72 President (Division 7) of the American Psychology Academy

1973- Chairwoman in the Department Psychology at Stanford University

1974-75 President of the Western Psychology Association

1981-83 President of the Governing Council for the Society for Research in Child Development

1984-85 Chairwoman in the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Social Science

1997 - President of the Consortium of Social Science Associations

1979 Barbara Kimball Browning Professorship at Stanford

1981 Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching

1982 Gordon Stanley Hall Award

1984 Distinguishing Contribution to Educational Research in American Psychology

1987 Distinguishing Science Contribution to Child Development

1988 Distinguishing Science Contribution to American Psychology

1996 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychology Foundation