Jane Beaglehole Ritchie

Jane Beaglehole Ritchie OBE (née Beaglehole) is a New Zealand psychology academic and expert of child-raising. She is currently an emeritus professor at the University of Waikato.[1] She was the first woman to graduate with a PhD in psychology from a New Zealand university.[2]

Jane Beaglehole Ritchie

OBE
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
Spouse(s)James Ritchie
Scientific career
Fieldspsychology, child-raising
InstitutionsUniversity of Waikato
Thesis
RelativesErnest Beaglehole (father)
David Beaglehole (brother)
John Beaglehole (uncle)
Tim Beaglehole (cousin)

The daughter of psychologist and ethnologist Ernest Beaglehole,[3] Ritchie completed a 1957 MSc thesis titled Childhood in Rakau: A Study of the First Five Years of Life[4] and a 1962 PhD title 'Maori Families: an Exploratory Study in Wellington City.' While at Victoria, she met and married James Ritchie, and the two collaborated on almost all their future research, just as her parents had done.[5]

They both moved to University of Waikato, and both rose to full professor.[5][6][7]

James Ritchie died in 2009[8] and Jane retired in 2010.[9]

Awards and honours

Selected works
  • Ritchie, Jane Beaglehole, and James E. Ritchie. Violence in New Zealand. Huia Publishers, 1993.
  • Ritchie, Jane Beaglehole, and James E. Ritchie. Child rearing patterns in New Zealand. AH & AW Reed, 1970.
  • Ritchie, Jane Beaglehole. Childhood in Rakau: the first five years of life. No. 10. Victoria Univ., 1957.
  • Ritchie, Jane Beaglehole, and James E. Ritchie. The next generation: Child rearing in New Zealand. Penguin Books, 1997.
  • Ritchie, Jane Beaglehole. Chance to be equal. Cape Catley, 1978.

References
  1. UoW Calendar Team ([email protected]). "Emeritus Professors of the University of Waikato: University of Waikato Calendar". Calendar.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. Collins, Simon Collins, Simon (24 July 2009). "Discipline without pain for 50 years". NZ Herald – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
  3. "Dr Jane Ritchie | NZETC". Nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  4. "Wairētō - Victoria University of Wellington". Viewer.waireto.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  5. Early Childhood Folio Vol 16 No. 1 (2012)
  6. Published on December 7, 2017 (7 December 2017). "Third-generation Ritchie's work also provides plenty of food for thought". Raglan Chronicle. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  7. [email protected] (29 November 2017). "Academia; a family affair - News Stories : University of Waikato". Waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  8. "James Ritchie dies". Stuff.
  9. http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/media/2010/12respected-waikato-professor-retires-after-35-year-career.shtml
  10. "No. 51580". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1988. p. 34.
  11. "150 Women in 150 Words". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 11 November 2020.



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