Anne Rankin Mahoney

Anne Rankin Mahoney
Born
Anne Rankin

(1937-09-07)September 7, 1937
Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedSeptember 19, 2025(2025-09-19) (aged 88)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
OccupationsSociologist, writer, college professor

Anne Rankin Mahoney (September 7, 1937 – September 19, 2025) was an American sociologist, writer, and college professor. She taught at the University of Denver for 33 years.

Early life and education

Anne Rankin was from Meadville, Pennsylvania, the daughter of William T. Rankin and Ardena Jackson Rankin.[1][2] She graduated from Kent State University in 1959, with a bachelor's degree in sociology and English. She earned a master's degree in sociology at Northwestern University, and completed doctoral studies in sociology at Columbia University.[3]

Career

Mahoney was director of research for the Manhattan Bail Project from 1961 to 1963. She taught sociology at Brooklyn College and Hunter College. She was a professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Denver for 33 years, and was director of the women's studies program there from 1992 to 1995.[3] She attended the International Forum on Women in Beijing.[4] She retired from the University of Denver in 2006, with emerita status.[5]

Publications

Mahoney's scholarship focused on juvenile justice and family dynamics, and was published in academic journals including Inquiry,[6] Family Relations,[7] Law & Society Review,[8] Children and Youth Services Review,[9] Journal of Marital and Family Therapy,[10] Justice Quarterly,[11] Journal of Aging Studies,[12] Journal of Applied Behavioral Science,[13] Early Childhood Education Journal,[14] Journal of Social Issues,[15] Judicature,[16] Michigan Family Review,[17] Family Process,[18] and The Justice System Journal.[19] Mahoney also wrote poetry, and a memoir.[5]

  • "Factors Affecting Physicians' Choice of Group or Independent Practice" (1973)[6]
  • "The Effect of Labeling Upon Youths in the Juvenile Justice System: A Review of the Evidence" (1974)[8]
  • "Gifted delinquents: What do we know about them?" (1980)[9]
  • "Family Participation for Juvenile Offenders in Deinstitutionalization Programs" (1981)[15]
  • "American Jury Voir Dire and the Ideal of Equal justice" (1982)[13]
  • "Time and Process in Juvenile Court" (1985)[19]
  • "Jury trial for juveniles: Right or ritual?" (1985)[11]
  • Juvenile Justice in Context (1987)[20]
  • "Citizen Evaluation of Judicial Performance: The Colorado Experience" (1988)[16]
  • "Change in the older-person role: An application of Turner's process role and model of role change" (1994)[12]
  • Ruts: Gender Roles and Realities (1996, editor)
  • "Children, families, and feminism: Perspectives on teaching" (1996)[14]
  • "Gender Dilemmas and Myth in the Construction of Marital Bargains: Issues for Marital Therapy" (1996, with Carmen Knudson-Martin)[18]
  • "Language and Processes in the Construction of Equality in New Marriages" (1998, with Carmen Knudson-Martin)[7]
  • "Will Old Gender Scripts Limit New Millennium Families' Ability to Thrive?" (2000, with Carmen Knudson-Martin)[17]
  • "Beyond Different Worlds: A 'Postgender' Approach to Relational Development" (2004, with Carmen Knudson-Martin)[21]
  • "Moving Beyond Gender: Processes that Create Relationship Equality" (2005, with Carmen Knudson-Martin)[10]
  • Couples, Gender, and Power: Creating Change in Intimate Relationships (2009, with Carmen Knudson-Martin)[22]
  • Both Career and Love: A Woman's Memoir 1959–1973 (2020)[23]
  • Moments (poems, 2025)

Personal life

Rankin married lawyer Barry Mahoney in 1965.[2] They had two children.[1] She died in 2025, at the age of 88.[3][24]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ardena Rankin". News-Press. 1975-07-21. p. 14. Retrieved 2026-01-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "Vows Exchanged". News-Press. 1965-12-09. p. 17. Retrieved 2026-01-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c Hasche, Leslie. "In Memoriam: Anne Mahoney – DU Faculty Affairs". Archived from the original on 2025-11-12. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
  4. ^ "Anne Mahoney Obituary - Centennial, CO". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
  5. ^ a b "In Memoriam: Anne Rankin Mahoney, 1937-2025". Women In Academia Report. 2025-09-29. Archived from the original on 2025-10-09. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
  6. ^ a b Mahoney, Anne Rankin (1973). "Factors Affecting Physicians' Choice of Group or Independent Practice". Inquiry. 10 (2): 9–18. ISSN 0046-9580.
  7. ^ a b Knudson-Martin, Carmen; Mahoney, Anne Rankin (1998). "Language and Processes in the Construction of Equality in New Marriages". Family Relations. 47 (1): 81–91. doi:10.2307/584854. ISSN 0197-6664. Archived from the original on 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
  8. ^ a b Mahoney, Anne Rankin (July 1974). "The Effect of Labeling Upon Youths in the Juvenile Justice System: A Review of the Evidence". Law & Society Review. 8 (4): 583–614. doi:10.2307/3052885. ISSN 0023-9216.
  9. ^ a b Mahoney, Anne Rankin (1980-01-01). "Gifted delinquents: What do we know about them?". Children and Youth Services Review. 2 (3): 315–329. doi:10.1016/0190-7409(80)90022-5. ISSN 0190-7409. Archived from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
  10. ^ a b Knudson-Martin, Carmen; Mahoney, Anne Rankin (2005). "Moving Beyond Gender: Processes That Create Relationship Equality". Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 31 (2): 235–258. doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2005.tb01557.x. ISSN 1752-0606.
  11. ^ a b Mahoney, Anne Rankin (1985-12-01). "Jury trial for juveniles: Right or ritual?". Justice Quarterly. 2 (4): 553–565. doi:10.1080/07418828500088731. ISSN 0741-8825.
  12. ^ a b Mahoney, Anne Rankin (1994-01-01). "Change in the older-person role: An application of Turner's process role and model of role change". Journal of Aging Studies. 8 (2): 133–148. doi:10.1016/S0890-4065(05)80002-7. ISSN 0890-4065.
  13. ^ a b Mahoney, Anne Rankin (1982-12-01). "American Jury Voir Dire and the Ideal of Equal justice". The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 18 (4): 481–494. doi:10.1177/002188638201800410. ISSN 0021-8863.
  14. ^ a b Mahoney, Anne Rankin (1996-06-01). "Children, families, and feminism: Perspectives on teaching". Early Childhood Education Journal. 23 (4): 191–196. doi:10.1007/BF02353334. ISSN 1573-1707.
  15. ^ a b Mahoney, Anne Rankin (1981). "Family Participation for Juvenile Offenders in Deinstitutionalization Programs". Journal of Social Issues. 37 (3): 133–144. doi:10.1111/j.1540-4560.1981.tb00833.x. ISSN 1540-4560.
  16. ^ a b Mahoney, Anne Rankin. "Citizen Evaluation of Judicial Performance: The Colorado Experience." Judicature 72 (1988): 210.
  17. ^ a b Mahoney, Anne Rankin; Knudson-Martin, Carmen (2000) [Summer 2000]. "Will Old Gender Scripts Limit New Millennium Families' Ability to Thrive?". Michigan Family Review. 05 (1). doi:10.3998/mfr.4919087.0005.104. ISSN 1558-7258.
  18. ^ a b Martin, Carmen Knudson; Mahoney, Anne Rankin (1996). "Gender Dilemmas and Myth in the Construction of Marital Bargains: Issues for Marital Therapy". Family Process. 35 (2): 137–153. doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1996.00137.x. ISSN 1545-5300.
  19. ^ a b Mahoney, Anne Rankin (1985). "Time and Process in Juvenile Court". The Justice System Journal. 10 (1): 37–55. ISSN 0098-261X.
  20. ^ Mahoney, Anne R. (1987). Juvenile justice in context. Boston: Northeastern Univ. Pr. ISBN 978-1-55553-011-2.
  21. ^ Knudson-Martin, Carmen; Mahoney, Anne Rankin (1999). "Beyond Different Worlds: A "Postgender" Approach to Relational Development". Family Process. 38 (3): 325–340. doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1999.00325.x. ISSN 1545-5300. Archived from the original on 2023-07-10. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
  22. ^ Knudson-Martin, Carmen; Mahoney, Anne Rankin (2009-02-16). Couples, Gender, and Power: Creating Change in Intimate Relationships. Springer Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-8261-1756-4.
  23. ^ Mahoney, Anne Rankin (2020-12-28). Both Career and Love: A Woman’s Memoir 1959-1973. Outskirts Press. ISBN 978-1-9772-3849-8.
  24. ^ "Anne Mahoney Obituary". The Denver Post. 2025-09-20. Retrieved 2026-01-01.