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Anne Rankin Mahoney

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.

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

Early life and education

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. 1 2 "Ardena Rankin". News-Press. 1975-07-21. p. 14. Retrieved 2026-01-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 "Vows Exchanged". News-Press. 1965-12-09. p. 17. Retrieved 2026-01-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 Mahoney, Anne Rankin (1973). "Factors Affecting Physicians' Choice of Group or Independent Practice". Inquiry. 10 (2): 9–18. ISSN 0046-9580.
  7. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 Mahoney, Anne Rankin. "Citizen Evaluation of Judicial Performance: The Colorado Experience." Judicature 72 (1988): 210.
  17. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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.
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