Elizabeth Douvan, the Catharine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies, has been named the 1994 Henry Russel Lecturer.
The annual lectureship is the highest honor the University gives to senior faculty members. Douvan was nominated for the honor by the U-M Research Club and her appointment was confirmed by the Regents at their November meeting. She will deliver the Russel Lecture at 4 p.m. March 15 in Rackham Amphitheater.
Douvan is well known for her scholarship in such topics as family roles and mental health, the changing American family, female development, the roles and status of women, modes of conflict resolution, adolescent development, and the psychological functions of the high school/college experience.
Douvan was named to the Catharine Neafie Kellogg Professorship “for women of recognized distinction” in 1969. She received the University’s Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award in 1985 and the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Academic Women’s Caucus in 1984.
She was co-director of the Women’s Studies Program in 1980–83, chair of the Michigan Society of Fellows in 1983–86, and director of the Residential College in 1985–88.
Douvan received her A.B. degree from Vassar College in 1946 and her Ph.D. from the U-M in 1951.
