Jane Ritchie

Jane Ritchie OBE (née Beaglehole; 12 February 1936 – 21 April 2023) was a New Zealand psychology academic and expert of child-raising. She was 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 Ritchie

OBE
Born
Jane Beaglehole

(1936-02-12)12 February 1936
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Died21 April 2023(2023-04-21) (aged 87)
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
SpouseJames Ritchie
Scientific career
Fieldspsychology, child-raising
InstitutionsUniversity of Waikato
Thesis
RelativesErnest Beaglehole (father)
David Beaglehole (brother)
John Beaglehole (uncle)
Tim Beaglehole (cousin)

Biography

Ritchie was born on 12 February 1936 in Honolulu as Jane Beaglehole,[3] the daughter of psychologist and ethnologist Ernest Beaglehole,[4] They lived in New Zealand from 1937. She received her education at Karori School and Wellington Girls' College. She then studied at Victoria University and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 1956, a Master of Arts in 1957, and a PhD in 1963.[3] Her 1957 master thesis was titled Childhood in Rakau: A Study of the First Five Years of Life[5] and the PhD, submitted in 1962, had the 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.[6]

They both moved to University of Waikato, and both rose to full professor.[6][7][8] She was a postdoctoral research fellow from 1973 to 1975, a lecturer from 1976 to 1979 and a senior lecturer from 1980 to 1984. She was promoted to associate professor in 1985,[3] and in 1995 was appointed a professor.[9]

James Ritchie died in 2009[10] and Jane retired in 2010.[9] Two younger brothers have achieved notability. David Beaglehole (1938–2014) was a physicist at Victoria University. Robert Beaglehole (born 1945) is an emeritus professor in epidemiology at the University of Auckland.[11] Jane Ritchie died on April 21, 2023, at the age of 87.[12][13]

Awards and honours

In the 1989 New Year Honours, Ritchie was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to women, education and the community.[9][14] In 2017, she was selected as one of the Royal Society of New Zealand's "150 women in 150 words".[15]

Selected works
  • Ritchie, Jane. Childhood in Rakau: the first five years of life. No. 10. Victoria Univ., 1957.
  • Ritchie, Jane, and James E. Ritchie. Child rearing patterns in New Zealand. AH & AW Reed, 1970.
  • Ritchie, Jane. Chance to be equal. Cape Catley, 1978
  • Ritchie, Jane, and James E. Ritchie. Spare the Rod, Allen and Unwin, 1981
  • Ritchie, Jane, and James E. Ritchie. Violence in New Zealand. Huia Publishers, 1993.
  • Ritchie, Jane, and James E. Ritchie. The next generation: Child rearing in New Zealand. Penguin Books, 1997.

Notes
  1. UoW Calendar Team (calendar@waikato.ac.nz). "Emeritus Professors of the University of Waikato: University of Waikato Calendar". Calendar.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. Collins, Simon (25 July 2009). "Discipline without pain for 50 years". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. Who's who 1991, p. 534.
  4. "Dr Jane Ritchie | NZETC". Nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  5. "Wairētō – Victoria University of Wellington". Viewer.waireto.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  6. Early Childhood Folio Vol 16 No. 1 (2012)
  7. Symes, Edith (7 December 2017). "Third-generation Ritchie's work also provides plenty of food for thought". The Raglan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  8. "Academia; a family affair" (Press release). University of Waikato. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  9. "Respected Waikato professor retires after 35 year career" (Press release). Hamilton: Waikato University. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  10. Neems, Jeff (24 September 2009). "James Ritchie dies". Waikato Times.
  11. Who's who 1991, pp. 42–43.
  12. communications@waikato.ac.nz (24 April 2023). "Pioneering Psychology Professor leaves peaceful parenting legacy". www.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  13. "A 'gentle guiding force' whose work achieved iconic status: Professor Jane Ritchie, OBE (1936–2023)". Waikato Times. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  14. "No. 51580". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1988. p. 34.
  15. "150 Women in 150 Words". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

References
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