Jane Ritchie
{{Short description|New Zealand psychologist and academic (1936–2023)}}
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| birth_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
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Jane Ritchie {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|size=85%}} (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.{{cite web |author=UoW Calendar Team (calendar@waikato.ac.nz) |url=https://calendar.waikato.ac.nz/officershonoursstaff/emeritusprofessors.html |title=Emeritus Professors of the University of Waikato: University of Waikato Calendar |publisher=Calendar.waikato.ac.nz |access-date=21 February 2018 |archive-date=26 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126235750/https://calendar.waikato.ac.nz/officershonoursstaff/emeritusprofessors.html |url-status=dead }} She was the first woman to graduate with a PhD in psychology from a New Zealand university.{{Cite news|url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10586447 |title=Discipline without pain for 50 years |first=Simon |last=Collins |date=25 July 2009 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=16 November 2021}}
Biography
Ritchie was born on 12 February 1936 in Honolulu as Jane Beaglehole,{{sfn|Who's who| 1991|p=534}} the daughter of psychologist and ethnologist Ernest Beaglehole.{{cite web|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/name-462336.html |title=Dr Jane Ritchie | NZETC |publisher=Nzetc.victoria.ac.nz |access-date=21 February 2018}} The family 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.{{sfn|Who's who| 1991|p=534}} Her 1957 master thesis was titled Childhood in Rakau: A Study of the First Five Years of Life{{cite web|url=https://viewer.waireto.victoria.ac.nz/client/viewer/IE946541/details |title=Wairētō – Victoria University of Wellington |publisher=Viewer.waireto.victoria.ac.nz |access-date=21 February 2018}} 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.Early Childhood Folio Vol 16 No. 1 (2012)
They both moved to the University of Waikato, and both rose to full professor.{{cite news |first=Edith |last=Symes|url= http://www.raglanchronicle.co.nz/community/2017/12/2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180816110258/http://www.raglanchronicle.co.nz/community/2017/12/2022 |archive-date=16 August 2018 |title=Third-generation Ritchie's work also provides plenty of food for thought |work=The Raglan Chronicle |date=7 December 2017 |access-date=16 November 2021}}{{cite press release |url= https://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/media/2017/academia-its-a-family-affair |title=Academia; a family affair |publisher=University of Waikato |date=29 November 2017 |access-date=21 February 2018}} 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,{{sfn|Who's who| 1991|p=534}} and in 1995 was appointed a professor.
James Ritchie died in 2009{{Cite news |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/2897725/James-Ritchie-dies |title=James Ritchie dies |work=Waikato Times | date=24 September 2009 |first=Jeff |last=Neems }} and Jane retired in 2010.{{cite press release |author= |title=Respected Waikato professor retires after 35 year career |url= https://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-opinion/media/2010/renowned-waikato-professor-retires-after-35-year-career |location=Hamilton |publisher=Waikato University |date=17 December 2010 |access-date=16 November 2021}} 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.{{sfn|Who's who|1991|pp=42–43}} Jane Ritchie died on April 21, 2023, at the age of 87.{{Cite web |last=communications@waikato.ac.nz |date=2023-04-24 |title=Pioneering Psychology Professor leaves peaceful parenting legacy |url=https://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-opinion/media/2023/pioneering-psychology-professor-leaves-peaceful-parenting-legacy |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=www.waikato.ac.nz |language=en-NZ}}{{cite news |title=A 'gentle guiding force' whose work achieved iconic status: Professor Jane Ritchie, OBE (1936–2023) |url=https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/a/nz-news/350014617/gentle-guiding-force-whose-work-achieved-iconic-status-professor-jane-ritchie-obe |access-date=8 September 2023 |publisher=Waikato Times |date=26 May 2023}}
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.{{London Gazette |date=31 December 1988 |supp=3 |issue=51580 |page=34}} In 2017, she was selected as one of the Royal Society of New Zealand's "150 women in 150 words".{{cite web |title=150 Women in 150 Words |url=https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/150th-anniversary/150-women-in-150-words/ |website=Royal Society Te Apārangi |access-date=11 November 2020}}
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.
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References
- {{cite book | ref={{sfnRef|Who's who| 1991}} |title=Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6x8OAQAAMAAJ |last1=Lambert |first1=Max |last2=Traue |first2=James Edward |author2-link= Jim Traue |last3=Taylor |first3=Alister | author3-link=Alister Taylor |year=1991 |edition=12th |publisher=Octopus |location=Auckland|isbn = 9780790001302}}
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Category:New Zealand women academics
Category:21st-century New Zealand psychologists
Category:New Zealand women psychologists
Category:Victoria University of Wellington alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Waikato
Category:New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire