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Cora Baldock
Cora Vellekoop Baldock (born 16 December 1935) is an Australian-Dutch Sociologist. She was president of the The Australian Sociological Association, Australian Sociological Association 1979-1980 and served as a member of the Government of Australia, Australian Federal Government's Multicultural Advisory Committee. She was the first female professor at Murdoch University, Perth, and its first professor of sociology. Biography Cora Baldock was born Corrie Vellekoop on 16 December 1935 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She grew up with relatives who worked in academia, which influenced her decision to study sociology at Leiden University, from which she graduated cum laude in 1960. Her master's thesis was on stratification in women's occupations. As an undergraduate, she was a mentor to Princess, later Queen, Beatrix of the Netherlands. She obtained her PhD entitled ''Social stratification in New Zealand: vocational choices, achievement values and occupational stratification'' from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Sociological Association
The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) organisation of Sociology, sociologists throughout Australia. TASA was founded in 1963 as the Sociological Association of Australia and New Zealand (SAANZ). In 1988 with the New Zealand branch splitting off into the Sociological Association of Aotearoa (New Zealand), the association changed its name to TASA. TASA holds an annual conference, and publishes since 1965 the (formerly, Australian and New Zealand) ''Journal of Sociology'', the premiere journal for Australian sociological research. Membership of TASA stood at about 400 in the early 1990s. In 2022, membership is close to 740. External linksHomepage References *John Germov, Tara Renae McGee, ''Histories of Australian sociology'', Melbourne Univ. Publishing, 2005, Google Print, p.273-275 Learned societies of Australia Organizations established in 1963 Sociological organizations 1963 establishments in Australia {{socio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |