Gunhild Hagestad
| Gunhild Hagestad | |
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| Born | November 6, 1942 |
Gunhild Oline Hagestad (born 6 November 1942) is a retired Norwegian sociologist and a former assistant professor at Agder University College. Her research interests have focused on the sociology of aging.
Hagestad was born in Birkenes. She studied in the United States, where she graduated with a PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1975, with the thesis Middle aged women and their children.[1] From 1975 to 1978 she was assistant professor at the University of Chicago, and from 1978 to 1987 at the Pennsylvania State University, and finally associate professor at the Northwestern University in Chicago. She was appointed assistant professor at the University of Oslo in 1994, and at the Agder University College/University of Agder from 1997. She is now retired and not currently affiliated with an academic institution.[1][2] She is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[3]
References
- 1 2 Kjølsrød, Lise. "Gunhild Hagestad". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ↑ Kjølsrød, Lise. "Gunhild Hagestad". In Godal, Anne Marit. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ↑ "Gruppe 7: Samfunnsfag (herunder sosiologi, statsvitenskap og økonomi)". Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 29 August 2015.