Mary Jo Deegan

Mary Jo Deegan (November 27, 1946 Chicago – January 22, 2024 Saint Joseph) was an Irish-American sociologist. She researched the recovery of women's participation in the history of sociology.  She served as a professor of sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was a member of the American Sociological Association (ASA)  and the International Sociological Association (ISA).

She completed her undergraduate studies at Lake Michigan College in 1966, majoring in mathematics and chemistry. In 1969 she earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Western Michigan University ''.'' She then completed a master's degree, majoring in sociology, in 1971. His master's thesis was entitled ''Organizational Traits Affecting Change in the Michigan Division of Vocational Rehabilitation''. She earned a PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago in 1975, defending a doctoral thesis entitled ''Identity Change in Modern Society: A Study of the Physically Disabled''.

She was Director of the Jane Addams Research Center . Provided by Wikipedia