Felton James 'Tony' Earls (born January 1942) is an American child psychiatrist and epidemiologist, currently Professor of Social Medicine, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School, and Professor of Human Behavior and Development, Emeritus, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; and formerly the Blanche F. Ittleson Professor of Child Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1][2][3][4][5] He is known for a long-term study of the influence of neighbors' willingness to help each other on the neighborhood's crime rate.[6]
Felton James 'Tony' Earls | |
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| Born | January 1942 (age 81–82) New Orleans, Louisiana, US |
| Alma mater | Howard University, BS (Chemistry), MD |
| Occupation(s) | Child psychiatrist, social epidemiologist, medical educator |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Carlson, a.k.a. Maya Carlson |
| Children | two daughters, Leigh, born in 1967, and Tanya, born in 1974 |
References
edit- ^ "Felton Earls". aaas.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ^ "Felton Earls". harvard.edu. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ^ "Fellows". aapss.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ^ "Felton Earls". harvard.edu. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ^ "Felton Earls". scholar.google.com. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ^ Hurley, Dan (6 January 2004). "Scientist at Work: Felton Earls; On Crime As Science (A Neighbor At a Time)". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
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