13 Facts About Joan Huber

Joan Huber was born on October 17,1925 and is an American sociologist and professor emeritus of sociology at Ohio State University.

In 1984, Joan Huber left Illinois for an opportunity at the Ohio State University, where she became the dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, coordinating dean of the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences, and senior vice president for academic affairs and university provost.

Joan Huber was born on October 17,1925, in Bluffton, Ohio, to her mother, Hallie Althaus, and her father, Lawrence Joan Huber, an entomologist.

Lawrence Joan Huber worked at the Agricultural Experiment Station, which is known as the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

Joan Huber first married around 1945 to Tony Rytina, after she graduated from Penn State.

Joan Huber met her second husband in 1971 and both accepted jobs at the University of Illinois.

In 1945, Joan Huber graduated from the Pennsylvania State University, where she earned and completed her bachelor's degree in German in less than two years.

Ultimately receiving a master's in sociology in 1963, Joan Huber then went on and furthered her education at Michigan State University and in 1967 she graduated and received her Ph.

In 1984, Joan Huber moved to Ohio State University, where she became the dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, coordinating dean of the colleges of the Arts and Sciences, and senior vice president for academic affairs and university provost.

Joan Huber was president of Sociologists for Women in Society from 1972 to 1974, the Midwest Sociological Society from 1979 to 1980, and the American Sociological Association from 1988 to 1989.

In 1985 Joan Huber was given the Jessie Bernard Award by the American Sociological Association.

Joan Huber retired in 1993 after 48 years of research and education.

In 2007 Joan Huber wrote On the Origins of Gender Inequality.