Emeriti Faculty

Irene Q. Brown

Historian of HDFS
Faculty Liaison to the Alumni
Associate Professor Emerita

Department of Human Development & Family Studies
University of Connecticut
348 Mansfield Road, Unit 2058
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-2058

Phone: (860) 486-3559
Fax: (860) 486-3452
E-Mail: irene.q.brown@uconn.edu

Educational Background:

Ph.D., History, Harvard University, 1969
M.A., History, Harvard University, 1962
B.A., History, University of Washington, 1961

Research Interests:

Family History; Women’s History; Domesticity and Feminism; Marriage Choice; Widowhood; Especially the History of Friendship in England and America, 1650-1850.

Professional Accomplishments:

Curriculum Vitae