Anne Rankin Mahoney

Anne Rankin Mahoney (September 7, 1937 – September 19, 2025) was an American sociologist, writer, and college professor. She taught at the University of Denver for 33 years.

Early life and education Anne Rankin was from Meadville, Pennsylvania, the daughter of William T. Rankin and Ardena Jackson Rankin. She graduated from Kent State University in 1959, with a bachelor's degree in sociology and English. She earned a master's degree in sociology at Northwestern University, and completed doctoral studies in sociology at Columbia University.

Career Mahoney was director of research for the Manhattan Bail Project from 1961 to 1963. She taught sociology at Brooklyn College and Hunter College. She was a professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Denver for 33 years, and was director of the women's studies program there from 1992 to 1995. She retired from the University of Denver in 2006, with emerita status.

Publications Mahoney's scholarship focused on juvenile justice and family dynamics, and was published in academic journals including Inquiry, Family Relations, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Journal of Aging Studies, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Early Childhood Education Journal, Journal of Social Issues, Judicature, Michigan Family Review, Family Process, and The Justice System Journal. Mahoney also wrote poetry, and a memoir. "Gifted delinquents: What do we know about them?" (1980) "Citizen Evaluation of Judicial Performance: The Colorado Experience" (1988) "Will Old Gender Scripts Limit New Millennium Families' Ability to Thrive?" (2000, with Carmen Knudson-Martin) "Moving Beyond Gender: Processes that Create Relationship Equality" (2005, with Carmen Knudson-Martin) Couples, Gender, and Power: Creating Change in Intimate Relationships (2009, with Carmen Knudson-Martin) Both Career and Love: A Woman's Memoir 1959–1973 (2020) Moments (poems, 2025)

Personal life Rankin married lawyer Barry Mahoney in 1965.