Frances Horowitz

Biography Frances Degen met her future husband, Floyd Ross Horowitz, when she was 11 years old. They married in 1953 and had two sons together.

She completed a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Antioch College in 1954.

She was an assistant professor at Southern Oregon College from 1959 to 1961 from 1968 to 1978, and as Vice Chancellor for Research, Graduate Studies and Public Service at the University of Kansas from 1978 to 1991.

Honors and awards Horowitz was a member of Sigma Xi, as well as a fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. She held a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences from 1983 to 1984. She was elected a fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science in 1994, the New York Academy of Sciences in 2000, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004. She was named Chair of the Antioch College Board of Trustees in 2012.

Horowitz received the Outstanding Educator of America Award in 1973. She was named an Alumni Fellow of the University of Iowa in 2005.

Books

Horowitz, F. D. (1975). Visual attention, auditory stimulation, and language discrimination in young infants. University of Chicago Press. Horowitz, F. D. (Ed.) (1978). Early developmental hazards: Predictors and precautions. Routledge. Horowitz, F. D. (1987). Exploring developmental theories: Toward a structural/behavioral model of development. Psychology Press. Horowitz, F. D., Subotnik, R. F., & Matthews, D. J. (Eds.). (2009). The development of giftedness and talent across the life span. American Psychological Association.

Representative papers