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Jan Yager, Ph.D. has spent the last 20 years extensively studying relationships including friendship which was the subject of her sociology dissertation (City University of New York, 1983) where she had a pre-doctoral fellowship in medical sociology from the National Science Foundation. In addition to When Friendship Hurts (Simon and Schuster, 2002), Dr. Yager is the author of the highly-acclaimed Friendshifts?: The Power of Friendship and How It Shapes Our Lives, which has been translated into five foreign editions, as well as numerous other groundbreaking books including Single in America and Victims (published under her maiden name of J.L. Barkas).
Frequently interviewed by broadcast and print media, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, The View, National Public Radio, CBS Radio, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time, Reader's Digest, Seventeen, People, and Redbook, Dr. Yager has authored articles that have appeared in newspapers, magazines, and online publications including Parade, The New York Times, Woman's Day, Glamour, Modern Bride, American Baby, Harper's, and The Wall Street Journal's www.careerjournal.com and www.startupjournal.com. Dr. Yager delivers keynote addresses and conducts workshops to corporate, association, and government audiences on friendship and workplace issues including time management. She most recently has been teaching part-time in the Department of Sociology at the University of Connecticut; previously, she has taught at Temple University, Pennsylvania State University, St. John's University, and The New School. In addition to her doctoral dissertation, Dr. Yager's educational background includes a masters degree in criminal justice and a year of graduate work in art therapy.
For more information about Dr. Jan Yager, as well as her friendship research,
visit her other web sites:
http://www.janyager.com,
http://www.janyager.com/friendship,
and http://www.janyager.com/writing. To book Dr. Yager as a speaker, contact your favorite speaker bureau or send an inquiry to: yagerinquiries2@aol.com. |
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