{{Short description|Australian anthropologist (1949–2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{sources|date=March 2010}} {{Infobox scientist |birth_name = Stephen Juan |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1949|7|18}} |birth_place = Napa County, California |death_date = {{death date and age|2018|7|23|1949|7|18}} |death_place = Sydney, Australia |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = |ethnicity = |field = Anthropology, Education |work_institution = Sydney University |alma_mater = University of California at Berkeley |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = |author_abbreviation_bot = |author_abbreviation_zoo = |prizes = |signature = }} '''Stephen Juan''' (July 18, 1949 – July 23, 2018) was an Australian-U.S. scientist, educator, journalist, author, and media personality.<ref>{{cite web|title=Happy days: Anthropologist Dr Stephen Juan|url=http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com/webchats/263871/happy-days-anthropologist-dr-stephen-juan|publisher=Sixty Minutes|accessdate=11 January 2013}}</ref> He has written thirteen books, including ''The Odd Body'' and ''The Odd Brain''.
==Background== Juan was born in Napa County, California, later attending the University of California at Berkeley, where he received a B.A. in Anthropology, an M.A. in Education, and a Ph.D. in Anthropology and Education.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marvels of our corporeal machines|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=105883E5820DDD8E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=11 January 2013|newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=October 4, 2004}}</ref> He moved to Australia in 1978 and began teaching at the University of Sydney in what is now the Faculty of Education and Social Work.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scientist and Educator Dr Stephen Juan and the RPA's Professor Steve Chadban|date=18 March 2010 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/09/12/2362877.htm|publisher=ABC Brisbane|accessdate=11 January 2013}}</ref> He taught for more than 30 years before retiring in 2009 while remaining the Ashley Montagu Fellow for the Public Understanding of Human Sciences. Besides books, Juan has been a regular columnist for ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', ''The Sun-Herald'', ''The Daily News'', ''The Register'', and ''The National Post''. Juan has appeared on numerous television and radio programs explaining and answering questions about the human body, brain, and personality. To date, he has appeared more than 2000 times on various Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) television and radio programs.
Juan received a number of awards for his writing, including an international medical print journalism award from the American Medical Association. In October 2012, Juan was designated as a "Public Bright" by the Brights, a U.S. based organization advocating the elevation and illumination of the naturalistic worldview. Juan was a human dignity and human rights activist and an advocate for "the prime directive of education" as the litmus test of society: That society is best which best develops every person to the fullest extent of their developmental potential.
Juan died on July 23, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stephen JUAN's Obituary on The Sydney Morning Herald |url=http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=stephen-juan&pid=189796282 |accessdate=6 August 2018 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
==Bibliography== *''Only human: Why we react, how we behave, what we feel'' (1990) *''All too human'' (1990) *''A Study Shows...'' (1991) *''A Study Shows II...'' (1992) *''The Odd Body'' Volumes 1-3 (1995, 2000, 2007)<ref>{{cite web|title=Why mini-buttocks on the chest?|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3625214/Why-mini-buttocks-on-the-chest.html|publisher=Telegraph|accessdate=11 January 2013}}</ref> *''The Odd Brain'' (1998)<ref>{{cite news|title=EXPLAINING BRAIN IS NOT MUNDANE|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/1154185881.html?dids=1154185881:1154185881&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+31%2C+2006&author=Post+staff&pub=New+York+Post&desc=EXPLAINING+BRAIN+IS+NOT+MUNDANE&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216162415/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/1154185881.html?dids=1154185881:1154185881&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+31,+2006&author=Post+staff&pub=New+York+Post&desc=EXPLAINING+BRAIN+IS+NOT+MUNDANE&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2013|accessdate=11 January 2013|newspaper=New York Post|date=Oct 31, 2006}}</ref> *''Parenting, Child Development, and Child Health'' Volumes 1-2 (2000, 2001) *''The Odd Sex'' (2001) *''Can Kissing Make You Live Longer?'' (2010) *''Who's Afraid of Butterflies?'' (2011)
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100203073145/http://www.drstephenjuan.com.au/ Official website] * [http://www.today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=294528 ''Today'' website] * [http://www.saxton.com.au/default.asp?sd8=1439 saxton.com] {{authority control}}
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