Fred Pincus Explained

Fred L. Pincus
Birth Date:	6 September 1942
Birth Place:	New York, NY
Nationality:	American
Education:	UCLA (B.A., 1964; M.A., 1967; Ph.D., 1969)
Occupation:	Sociologist

Fred L. Pincus (born September 6, 1942 in New York City, New York) is an American sociologist and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Maryland—Baltimore County, where he taught for 44 years. He is known for researching claims of reverse discrimination by whites and males in the United States.^[1]

Education and career

Pincus received his degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1964; M.A., 1967; Ph.D., 1969).^[2] He originally joined the University of Maryland faculty in 1968, and retired at the end of the 2012 spring semester.^[3]

Pincus is on the board of directors of the Research Associates Foundation,^[4] a Baltimore-based foundation that awards mini-grants to local activist groups and individuals.  He is also Co-President of the Baltimore Jewish Cultural Chavurah, a secular Jewish community that is affiliated with the Society for Humanistic Judaism.

Published works

Pincus wrote extensively.^[5]

Books and Monographs

• Fred L Pincus (2020), Confessions of a Radical Academic: A Memoir. New York: Adelaide Books,
• Fred L Pincus (2011) Understanding Diversity: An Introduction to Class, Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation and Disability, 2nd Edition. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers,.
• Fred L Pincus (2003), Reverse Discrimination: Dismantling the Myth. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, ^[6]
• Book: Race and Ethnic Conflict: Contending Views on Prejudice, Discrimination and Ethnoviolence . 2 . Boulder, CO . 1999 . Fred L Pincus . Howard J. Ehrlich . Howard J. Ehrlich . 978-0813334981 . ^[7]
• Book: Bridges to Opportunity: Are Community Colleges Meeting the Needs of Minority Students? . New York . Academy for Educational Development and the College Entrance Examination Board . 1989 . Fred Pincus . Elayne Archer . 9780685599310.
• Book: Education in the People's Republic of China. Fred Pincus. Research Group One. Baltimore. 1975. ^[8]

Articles

• Understanding Diversity: An Introduction 3rd Edition, co-authored with Bryan R. Ellis.  Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2021.
• Affirmative Action: Not the Harsh Impact on Whites That Some Assume (2021)^[9]
• Test of Affirmative Action Knowledge . Current World Leaders: International Issues . 39 . April 1996 . 94–104.

Notes and References

1. Book: Sharing the Dream: White Males in Multicultural America . A&C Black . Pulera, Dominic . 2004 . 265. 9780826416438 .
2. Web site: Pincus, Fred L. 1942- . Contemporary Authors . 2009 . 22 June 2017.
3. Web site: Fred L. Pincus, Sociology, to Retire after 44 Years at UMBC . UMBC News . 2012-04-26 . 2017-06-22 . Winnick, Dinah.
4. Web site: 2012-08-29 . About Fred Pincus . 2022-06-10 . Fred L. Pincus . en.
5. Web site: Pincus Publications . https://web.archive.org/web/20050324112330/http://www.research.umbc.edu/~pincus/pincuspub.htm . dead . 2005-03-24 . UMBC.
6. Espinosa. Dula J.. September 2004. 5. Contemporary Sociology. 3593758. 536–537. Review of Reverse Discrimination: Dismantling the Myth. 33. 10.1177/009430610403300513. 151842977.
7. Jennings. James. Fall 1995. 1. Journal of American Ethnic History. 27502014. 56–60. Re-examining race relations in the united states. 15. Includes a review of Race and Ethnic Conflict: Contending Views on Prejudice, Discrimination and Ethnoviolence.
8. Grant. Nigel. March 1977. 1. Comparative Education. 3098941. 71–72. Review of Education in the People's Republic of China. 13.
9. Web site: 2022-02-03 . Affirmative Action: Not the Harsh Impact on Whites That Some Assume (2021) . 2022-06-10 . Fred L. Pincus . en.