Glen Elder (sociologist) explained

Glen Elder
Birth Name:	Glen Holl Elder, Jr.
Birth Date:	28 February 1934
Birth Place:	Cleveland, Ohio
Known For:	Life course theory
Discipline:	Sociologist
Education:	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill PhD, 1961
Workplaces:	University of California, Berkeley 1962-1967Cornell University 1979-1984University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1968-1977, 1984-present
Website:	http://elder.web.unc.edu/

Glen Holl Elder, Jr. (born 28 February 1934) is an American sociologist who is the Howard W. Odum Research Professor of Sociology (emeritus), a research professor of Psychology and a current professor at the Carolina Population Center^[1] at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests are in social psychology, sociology, demographics and life course research. Elder's major work was Children of the Great Depression: Social Change in Life Experience, in 1974.^[2] The American Academy of Arts and Sciences admitted Glen H. Elder in 1988.^[3] In 1993, he was honored with the Cooley-Mead Award by the Social Psychology Section of the American Sociological Association.^[4] Elder was given honorary doctorates by the University of Bremen in 1999,^[5] by the Pennsylvania State University in 2003^[6] and by the Ohio State University in 2005.^[7]

Education

Elder was born on February 28, 1934, in Cleveland, Ohio. He received a bachelor’s of science from Pennsylvania State University, University Park in 1957, his Master's from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio and a PhD. in sociology and psychology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1961.^[8]

Publications

• Giele, J.Z. and Elder, G.H., Jr. (eds.) (1998) Methods of life course research. Qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
• Elder, G.H. (1999) Children of the great depression. Social change in life experience. 25. anniversary print, Boulder: Westview Press.
• Elder, G.H., Conger, R.D. and Park, R.D. (2000) Children of the land. Adversity and success in rural America. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.

External links

• Carolina Population Center profile
• Science Blog on the Children of the Great Depression
• Glen Elder at "Pioneers of Qualitative Research" from the Economic and Social Data Service

Notes and References

1. Web site: Faculty Fellows — UNC Carolina Population Center. 2019-06-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190619194613/https://www.cpc.unc.edu/people/fellows/bio?person=elder. 2019-06-19. 2019-06-19.
2. Book: Elder, Glen. Children of the Great Depression: Social Change in Life Experience. University of Chicago Press. 1974. 978-0226202624.
3. Book: American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Book of Members, 1780-2010. 2010. Cambridge, MA.
4. Corsaro. William A.. Introduction of Glen H. Elder Jr. for the Cooley-Mead Award. Social Psychology Quarterly. 1994. 57. 1. 1–3. 2786970. 10.2307/2786970 .
5. Web site: Ehrendoktoren der Universität Bremen. University of Bremen. 10 March 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110613200557/http://www.uni-leitung.uni-bremen.de/ehrendoktor.php3. 13 June 2011.
6. Web site: Penn State to present Elder, Kozol honorary degrees. Pennsylvania State University. 10 March 2011.
7. Web site: Five to be honored at Ohio State spring 2005 commencement. Ohio State University. 10 March 2011.
8. Web site: About - Glen H. Elder, Jr.. 2019-06-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190619193328/http://elder.web.unc.edu/about/. 2019-06-19. 2019-06-19.