| James Kluegel | |
| Birth Date: | 13 May 1947 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Sociology |
| Workplaces: | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Education: | University of Minnesota University of Wisconsin |
| Thesis Title: | Job authority and social inequality |
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| Thesis Year: | 1975 |
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James Robert "Jim" Kluegel (born May 13, 1947)[1] is an American sociologist known for his research on the perception of social inequality in the United States.[2] [3] [4] He is particularly noted for directing a pioneering 1980 survey of Americans' beliefs about social stratification.[5] He is an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he taught for 27 years before retiring in 2006.[6] He was the head of the Department of Sociology there from 1984 to 1996, and again as acting head from 2003 to 2004.[7]