James Mannon Explained

James M. Mannon (born February 16, 1942) is a professor emeritus of sociology at DePauw University in Indiana, and until his retirement held the Larz A. Whitcomb Professorship of Sociology at DePauw.^[1]

Mannon did his undergraduate and graduate studies at Southern Illinois University, and worked at Millikin University (1973–1975),^[2] Monmouth College (1968–1972), and Southern Illinois University before joining the DePauw faculty in 1975. He retired in 2001.^[3]

Books

• Close, But No Cigar (self-published, 2015)^[4]
• Epilogue: Poems of Love and Loss (self-published through AuthorHouse, 2005)^[5]
• Emergency Encounters: a study of an urban ambulance service (1981)^[6] updated and re-released in 1991 as Emergency encounters: EMTs and their work, (Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1992), .
• American gridmark: why you’ve always suspected that measuring up doesn’t count, (Tucson, Arizona: Harbinger House, 1990).
• Measuring up: the performance ethic in American culture, (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1997), (paperback).
• Caring for the burned: life and death in a hospital burn center, (Springfield, Illinois, Thomas, 1985), .

Notes and References

1. http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/11519/ DePauw Honors Four Retiring Professors
2. https://www.millikin.edu/staley/about-library/university-archives/mu-history/faculty-list Millikin Faculty: A Tradition of Excellence
3. http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/11937/ Emeritus Professor James Mannon to Deliver 'Last Lecture' March 7
4. http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/category/114/details/32147/ Prof. Emeritus James Mannon Schedules Two Events to Sign His New Book, Close, But No Cigar
5. http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/15716/ Prof. Emeritus James Mannon Publishes Epilogue: Poems of Love and Loss
6. http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/31423/ Prof. James Mannon Publishes Emergency Encounters: A Study of an Urban Ambulance Service