John F. Galliher

Troy Duster (eBook, ePUB)

Berkeley Sociologist, Teacher, and Civil Rights Activist

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a biography of University of California-Berkeley sociology professor Troy Duster. Troy Duster received an MA and PhD in sociology from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Duster is a black man who was born in South Chicago. His maternal grandmother is the famous Ida B. Wells. He initially had a research interest in the sociology of law and later in human genetics. He worked with approximately 100 graduate students at Berkeley, all minority students. Each of his research interests had a special slant given that Troy Duster is an African American. Troy Duster has always been firmly committed to the idea that race is a sociological not a biological concept.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 102
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761867012
• Artikelnr.: 44762944

Autorenporträt

John F. Galliher is professor of sociology at Missouri University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Childhood
Chapter 2 College: Northwestern and UCLA
Chapter 3 Professional Career: University of California, Berkeley.
Chapter 4 Internal Dynamics of the Berkeley Sociology Department
Chapter 5 Professional Career: New York University
Chapter 6 Conclusion
Appendix A Syllabi
Appendix B Troy Duster's CV