Faculty Books
Arthur Stinchcombe
Professor Emeritus
Department of Sociology
Mobile Phone: (847) 373-3734
Fax: (847) 491-9907
a-stinch@northwestern.edu
Office Hours:
By appointment: Call 1(847) 373 3734
Library Carrel 3667-0, on 3E, near call #s starting with 915.
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Areas of Interest
Law and Society
Science and Technology
Economy and Society
Biography
Emeritus Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 1960. Areas of interest include law and society; science and technology; economy and society. He used quantitative methods in Rebellion in a High School and in Crime and Punishment (with co-authors); historical methods in Theoretical Methods in Social History and Economic Sociology, and field methods in the studies of organizations reported in Organization Theory and Project Management (with Carol Heimer). His last book, The Logic of Social Research, outlines how to use historical, ethnographic, quantitative, and experimental methods to develop and text causal theories in sociology and other social sciences. Before coming to Northwestern, Stinchcombe taught at Johns Hopkins, Berkeley, the University of Chicago and the University of Arizona. He was also a visiting professor in Chile, England, the Netherlands, Norway, Australia, and the Stanford School of Business.
Research, Funding and Collaboration with Graduate Students:
(1) Current and future research projects: His current project is on developing a sociological theory of federalism, starting with the development of different sorts of frontiers into provinces, and so far ending with an essay on the development of bilingualism among whites in South Africa, which started with some provinces speaking, reading, and writing a version of Dutch.
(2) Stinchcombe now works much less with students, and does not teach graduate classes except sometimes on request from a few students. He welcomes the chance to comment on student papers which sometimes scares the students, but sometimes improves their papers. You usually can find him in his carrel in the library. He is old.
William Henry Exum Award
The intent of this prize is to honor the memory of William Henry Exum, a member of the Department of Sociology and the African American Studies Department, who died in 1986 at the age of 37. Exum was concerned with the quality of writing and research analysis in student papers. He was also interested in racial problems facing minority youths in higher education. This award was established as a means of continuing his goals of breaking barriers for all minorities.
The award submission deadline is April 27, 2012. All interested students should submit a 15-20 page paper, typed and double-spaced, on a topic dealing with race and ethnicity. Students are not limited to a sociological approach in preparing their submissions, nor is the award limited to sociology or social science majors.
The paper should include a cover sheet with the student's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, year in school, and major.
Three copies of the essay must be submitted by the announced deadline to the Exum Award - Department of Sociology, 1810 Chicago Ave., Evanston Campus or one copy by email to sociol@northwestern.edu.
This award is open to all undergraduate students from all disciplines.
Upcoming Events
COLLOQUIUM: Myra Marx Ferree, Sociology, University of WI-Madison
May 17, 2012 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Culture and Society Workshop
May 17, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
