Background
Featherman, David Lee was born on February 15, 1943 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard W. and Lelia Agnes (Dukes) Featherman.
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Socioeconomic Background and Achievement: Studies in Population
(This book, a sequel to Blau and Duncan's landmark study, ...)
This book, a sequel to Blau and Duncan's landmark study, "The American Occupational Structure," presents a demographic study of how - and to what degree - social and economic status is transmitted from one generation to another.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0128237503/?tag=2022091-20
The Process of Stratification: Trends and Analyses (Studies in Population)
(In America, as elsewhere, success is often inherited; soc...)
In America, as elsewhere, success is often inherited; socioeconomic inequalities persist over generations. But this relation between social origins and schooling, on the one hand, and later position in the socioeconomic hierarchy, on the other, undergoes changes over time--changes which are investigated and documented in this book.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0123330505/?tag=2022091-20
David Lee Featherman
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Education
Bachelor in Sociology, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1965; Master of Arts in Sociology, University of Michigan, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy in Social Psychology, University of Michigan, 1969.
Career
Assistant professor department Sociology, Princeton University, 1960-1970; assistant professor department Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 1970-1972; associate professor department Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 1972-1974; professor department Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 1974-1982; chair department Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 1975-1978; John Bascom professor department Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 1982-1993; president, Social Science Research Council, New York City, since 1989. Board directors Max Planck Institute Human Development and Education, Berlin, since 1987, Ctr.for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1992-1998.
Achievements
Works
book
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Socioeconomic Background and Achievement: Studies in Population
(This book, a sequel to Blau and Duncan's landmark study, ...)
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The Process of Stratification: Trends and Analyses (Studies in Population)
(In America, as elsewhere, success is often inherited; soc...)
- Opportunity and Change (Studies in population)
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Socioeconomic Background and Achievement: Studies in Population
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Sociological Association (board directors distinguished scholar award 1991), International Society for Study of Behavioral Development, Population Association American, Society for Research in Child Development, International Sociological Association.
Connections
Married Jo-Anna Marie Bigge, February 25, 1967. 1 child, Hans Dieter.
