Background
Faris, Ellsworth was born on September 30, 1874 in Salem, Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. Son of George Alexander and Sophie Jane (Yarbrough) Faris.
sociologist university professor
Faris, Ellsworth was born on September 30, 1874 in Salem, Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. Son of George Alexander and Sophie Jane (Yarbrough) Faris.
Bachelor of Science, Texas, Christian University, Fort Worth, 1894, Master of Arts, 1906. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1914.
Missionary to Congo, Africa, 1897-1904. Associate editor Christian Courier, Dallas, Texas, 1904-1911. Professor philosophy and psychology, Texas Christian University, 1906-1911.
Scholar in psychology, University of Chicago, 1911-1912.
Fellow in philosophy, same, 1912-1913. Assistant professor philosophy, State University of Iowa, 1913-1914.
Instructor psychology, University of Chicago, 1914-1915, also The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago. Associate professor psychology, State University of Iowa, 1915-1917, professor, 1917-1918.
Director Iowa Child Welfare Research Station, 1918-1919.
Professor sociology, University of Chicago, 1919-1939, department chairman of sociology and anthropology, 1925-1929, department chairman of sociology, 1929-1939, retired, 1939. Visiting professor, University of Washington, summer, 1930, Tulane, 1st semester, 1930-1931, University of Michigan, summer, 1932, University of Hawaii, 1938. Distinguished professor sociology Texas Christian University, 1949-1950.
Professor sociology University of Utah, 1951.
Research in Belgian Congo and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1932-1933, Guatemala, Costa Rica. Mexico, 1947, Belgian Congo, Uganda, 1949.
Editor American Journal Sociology, 1925-1936. President Adult Education, Council of Chicago, 1941-1942.
Member Sociological Research Association (charter. Clubs: Onwentsia, Quadrangle, University, Casino.
Married Elizabeth Lee Homan, October 3, 1901 (died July 31, 1937). Married second, Ruth Greeley Wells, January 1, 1941. Children: Eugene Homan (deceased), Richard Alexander, Robert East. Lee, George, William Kercheval (deceased), Ellsworth.