Background
Flacks, Richard Isaac was born on April 26, 1938 in Brooklyn. Son of David and Mildred Flacks.
Flacks, Richard Isaac was born on April 26, 1938 in Brooklyn. Son of David and Mildred Flacks.
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1963.
Assistant professor Department Sociology, University Chicago, 1964—1969. Associate professor Department Sociology, University California, Santa Barbara, California, 1969—1975. Professor Department Sociology, University Chicago, 1975—2006, chair, 1975—1980, research professor, since 2006.
Chair, political sociology section American Sociological Association, 1990—1991, council member, 2001—2002. Research associate Center Study Higher Education, Berkeley, California, since 2003.
(Looks at the history of American participation in politic...)
(Where do young revolutionaries go when the revolution doesn)
Founder, board member Santa Barbara County Action Network, 2003—2010. Founding member StudentsDem. Society, Port Huron, Michigan, 1962—1967, New University Conference, Chicago, 1968—1974.
Board member Fund Santa Barbara, 1998—2004. Chair Santa Barbara Commission Public television Access, 1995—2002.
Married Miriam Hartman, November 20, 1959. Children: Charles Wright, Marc Ajay.