David Grusky

David Bryan Grusky (born April 14, 1958) is an American sociologist and the Barbara Kimball Browning Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. He is also a senior fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and the director of the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality. He formerly taught at Cornell University, where he was the founder and founding director of the Center for the Study of Inequality.[1][2]

David B. Grusky
David B. Grusky in 2015
Born (1958-04-14) April 14, 1958
NationalityAmerican
Alma materReed College
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Known forSocial inequality
Social mobility
Awards2004 Max Weber Award
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
InstitutionsStanford University
ThesisAmerican Social Mobility in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (1986)
Doctoral advisorRobert M. Hauser
Doctoral studentsKim Weeden

Career

Grusky attended Reed College, graduating with a bachelors in sociology in 1980. He then went on to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earning a Masters in 1983 and PhD in 1987, both in sociology. His master's thesis was Industrialization and the Status Attainment Process: Meritocracy Denied and his dissertation was American Social Mobility and Fertility in the United States, both advised by Robert Hauser. He joined the University of Chicago in 1986 as an assistant professor of sociology, before moving to Stanford University, where he remained until 1999. From 1999 to 2004, he was a professor of sociology at Cornell University, and then returned to Stanford.

Honors and awards

Grusky is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a former Presidential Young Investigator. He was the joint winner of the 2005 Max Weber Award from the American Sociological Association.[1]

References
  1. "David Grusky". Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  2. Lee, Felicia R. (2003-01-18). "Does Class Count in Today's Land of Opportunity?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
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