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VITA EDWARD O. LAUMANN Home 21 E. Huron, #2705 Office 1126 E. 59th St. Suite 409 Address: Chicago, IL 60611 Address: Chicago, IL 60637 (773) 315-4049 (773) 702-8691 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (773) 702-4607 Citizenship: U.S.A. Education: Undergraduate: Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1956-60 Economics (minor); Sociology (honors) A.B., summa cum laude (in Sociology) Graduate: Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1960-62 (Sociology) A.M. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1962-64 (Sociology) Ph.D. Courses Taught: Introductory Sociology Social Network Analysis Organizational Analysis Sociology of the Legal and Social Stratification Medical Profession Sociology of Human Sexuality Special Fields: Social Stratification Political Sociology (especially Complex Organizations elite analysis) Methodology Community Power Structure Sociology of Human Sexuality Sociological Theory Awards and Fellowships: Phi Beta Kappa, 1959 Woodrow Wilson Fellowship (honorary, 1960) Harvard Graduate National Fellowship (four years) Samuel Stouffer Doctoral Fellowship (Fellow of Joint Center for Urban Studies), 1963-65 2 Free Press Book Award (for doctoral examinations in Sociology), 1962 Horace H. Rackham Faculty Fellowship, Summer 1967 Ford Foundation Fellow in Behavioral Sciences, Germany and England, 1970-71 Election to Research Club of the University of Michigan, 1972 Election to Sociological Research Association, 1974 Appointment to the George Herbert Mead Distinguished Service Professorship, University of Chicago, 1985 Harry A. Kalven Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in Law and Social Sciences, 1987 Book Finalist, American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award Committee, 1988 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1990 Senior Fellow, John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the theory and Practice of Democracy, 1994 Survey of the Year Award for the National Health and Social Life Survey, American Association of Public Opinion Research, New York Chapter, 1995 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Lecturer, 1995-96. Visits to eleven college and university Campuses Fellow, International Academy of Sex Research, 1994 Gordon J. Laing Award, University of Chicago Press for Outstanding Book by Faculty, 1996 Fellow, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, 2000 Award for paper presented at the annual meeting of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, December 2007. Kinsey Award, Mid-continent Region of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, Tampa, Florida, June 2009. Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, University of Chicago, June 2009. Simon/Gagnon Award for Life-time Achievement in the Study of Sexualities, American Sociological Association Section on Sexualities, August 2009. Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2013 Professional Memberships: American Sociological Association, 1964- American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1967- International Sociological Association, 1972- Midwest Sociological Society, 1974- Sociological Research Association, 1974- International Network for Social Network Analysis, 1972- ; Advisory Board, 1977-82 Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, 1994- International Academy for Sex Research, 1994- Population Association of America, 1994- Listings: Contemporary Authors, International Scholars Directory, Who’s Who in Behavioral Science, International Who’s Who in Sociology, American Men and Women of Science, Laumann - 4/15/15 3 Who’s Who in the Midwest, Who’s Who in North America, Dictionary of International Biography, International Who’s Who in Education, Who’s Who in the World. Professional Activities: Associate Editor, Sociological Inquiry, 1967-74 Associate Editor, American Sociological Review, 1970-73 Academic Editor, Series on Social Inequality, Scott-Foresman Company, 1970 Member, Sociology Panel, National Science Foundation, 1971-73 Executive Board Member, Committee on Community Research, International Sociological Association, 1973-76 Examination Committee for Sociology Graduate Record Examination, Educational Testing Service, 1973-76 Chair, Examination Committee, Sociology Graduate Record Examination, Educational Testing Service, 1976-78 Associate Editor, American Journal of Sociology, 1974-76 Member, Program Committee for the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, 1978 Panelist, N.S.F./Nato Postdoctoral Fellowships in Science, March 24-26, 1977 Chair, Nominating Committee of the Section on Community Sociology, American Sociological Association, 1976-77 Member, Editorial Board, Social Networks, 1977-82 Editor, American Journal of Sociology, 1978-84 Member, Membership Committee, Sociological Research Association, 1980-81 Council Member, Section on Community, American Sociological Association, 1980-81 Member, Selection Committee for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship, American Sociological Association, 1985-7 Trustee, National Opinion Research Corporation, 1984- ; Member of Trustee Executive Committee, 1985- Laumann - 4/15/15 4 Vice President, Board of Trustees, National Opinion Research Corporation, 1985- Trustee, Board of Benton Education Trust Fund, 1985-91 Chair, Board of Directors of Benton Center for Curriculum and Instruction, 1986-91 Chair, Visiting Committee to the Department of Sociology, Harvard University, 1985-90 Commissioner, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 1985-91 Co-chairman, Advisory committee for the study of behavioral and organizational factors in the adoption and implementation of workplace technologies, National Academy of Engineering and NRC Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, 1987-9 Co-chair, Symposium: “Designing for technological change: People in the process.” Sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering and CBASSE, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, National Academy of Sciences, Irving California, March 13-14, 1989 Co-chair, Workshop on understanding sexual behavior for intervention purposes: needs for future research. International Conference on Assessing AIDS Prevention, Montreaux, Switzerland, October 29 - November 1, 1990 Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Adolescent Health Study (ADD Health), 1994- Present Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Survey Measurement of Sensitive Behaviors Using Audio-CASI, Research Triangle Institute, 1994- Member, Institute of Medicine Workshop, Assessing the Social and Behavioral Science Base for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Intervention, July 1995. Chair, Session on The Social Organization of Sexuality, Annual Meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Atlanta, Georgia, February 17, 1995. Co-Organizer (with Virginia Cain), Sexual Behavior, Health and STDs (including AIDS), Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, San Francisco, California, April 6-9, 1995. Member, Behavioral Research Planning Group, National Institute of Health Budget Priorities 1997, Office of AIDS Research, February 28 - March 2, 1995 Editor, American Journal of Sociology, 1995-97 Laumann - 4/15/15 5 Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 1995- Member, External Advisory Committee, University of Washington, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Cooperative Research Center, 1996- Organizer, Session on Organizations, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D. C. August 1995. Member-at-Large, Section Committee, Section on Social, Economic, and Political Sciences (K), American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1997-2000. Member, Scientific Advisory Panel, Pfizer U.S. Pharmaceuticals Group, 1997-Present. Participant, Ad hoc Joint Workshop of the American Sociological Association, American Anthropological Association, and COSSA to review draft study section regulations of the National Institute of Health, Washington, D.C., October 2, 1998. Member, Committee #1, “Epidemiology and natural history and risk factors including iatrogenic and aging.” 1st International Consultation on Erectile Dysfunction. World Health Organization, Paris, France, July 1-3, 1999. Member, National Scientific Advisory Committee for the National Study of Adolescent Health. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1998-2003. Member, American Sociological Association’s planning meeting on Prospective Campaign: Sociology for a New Century, Washington, D.C., June 29, 1999. Coordinator and Chair, Review Committee, Review of Organized Research Units: Social Science Research Centers, University of California, Berkeley, February 17-19, 2000. Member, Board of Directors, Metropolitan Chicago Information Center, 2000-2006. Member, Board of Editors, American Sociological Association, Rose Monograph Series, 2000-2003. Consultant, “Toward a higher quality of Christian ministry: A study of church leadership.” Funded by Lilly Foundation and sponsored by Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, 2000. Elected Chair, Section K (Social, Economic and Political Sciences), American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001-2004. Reviewer, Department of Sociology, Duke University, April, 2001. Laumann - 4/15/15 6 Panelist, Task Force on Elder Abuse and Neglect, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2001-2. Member, Editorial Board, Law and Social Inquiry, 2005-7. Invited Participant, Migration Studies, MacArthur Foundation, January 2005. Member, Board of Directors, Family Institute, Northwestern University,
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