Charles Michael Camic (born September 27, 1951) is the Lorraine H. Morton Professor of sociology at

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. His research focuses on

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, the

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, and

historical sociology Historical sociology is an interdisciplinary field of research that combines sociological and historical methods to understand the past, how societies have developed over time, and the impact this has on the present. It emphasises a mutual line ...

Education and career

Camic received his B.A. in

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...

summa cum laude Latin honors are a system of Latin phrases used in some colleges and universities to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned. The system is primarily used in the United States. It is also used in some Sou ...

'' from the

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in 1973. He went on to receive his M.A. and Ph.D., also in sociology, from the

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in 1975 and 1979, respectively. In 1979, he became an assistant professor of sociology at the

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, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1984 and to full professor in 1988. In 1999, he became the Martindale-Bascom Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2006, he left the University of Wisconsin-Madison to become the John Evans Professor of sociology at Northwestern, where he was appointed the Lorraine H. Morton Professor in 2016.

Editorial activities

From 1999 to 2003, Camic was the co-

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of the ''

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'', along with Franklin D. Wilson. As of February 2017, he is a senior editor for ''

Theory and Society ''Theory & Society'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering theoretical analyses of social processes and phenomena. It was established by Alvin Gouldner in 1974. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editor-in- ...

''.

References

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