Charles Garfiel Kadushin (June 5, 1932 – September 21, 2022) was an American psychologist and emeritus professor of psychology at the

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. He was an expert in the field of

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Biography

Kadushin's parents were the

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rabbi

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and the psychologist Evelyn Garfiel. Kadushin received his A.B. from Columbia College in 1953 and Ph.D. from

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in 1960. He carried out a number of large survey projects on the American intellectual elite,

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s, and Jewish populations, especially those who partake in the

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programs. Kadushin was also a Visiting research professor at the department of sociology of

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and Distinguished Scholar at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis. Kadushin was elected a fellow of the

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in 1982. He was a recipient of the 2009

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from the

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for his work on social networks. Kadushin died on September 21, 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kadushin, Charles 1932 births 2022 deaths 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American psychologists Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Graduate Center, CUNY faculty Brandeis University faculty Columbia College (New York) alumni Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni American sociologists People from Madison, Wisconsin