James M. Mannon (born February 16, 1942) is a

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DePauw University DePauw University is a private liberal arts university in Greencastle, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 1,972 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University. DePauw is a member of both the G ...

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, and until his retirement held the Larz A. Whitcomb Professorship of Sociology at DePauw. Mannon did his undergraduate and graduate studies at

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, and worked at

Millikin University Millikin University is a private university in Decatur, Illinois. It was founded in 1901 by prominent Decatur businessman James Millikin and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Media Decaturian The ''Decaturian'', also known as ...

(1973–1975),

Monmouth College Monmouth College is a private Presbyterian liberal arts college in Monmouth, Illinois. Monmouth enrolls approximately 900 students from 21 countries who choose courses from 40 major programs, 43 minors, and 17 pre-professional programs in a c ...

(1968–1972), and Southern Illinois University before joining the DePauw faculty in 1975. He retired in 2001.Emeritus Professor James Mannon to Deliver 'Last Lecture' March 7

, February 28, 2002, retrieved 2017-05-06.

Books

* ''Close, But No Cigar'' (self-published, 2015) * ''Epilogue: Poems of Love and Loss'' (self-published through

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, 2005) * ''Emergency Encounters: a study of an urban

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service'' (1981) updated and re-released in 1991 as ''Emergency encounters: EMTs and their work'', (

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: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1992), . * ''American gridmark: why you’ve always suspected that measuring up doesn’t count'', (

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: Harbinger House, 1990). * ''Measuring up: the performance ethic in American culture'', (

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: Westview Press, 1997), (paperback). * ''Caring for the burned: life and death in a hospital burn center'', (

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, Thomas, 1985), .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mannon, James 1942 births Living people American sociologists Southern Illinois University alumni Millikin University faculty Monmouth College faculty Southern Illinois University faculty DePauw University faculty