James Stephen House is an American social psychologist. He is the Angus Campbell Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Survey Research, Public Policy, and Sociology at the

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Early life and education

House attended Springfield High School and graduated as the 1961 class valedictorian. Following high school, House attended

Haverford College Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducational ...

where he majored in history for his undergraduate degree and completed his PhD at the

(U-M).

Career

Following his PhD, House served as an instructor, assistant professor, and finally an

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in the department of sociology of

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

until 1978. He then joined his alma mater, the University of Michigan, and received an Investigator Award for his project "Social Inequalities in Aging and Health." Upon earning his award, he was also elected a member of the

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. From 2005 until 2010, House served as the Angus Campbell Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Survey Research. While serving in this role, he was elected to the

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and received the

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's 2009 Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions to Theory and Research in the Sociological Study of Mental Health. In 2008, his professorship was promoted to the rank of Distinguished University Professorship. Following the resignation of Robert Groves, House was appointed the interim Survey Research Center director. Nearing the end of his tenure at U-M, House was named the Henry Russel Lecturer for 2013 "in recognition of exceptional achievements in research, scholarship or creative endeavors, and an outstanding record of teaching, mentoring and service." Following his retirement, House published ''Beyond Obamacare: Life, Death, and Social Policy'' through the Sage Foundation.

Selected publications

The following is a list of selected publications: *''Work Stress and Social Support'' (1981) *''Aging, Health Behaviors, and Health Outcomes'' (1992) *''Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology'' (1995) *''International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences'' (2001) *''A Telescope on Society: Survey Research and Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond'' (2004) *''Making Americans Healthier: Social and Economic Policy as Health Policy'' (2008) *''Beyond Obamacare: Life, Death, and Social Policy'' (2015)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:House, James S. Living people Academics from Pennsylvania 21st-century American psychologists Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Duke University faculty University of Michigan faculty University of Michigan alumni Haverford College alumni Year of birth missing (living people)