Glen Holl Elder, Jr., (28 February 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio) is the Howard W. Odum Research Professor of Sociology (emeritus), a research professor of Psychology and a current professor at the

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at the

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. His research interests are in social psychology, sociology, demographics and life course research. Elder's major work was Children of the Great Depression: Social Change in Life Experience, in 1974. The

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admitted Glen H. Elder in 1988. In 1993, he was honored with the Cooley-Mead Award by the Social Psychology Section of the

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. Elder was given honorary doctorates by the

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in 1999, by the

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in 2003 and by the

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in 2005.

Education

Elder was born on February 28, 1934 in

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. He received a bachelor’s of science from Pennsylvania State University, University Park in 1957, his Master's from

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, Kent, Ohio and a PhD. in sociology and psychology from the

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in 1961.

Publications

* Giele, J.Z. and Elder, G.H., Jr. (eds.) (1998) Methods of life course research. Qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks: Sage. * Elder, G.H. (1999) Children of the great depression. Social change in life experience. 25. anniversary print, Boulder: Westview Press. * Elder, G.H., Conger, R.D. and Park, R.D. (2000) Children of the land. Adversity and success in rural America. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.

References

External links

Carolina Population Center profile

Glen Elder at "Pioneers of Qualitative Research" from the Economic and Social Data Service
1934 births Living people University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty American sociologists {{US-sociologist-stub