Steven James Gold (born 1955) is a sociologist involved in research on ethnic economies,

international migration International migration occurs when people cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum length of the time. Migration occurs for many reasons. Many people leave their home countries in order to look for economic opportunities ...

, the development of ethnic communities,

visual sociology Visual sociology is an area of sociology concerned with the visual dimensions of social life. Theory and method Visual sociology can be theoretically framed around three themes. Luc Pauwels suggests that the framework is based on the origin ...

, and

qualitative methods Qualitative research is a type of research that aims to gather and analyse non-numerical (descriptive) data in order to gain an understanding of individuals' social reality, including understanding their attitudes, beliefs, and motivation. This ...

. Having served as President of the International Visual Sociology Association (1987–1990) and Chair of the

American Sociological Association The American Sociological Association (ASA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology. Founded in December 1905 as the American Sociological Society at Johns Hopkins University by a group of fif ...

Section on International Migration (2003–2004), he is a professor at

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

in the Department of

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 ...

Early life

Gold grew up in

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. He attended

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and

University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California syste ...

as an undergraduate, graduating with a BA in both

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 ...

and

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

. He received his master's and doctoral degrees in sociology at

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. He worked as a sociology professor at

Whittier College Whittier College (Whittier Academy (1887–1901)) is a private liberal arts college in Whittier, California. It is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and, as of fall 2022, had approximately 1,300 (undergraduate and graduate) students. It was ...

1985-1994 and

1994–present.

Books

* ''Refugee Communities: A Comparative Field Study'' (Sage 1992). * ''From The Workers’ State to The Golden State'' (Allyn and Bacon 1995). * ''Immigration Research for a New Century: Multidisciplinary Perspectives'' (Co-edited with

Rubén G. Rumbaut Rubén G. Rumbaut is a prominent Cuban-American sociologist and a leading expert on immigration and refugee resettlement in the United States. He is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Education and Emplo ...

and

Nancy Foner Nancy Foner is an American sociologist, a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, City University of New York, and a published author. Foner is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has also held the pr ...

, Russell Sage Foundation, 2000). * ''Ethnic Economies'' (with Ivan Light Academic Press, 2000). * ''The Israeli Diaspora'' (Routledge/University of Washington Press 2002). * ''The Store in the Hood: A Century of Ethnic Business and Conflict'' (Rowman and Littlefield 2010). * ''International Handbook of Migration Studies'' (Co-edited with Stephanie Nawyn, Routledge 2013).

Awards

* ''Charles Horton Cooley Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Sociology'', Michigan Sociology Association, East Lansing, October 2007 * The Israeli Diaspora wins the ''Thomas and Znaniecki Award'' from the ASA’s International Migration Section for the best book on international migration, August 2003

References

External links

* Personal Web sit

* New Americans Books Series

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