william graham sumner was the american academician who taught the first sociology courses in the united states.
william graham sumner was the american academician who taught the first sociology courses in the united states.
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william graham sumner
the first college course entitled "sociology" was taught in the united states at yale in 1875 by william graham sumner. in 1883 lester f. ward, the first president of the american sociological association, published "dynamic sociology—or applied social science as based upon statical sociology and the less complex sciences" and attacked the laissez-faire sociology of herbert spencer and sumner. ward's 1200 page book was used as core material in many early american sociology courses. in 1890, the oldest continuing american course in the modern tradition began at the university of kansas, lectured by frank w. blackmar. the department of sociology at the university of chicago was established in 1892 by albion small, who also published the first sociology textbook: an introduction to the study of society 1894. george herbert mead and charles cooley, who had met at the university of michigan in 1891 (along with john dewey), would move to chicago in 1894. their influence gave rise to social psychology and the symbolic interactionism of the modern chicago school. the "american journal of sociology" was founded in 1895, followed by the "american sociological association" (asa) in 1905. the sociological "canon of classics" with durkheim and max weber at the top owes in part to talcott parsons, who is largely credited with introducing both to american audiences. parsons consolidated the sociological tradition and set the agenda for american sociology at the point of its fastest disciplinary growth. sociology in the united states was less historically influenced by marxism than its european counterpart, and to this day broadly remains more statistical in its approach.
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joan huber (born 17 october 1925 in bluffton, ohio) is an american sociologist and professor emeritus of sociology at ohio state university. huber served as the 79th president of the american sociological association in 1989. huber taught at the university of notre dame from 1967 to 1971, eventually moving to illinois, where she taught at the university of illinois at urbana/champaign. while instructing numerous sociology courses at the university of illinois at urbana/champaign, huber served as the director of women's studies program for two years (1978-1980), and then became the head of the department of sociology in 1979 until 1983. in 1984, huber left illinois for an opportunity at the ohio state university, where she became the dean of the college of social and behavioral sciences, coordinating dean of the colleges of the arts and sciences, and senior vice president for academic affairs and university provost. during her time, huber was president of sociologists for women in society from 1972-1974, the midwest sociological society from 1979-1980, and the american sociological association from 1988-1989. being highly recognized for her excellence, in 1985 huber was given the jessie bernard award by the american sociological association. not only was huber an instructor of sociology at multiple institutions or president of different organization, she also served different editorial review boards, research committees, and counseled and directed many institutions on their sociology departments.
joan huber