Glen Elder | |
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| Born | Glen Holl Elder, Jr. February 28, 1934 |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Known for | Life course theory |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill PhD, 1961 |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociologist |
| Institutions | University of California,Berkeley 1962-1967 Cornell University 1979-1984 University of North Carolina,Chapel Hill 1968-1977,1984-present |
| Website | http://elder.web.unc.edu/ |
Glen Holl Elder Jr. (born 28 February 1934) is an American sociologist who is the Howard W. Odum Research Professor of Sociology (emeritus),a research professor of psychology and a current professor at the Carolina Population Center [1] at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 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. [2] The American Academy of Arts and Sciences admitted Glen H. Elder in 1988. [3] In 1993,he was honored with the Cooley-Mead Award by the Social Psychology Section of the American Sociological Association. [4] Elder was given honorary doctorates by the University of Bremen in 1999, [5] by the Pennsylvania State University in 2003 [6] and by the Ohio State University in 2005. [7]
