James McCarthy (sociologist)

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James F. McCarthy (born c. 1949) is a sociologist and former president of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Biography

McCarthy received an A.B. in sociology from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1971, an M.A. in sociology from Indiana University in 1972, and a Ph.D. in sociology from Princeton University in 1977 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "Patterns of marriage dissolution in the United States." [1] McCarthy served as a professor and dean of the School of Health and Human Services at the University of New Hampshire, and has taught courses in public health and sociology at Columbia University and the Johns Hopkins University. His academic expertise is demography and adolescent and reproductive health. From 2007 to 2012 McCarthy served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the City University of New York's Baruch College, McCarthy was selected as the president of Suffolk University in 2012. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. McCarthy, James F. (1977). Patterns of marriage dissolution in the United States.
  2. Katherine Mangan, "Suffolk U.'s New President Taps His Sociological Training to Meet Students' Needs," The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 29, 2012
  3. Provost James McCarthy bids farewell to Baruch College. On August 27, 2014 Suffolk ousted McCarthy from the University. By William Weiz Archived 2013-04-16 at archive.today
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2012-02-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)