David Featherman

Doctor of Philosophy
David Featherman
Alma mater Franklin and Marshall College
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scientific career
Fields Demography
Gerontology
Human development[1]
Psychology
Sociology
Social psychology
Institutions Princeton University
Harvard University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Social Science Research Council

David L. Featherman is an American Emeritus Professor of psychology and sociology and a fellow of Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Woodrow Wilson and Guggenheim Foundation.[2]

Early life

David Featherman had obtained Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Franklin and Marshall College in 1965 and two years got his Master's degree in sociology from University of Michigan Ann Arbor followed by a Ph.D. in social psychology another two years later form the same place.[3]

Career

Between 1969 and 1970 he worked at the Princeton University as an Assistant Professor and then held the same position at University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1970 to 1974 in between of which he was Assistant Professor for two years. From 1974 to 1982 he was a Professor followed by a chairman from 1975 to 1978 at the same university. He continued working at the University of Wisconsin-Madison resulting in becoming a director (1980 to 1982) of the university's College of Letters and Sciences department and becoming John Bascom Professor from 1982 to 1993.[3] Also in 1982, he was accepted as a faculty member at Harvard University.[4] From 1989 to 1995 he was a President of the Social Science Research Council where he worked along with Annette Dieli,[5] and then returned to his second alma mater where he became its director from 1995 to 2005. The same year (1995), he became Professor at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor where he still remains as well as for Center for Advancing Research and Solutions for Society (since 2004).[3]

In 2014 he and four other colleagues have replicated economic mobility survey of 1962.[6]

Memberships

Professor Featherman is a member of the following societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association for Psychological Science, International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Population Association of America and Sociological Research Association.[3]

Awards and honors

Works

  • 1978 — Opportunity and Change

References

  1. ↑ "David Featherman". Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ "David L. Featherman". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "David L. Featherman" (PDF). University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Harvard offers top Sociology posts to 3 outsiders". May 19, 1982. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ Russell Thornton, ed. (1998). Studying Native America: Problems and Prospects. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-299-16060-2.
  6. ↑ "hat Surveys Have Told Us About U.S. Social Mobility". Science Magazine. May 22, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
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