William kornblum biography

PERSONAL:

Male. Education:Cornell University, B.S. (biology), 1961; University of Chicago, M.A. (social science), 1965, Ph.D. (sociology), 1971.

CAREER:

Sociologist. Peace Corps volunteer in Africa; University of Washington, Seattle, faculty; City University of New York graduate school, professor of sociology, 1973—, Center for Urban Research, unit chief, 1974—, chair.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Merit Honor Award, U.S.

Department of Interior, for work on planning urban national recreation areas; shared First Prize in Applied Research, Progressive Architecture (magazine).

WRITINGS:

Blue Collar Community, foreword by Morris Janowitz, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1974.

(With Terry M. Williams) Growing up Poor, Lexington Books (Lexington, MA), 1985.

(With Joseph Julian and Carolyn D.

Smith) Social Problems, fifth edition, Prentice-Hall, (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1986, tenth edition, 2001.

(With Carolyn D. Smith) Sociology in a Changing W