Doug McAdam, Professor of Sociology, Stanford University
Doug McAdam is professor of sociology and former director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Prior to his appointment at Stanford in 1998, he taught for 15 
years at the University of Arizona. He is the author or coauthor of 11 books and more than 70 articles in the area of political sociology, with a special emphasis on the study of social movements and revolutions. Among his works are Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970; Freedom Summer (C. Wright Mills Award); and The Dynamics of Contention (coauthor). His current research includes a follow-up study of the long term “civic effects” of youth service; research on the dynamics of neighborhood collective action in Chicago from 1965 to 2005; and a study examining the influence of prior racial conflict on the location of arson attacks on black churches in the U.S. between 1995 and 2001.
Elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he was vice president of the American Sociological Association (2007-08) and twice a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He has received fellowships and grants from the National Science Foundation, the NEH, and the Guggenheim and W.T. Grant Foundations.
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