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The Stanford prison experiment (SPE) was a psychological experiment performed during August 1971. It was a two-week simulation of a prison environment that examined the effects of situational variables on participants' reactions and behaviors. Stanford University psychology professor Philip Zimbardo managed the research team who administered ...
Pages in category "Stanford University Department of Sociology faculty" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
William Richard Scott (born December 18, 1932) is an American sociologist, and Emeritus Professor at Stanford University, specialised in institutional theory and organisation science. He is known for his research on the relation between organizations and their institutional environments. [1] [2]
She noticed that the boys in her chemistry class were undeterred by setbacks while the girls lacked confidence to believe they were good at chemistry in spite of good grades. [1] Correll was encouraged by one of her professors to apply for a PhD in sociology and received a full scholarship to Stanford University. [4]
Egon Bittner (April 16, 1921 – May 7, 2011) was an American sociologist who made groundbreaking contributions to the sociology of policing. He was born into a Jewish family in Skřečoň, a village in Silesia, an historically much-disputed part of Czechoslovakia, now in the Czech Republic.
Stanford, Dauber told me during one Christmas vacation, “is one of the most unfriendly, if not the most unfriendly school to victims of sexual assault.” She was waving off her husband, who was urging her to get off the phone and go skiing with the family. Stanford is “at the bright center of the universe today,” she went on.
Cook was the founding director of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS), [2] which was formed at Stanford in 2004. [10] She also served as senior associate dean for the social sciences from 2001-2005, and as chair of the sociology department from 2005-2010. [11]
The couple moved to Stanford University, [6] [8] where Mary earned her Ph.D. in 1896. The same year she was named assistant professor and later associate professor at Stanford, [1] becoming the first full-time American professor of sociology. [9] The strain of a dual career family proved too much for the couple, and they were divorced in 1904. [8]