Edward A. Ross

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Edward A. Ross was an American sociologist and progressive-era reformer known for pioneering work in social control theory and for helping establish sociology as an academic discipline in the United States.

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instanceOf human
progressive-era reformer
social theorist
sociologist
university teacher
academicAdvisor Richard T. Ely NERFINISHED
birthDate 1866-12-12
birthPlace Virden, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1951-07-22
educatedAt Coe College NERFINISHED
Johns Hopkins University
Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin
employer Stanford University
University of Nebraska–Lincoln NERFINISHED
University of Wisconsin–Madison NERFINISHED
familyName Ross NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork criminology
social psychology
social theory
sociology
givenName Edward
influenced development of American sociology
institutionalization of sociology in U.S. universities
knownFor Progressive Era social reform
helping establish sociology as an academic discipline in the United States
social control theory
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainInterest race and immigration issues
social control
social reform
memberOf American Sociological Society NERFINISHED
movement Progressivism NERFINISHED
name Edward Alsworth Ross NERFINISHED
notableWork Changing America: Studies in Contemporary Society NERFINISHED
Sin and Society: An Analysis of Latter-Day Iniquity NERFINISHED
Social Control: A Survey of the Foundations of Order NERFINISHED
Social Psychology: An Outline and Source Book NERFINISHED
positionHeld president of the American Sociological Society
professor of sociology at Stanford University
professor of sociology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln
professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
theory social control theory
workLocation Lincoln, Nebraska, United States NERFINISHED
Madison, Wisconsin, United States NERFINISHED
Stanford, California, United States NERFINISHED

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Richard T. Ely influenced Edward A. Ross