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2021
Aldon Morris
Christine Williams
Mary Romero
2008
Arne L. Kalleberg
Presidential Address - Video, PDF
Alejandro Portes
Jill Quadagno
Neil Smelser
Maureen T. Hallinan
Amitai Etzioni
William A. Gamson
William Julius Wilson
Kai T. Erikson
Henry P. Fairchild
Presidential Address
Sociologists Look at the Future Audio Recording*
*Sociologists Look at the Future is a recording from the American Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Berkeley, California on August 30, 1953 where past presidents were asked “What are the best words of counsel you can give to a young PhD just launching his or her sociological career?” Series introduction, individual introductions, and concluding remarks by Samuel A. Stouffer.