Education:

A.B.  (Philosophy),  Antioch College, 1953

M.S.  (Psychology), Trinity University, 1956

Ph.D. (Sociology) Department of Social Relations,  Harvard University, 1961

 
Other scattered experiences

1963-64: Field Director in Pakistan, 18 months, primarily in Dacca, East Pakistan (Bangladesh); also Ranchi, India

1962-64: Research Associate, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University (Project with Alex Inkeles: "Social and Cultural Aspects of Development")

1960-61: Research Associate, Laboratory of Social Relations, Harvard University (Research with Gordon W. Allport and John Harding on "The Measurement of Prejudice")

1958-60: Fellow, Social Science in Medicine Program, Harvard University

1957-58: Teaching Fellow, Harvard University

1954-56: U.S. Army, Corporal (Psychology Instructor), Ft. Sam Houston, Texas

1953-54: Psychology Assistant, Child Guidance Clinic, Mooseheart, Illinois

Other Academic Positions, University of Michigan

Director, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research  (1982-90)

Director, Detroit Area Study, (1965-71, 1976)

Chair, Department of Sociology, (1970-73)

Awards & Such

Gordon W. Allport Prize in 1970, and Honorable Mention for articles in 1969 and 1978

Guggenheim Fellowship, 1980-81

Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1985-86

Annual Scholarly Award, North Central Sociological Association, 1986.

Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, University of Michigan, 1989

Resident Scholar, Rockefeller Foundation Study Center at Bellagio, Italy. 1993 

Fellow, Society of Personality and Social Psychology, 1991

Fellow, APS (Association for Psychological Science), 2004-

Fellow, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993-

AAPOR Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement, 1994

Paul F. Lazarsfeld Award, Methodology Section, American Sociological Association, 1996.

Annual Book Award, 2005, for Racial Attitudes in America:  Trends and Interpretations. (Harvard University Press, 1997). Presented by American Association for Public Opinion Research.

Philip Converse Award for 2005 for Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys: Experiments on Question Form, Wording, & Context, presented by Organized Section on Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior, American Political Science Association.

Research Grants:

         Ford Foundation (1968); NIMH (1968, 1974, 1980); Rackham (1968, 1973)

         NSF (1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984 [2], 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002)

         Spencer Foundation (1988); NIA (1991); TESS (2003)