21 April, 2007

The Road to Academia for Judith Blau

As a junior in college Judith Blau decided to focus her studies on sociology when she realized that “sociologists did everything, from environmental studies to sociology of science.” Judith Blau earned her Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from the University of Chicago in 1964 and earned her Master's Degree in Sociology in 1967 from the same university. In 1972 Judith Blau earned her doctorate from Northwestern University and wrote “The structure of science” for her dissertation. Since then Dr. Blau has had many teaching and fellowship opportunities, but currently teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Recently Dr. Blau has been working with Alberto Moncada, who is from Spain, publishing a series of books on human rights and co-editing the journal, Societies Without Borders, for INGO Sociologist without Borders, of which they are Presidents for in their respective counties. In working along side Moncada she says that “it is helpful having a European collaborator.”

Resources:


Blau, Judith. “Re: Memoir Project.” E-mail from Judith Blau. 3 April 2007.

“Social Science Researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill.” Odum Institute for Research in Social Science. 14 February 2007
http://www.irss.unc.edu/odum/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=123

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