Passings

Standing For the Neglected: Marcia Worrell, 1966-2020
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May 15, 2020

Standing For the Neglected: Marcia Worrell, 1966-2020

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Pioneer of Mangement Research Methodology: Mark Easterby-Smith, 1948-2020
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April 23, 2020

Pioneer of Mangement Research Methodology: Mark Easterby-Smith, 1948-2020

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Bringing Realism to Criminology: Roger Matthews, 1948-2020
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April 10, 2020

Bringing Realism to Criminology: Roger Matthews, 1948-2020

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A Pioneer of Gender Politics: Vicky Randall, 1945-2019
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November 26, 2019

A Pioneer of Gender Politics: Vicky Randall, 1945-2019

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A Reformer of Criminal Justice: Joan Petersilia, 1951-2019

A Reformer of Criminal Justice: Joan Petersilia, 1951-2019

Remembering criminologist Joan Petersilia who spent her career examining the agencies that conduct U.S. criminal justice, and whose solidly evidence-based work was a major influence in affecting corrections and sentencing reforms.

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Philosopher of Psychology: Rom Harré, 1927-2019

Philosopher of Psychology: Rom Harré, 1927-2019

Rom Harré, a philosopher deeply engaged in critically examining the attributes and vulnerabilities of the social sciences, and who was both an early computational researcher and an incredibly prolific academic author, died October 17 at age 91.

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Chronicler of a Generation’s Spirituality: Wade Clark Roof, 1949-2019

Chronicler of a Generation’s Spirituality: Wade Clark Roof, 1949-2019

Wade Clark Roof, a sociologist of religion whose work examined the evolving spirituality of the Baby Boomer generation in such words as A Generation of Seekers, has died.

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South Africa’s Universal Man: Johnny Clegg, 1953-2019

South Africa’s Universal Man: Johnny Clegg, 1953-2019

The late South African musician Johnny Clegg was also an anthropologist both formally, as a lecturer on ethnography, and informally as he continued a teaching career from the stage.

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Bridging Research and Policy: Alan Krueger, 1960-2019

Bridging Research and Policy: Alan Krueger, 1960-2019

Princeton economist Alan Krueger, who The New York Times described as “help[ing] lead economics toward a more scientific approach to research and policymaking” in his repeated stints in the public sector, has died at age 58.

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The Pragmatic Utopian: Erik Olin Wright, 1947-2019

The Pragmatic Utopian: Erik Olin Wright, 1947-2019

Sociologist Erik Olin Wright, who died last week at age 71, spent his career trying to imagine practical alternatives to capitalism.

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The Dean of ‘Ism’ Studies: Walter Laqueur, 1921-2018

The Dean of ‘Ism’ Studies: Walter Laqueur, 1921-2018

Walter Laquer, who fled the Holocaust, experienced the birth of Israel, founded the ‘Journal of Contemporary History,’ and was an unflinching sentinel against terrorism and an authoritarian Russia, died on September 30. He was 97.

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The Well-Rounded Game Theorist: Martin Shubik, 1926-2018

The Well-Rounded Game Theorist: Martin Shubik, 1926-2018

Martin Shubik, an economist,  game theorist and political scientist whose sense of persepctive, and of humor, infused his voluminous work on complex and vexing questions, has died at age 92. He died August 22 at his home in Branford, Connecticut; Shubik had been on the faculty at nearby Yale University since 1963.

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