Morris Zelditch

Morris Zelditch (born February 29, 1928) is an American sociologist. He is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Stanford University, where he taught from 1961 to 1996. He is known for his work on the effects of status characteristics embedded in the stratification of the larger society.^[1]

He received his B.A. from Oberlin College in 1951 and his PhD from Harvard University in 1955; his doctoral advisor was Talcott Parsons and his dissertation was titled Authority and Solidarity in Three Southwestern Communities. He then taught at the sociology department of Columbia University 1955–61, before joining Stanford University in 1961 as an Associate Professor of Sociology and eventually as a full Professor. He was also chairman of the sociology department during the years 1964–1968 and 1989–1994.

He was editor-in-chief of the American Sociological Review 1975–1978, President of Pacific Sociological Association 1991–1992 and chairman of the theory section of the American Sociological Association 1999–2000. He received the Cooley-Mead Award of the American Sociological Association in 2000.^[2]

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