Presidents
Vice-Presidents
Editors

Presidents of SSSP, 1952-2025

Ernest W. Burgess, 1952-53, University of Chicago

Alfred McClung Lee, 1953-54, Brooklyn College

Herbert Blumer, 1954-55, University of California, Berkeley

Arnold M. Rose, 1955-56, University of Minnesota

Mabel Elliott, 1956-57, Chatham College

Byron Fox, 1957-58, Syracuse University

Richard Schermerhorn, 1958-59, Western Reserve University

Alfred R. Lindesmith, 1959-60, Indiana University

Alvin W. Gouldner, 1960-61, Washington University

Marshall B. Clinard, 1961-62, University of Wisconsin

Marvin B. Sussman, 1962-63, Western Reserve University

Jessie Bernard, 1963-64, Pennsylvania State University

Irwin Deutscher, 1964-65, Syracuse University

Howard S. Becker, 1965-66, Northwestern University

Melvin Tumin, 1966-67, Princeton University

Lewis Coser, 1967-68, Brandeis University

Albert J. Reiss, Jr., 1968-69, University of Michigan

Raymond W. Mack, 1969-70, Northwestern University

Kai Erikson, 1970-71, Yale University

Albert K. Cohen, 1971-72, University of Connecticut

Edwin M. Lemert, 1972-73, University of California-Davis

Rose Coser, 1973-74, SUNY-Stony Brook

Stanton Wheeler, 1974-75, Yale University-Law School

S.M. Miller, 1975-76, Boston University

Bernard Beck, 1976-77, Northwestern University

Jacqueline Wiseman, 1977-78, University of California-San Diego

John I. Kitsuse, 1978-79, University of California-Santa Cruz

Frances Fox Piven, 1979-80, Boston University

James E. Blackwell, 1980-81, University of Massachusetts-Boston

Egon Bittner, 1981-82, Brandeis University

Helena Z. Lopata, 1982-83, Loyola University-Chicago

Louis Kriesberg, 1983-84, Syracuse University

Joan W. Moore, 1984-85, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Rodolfo Alvarez, 1985-86, University of California-Los Angeles

Arlene Kaplan Daniels, 1986-87, Northwestern University

Doris Y. Wilkinson, 1987-88, University of Kentucky

Joseph R. Gusfield, 1988-89, University of California-San Diego

Murray Straus, 1989-90, University of New Hampshire

James A. Geschwender, 1990-91, SUNY-Binghamton

Stephen J. Pfohl, 1991-92, Boston College

William Chambliss, 1992-93, George Washington University

Barbara Katz Rothman, 1993-94, City University of New York

James D. Orcutt, 1994-95, Florida State University

Peter Conrad, 1995-96, Brandeis University

Pamela A. Roby, 1996-97, University of California-Santa Cruz

Beth B. Hess, 1997-98, County College of Morris

Evelyn Nakano Glenn, 1998-99, University of California-Berkeley

Robert Perrucci, 1999-00, Purdue University

John F. Galliher, 2000-01, Missouri University-Columbia

Joel Best, 2001-02, University of Delaware

Nancy C. Jurik, 2002-03, Arizona State University

Kathleen J. Ferraro, 2003-04, Northern Arizona University

Gary Alan Fine, 2004-05, Northwestern University

Claire M. Renzetti, 2005-06, University of Dayton

Valerie Jenness, 2006-07, University of California - Irvine

Nancy A. Naples, 2007-08, University of Connecticut

Steven E. Barkan, 2008-09, University of Maine

JoAnn L. Miller, 2009-10, Purdue University

A. Javier Treviño, 2010-11, Wheaton College

Wendy Simonds, 2011-12, Georgia State University

R.A. Dello Buono, 2012-13, Manhattan College

Anna Maria Santiago, 2013-14, Case Western Reserve University

Marlese Durr, 2014-15, Wright State University

David A. Smith, 2015-16, University of California, Irvine

Donileen R. Loseke, 2016-17, University of South Florida

Luis A. Fernandez, 2017-18, Northern Arizona University

Nancy J. Mezey, 2018-19, Monmouth University

Heather M. Dalmage, 2019-20, Roosevelt University

Corey Dolgon, 2020-21, Stonehill College

Noreen M. Sugrue, 2021-22, The Latino Policy Forum and The Council of International Neonatal Nurses

Shirley A. Jackson, 2022-23, Portland State University

Mary Bernstein, 2023-24, University of Connecticut

Rose M. Brewer, 2024-25, University of Minnesota

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Vice-Presidents of SSSP, 1952-2025

Arnold M. Rose, 1952-53, University of Minnesota

Jessie Bernard, 1953-54, Pennsylvania State College

James B. McKee, 1954-55, University of Toledo

Byron Fox, 1955-56, Syracuse University

Richard A. Schermerhorn, 1956-57, Western Reserve University

W.F. Cottrell, 1957-58, Miami University

Alfred R. Lindesmith, 1958-59, Indiana University

Everett C. Hughes, 1959-60, University of Chicago

Marvin B. Sussman, 1960-61, Western Reserve University

Jessie Bernard, 1961-62, Pennsylvania State University

Irwin Deutscher, 1962-63, Syracuse University

Charles R. Snyder, 1963-64, Southern Illinois University

Frank E. Hartung, 1964-65, Southern Illinois University

Frank F. Lee, 1965-66, Northeastern University

Albert Reiss, Jr., 1966-67, University of Michigan

Raymond W. Mack, 1967-68, Russell Sage Foundation

Peter I. Rose, 1968-69, Smith College

Albert K. Cohen, 1969-70, University of Connecticut

Lee Rainwater, 1970-71, Harvard University

Ned Polsky, 1971-72, SUNY-Stony Brook

Murray Wax, 1972-73, University of Kansas

Melvin Kohn, 1973-74, National Institute of Health

Helena Z. Lopata, 1974-75, Loyola University-Chicago

Betty Cogswell, 1975-76, University of North Carolina

Frances Fox Piven, 1976-77, Boston University

Elizabeth Briant Lee, 1977-78, Short Hills, N.J.

John R. Howard, 1978-79, SUNY-Purchase

Joan Huber, 1979-80, University of Illinois

Pamela Roby, 1980-81, University of California-Santa Cruz

Arlene Kaplan Daniels, 1981-82, Northwestern University

Sally T. Hillsman, 1982-83, Vera Institute of Justice

Judith Lorber, 1983-84, CUNY

Doris Y. Wilkinson, 1984-85, University of Virginia

Carol A. B. Warren, 1985-86, University of Southern California

Joseph R. Feagin, 1986-87, University of Texas-Austin

Herbert A. Aurbach, 1987-88, State University College-Buffalo

James D. Orcutt, 1988-89, Florida State University

Evelyn Nakano Glenn, 1989-90, SUNY-Binghamton

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, 1990-91, Colby College

Rose M. Brewer, 1991-92, University of Minnesota

Walda Katz-Fishman, 1992-93, Howard University

Ronald Troyer, 1993-94, Drake University

Beth B. Hess, 1994-95, County College of Morris

Nancy Kleniewski, 1995-96, SUNY-Geneseo

Judith Levy, 1996-97, University of Illinois

Robert Perrucci, 1997-98, Purdue University

Kathleen Ferraro, 1998-99, Arizona State University

Jane C. Hood, 1999-00, University of New Mexico

Nancy C. Jurik, 2000-01, Arizona State University

Claire Renzetti, 2001-02, St. Joseph's University

Richard Dello Buono, 2002-03, Dominican University

Valerie Jenness, 2003-04, University of California-Irvine

Martha A. Hargraves, 2004-05, University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston

Kimberly J. Cook, 2005-06, University of North Carolina - Wilmington

Keith M. Kilty, 2006-07, Ohio State University

Carrie Yang Costello, 2007-08, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Cheryl Boudreaux, 2008-09, Grand Valley State University

PJ McGann, 2009-10, University of Michigan

Carolyn C. Perrucci, 2010-11, Purdue University

Wendy Chapkis, 2011-12, University of Southern Maine

Tracy L. Dietz, 2012-13, University of North Texas

Luis Fernandez, 2013-14, Northern Arizona University

Nancy J. Mezey, 2014-15, Monmouth University

Ronnie J. Steinberg, 2015-16, Vanderbilt University

Valerie Leiter, 2016-17, Simmons College

David G. Embrick, 2017-18, University of Connecticut

William D. Cabin, 2018-19, Temple University

Daina Cheyenne Harvey, 2019-20, College of the Holy Cross

Pamela Anne Quiroz, 2020-21, University of Houston

Sarah Jane Brubaker, 2021-22, Virginia Commonwealth University

Stephani Williams, 2022-23, Northern Arizona University

Anthony A. Peguero, 2023-24, Arizona State University

David J. Luke, 2024-25, University of Michigan-Flint

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Editors of Social Problems, 1953-2024

Jerome Himmelhoch, 1953-58, Brandeis University

Erwin O. Smigel, 1958-61, Indiana University

Howard S. Becker, 1961-65, Stanford University

Hyman Rodman, 1965-69, Merill-Palmer Institute

David Gold, 1969-75, University of California-Santa Barbara

Arlene Kaplan Daniels, 1975-78, Northwestern University

Richard Colvard, 1978-81, S. Oregon State College

Malcolm Spector, 1981-84, McGill University

James D. Orcutt, 1984-87, Florida State University

Joseph Schneider, 1987-90, Drake University

Merry Morash, 1990-93, Michigan State University

Robert Perrucci, 1993-96, Purdue University

Joel Best, 1996-99, Southern Illinois University

David A. Smith, 1999-02, University of California-Irvine

James A. Holstein, 2002-05, Marquette University

Amy S. Wharton, 2005-08, Washington State University

Ted Chiricos, 2008-11, Florida State University

Becky Pettit, 2011-14, University of Washington

Nilda Flores-González, 2014-15, University of Illinois at Chicago

Pamela Anne Quiroz, 2014-18, University of Houston

Annulla Linders, 2018-24, University of Cincinnati

Earl Wright II, 2018-24, Rhodes College

Derrick R. Brooms, 2021-24, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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