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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:29:50 -0400
To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu
From: Gavin Hougham <ghougham@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Re: Areas of interest/prestige
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>On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Brent wrote:
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>> Does anyone know of studies involving the prestige of sociology?


I will try to ferret out the cite, but there were a couple of articles in
ASR a few years ago on sociology subspecialty prestige.  They used some
networks methods to scale and cluster the various sections of the ASA along
several dimensions... I can't remember the details but maybe someone has it
handy on their shelf.

To Jean's point, I think there might be an inverted U or possibly S shaped
distribution to the cut of one's suit as one progresses through a career.
As grad students and asst profs, left-over suit from your sister's wedding;
as assoc. profs active in consulting and professional association work,
decent real wool threads on someone else's nickel; as full profs, return to
comfortable khakis while hosting grad student pot-luck dinners.  When
emeritus, you don your old three- piece with spats and walking stick to let
everyone know you have absolutely nothing better to do. (One exception is
for those who go into administration, where you'd better be styling when
meeting with outside people). 

Gavin Hougham


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The University of Chicago Medical Center
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Department of Sociology
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