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CPC Fellow Elder honored with special issue of Research in Human Development devoted to his research

Jan 6, 2009

The journal Research in Human Development recently published a special issue celebrating CPC Fellow Glen H. Elder, Jr‘s research on life course studies. Elder is a Research Professor of Sociology and Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The special issue, entitled “Glen H. Elder, Jr., and the Importance of Lived Experience,” was edited by Michael J. Shanahan, a former CPC postdoctoral scholar. Research in Human Development is the official journal of the Society for the Study of Human Development. The special issue is volume 5, number 4, October-December 2008.

Table of contents:

  • “Glen H. Elder, Jr., and the Importance of Lived Experience” by Michael J. Shanahan
  • “Glen Elder’s Influence on Life-Course Criminology: Serendipity and Cross-Disciplinary Fertilization” by John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson
  • “From Social Structure and Personality to Life Course Sociology: Glen Elder’s Legacy at the University of Minnesota” by Jeylan T. Mortimer
  • “Agency and Structure in Human Development” by Jacquelynne S. Eccles
  • “Berlin-Warsaw-Jena: A Journey with Glen H. Elder through Sites of Social Change” by Rainer K. Silbereisen and Martin J. Tomasik

The journal’s content is available from http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g906308836~db=all. If you would like to read one or more articles and do not have access to the journal, contact your local librarian.