Emory Stephen Bogardus

Emory Stephen Bogardus (born February 21, 1882 near Belvidere, Illinois , † August 21, 1973 ) was an American sociologist and the 21st President of the American Sociological Association .

Bogardus graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in 1908 and a master's degree in 1909 , and was awarded a Ph.D. in 1910 by the University of Chicago. PhD. In 1911 he became a sociology professor at the University of Southern California .

In 1925 Bogardus, who researched beyond sociology to include social psychology , presented the scale of social distance (Bogardus scale), a Guttman scale , which he had developed . It is a method of measuring attitudes .

He served as president of the American Sociological Association in 1931.

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Introduction to the Social Sciences , 1913
Introduction to Sociology , 1913
Essentials of Social Psychology , 1917
Essentials of Americanization , 1919
A history of social thought , 1922
The New Social Research , 1923
Fundamentals of Social Psychology , 1924
The City Boy and His Problems , 1926
Immigration and Race Attitudes , 1928
Contemporary Sociology , 1932
The Mexican in the United States , 1934
Introduction to Social Research , 1936
The Development of Social Thought , 1940
Sociology , 1949
The Making of Public Opinion , 1951
Principles of Cooperation , 1952
The Observer , 1966.

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SURNAME	Bogardus, Emory Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bogardus, Emory S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 21, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Belvidere (Illinois)
DATE OF DEATH	August 21, 1973