Ernest Russell Mowrer

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Ernest Russell Mowrer (born August 18, 1895 in Lost Springs , Kansas , † 1983 ) was an American sociologist . He taught as a professor at Northwestern University .

Mowrer graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1918 and then moved to the University of Chicago , where he studied sociology , took his master's degree in 1921 and obtained his Ph.D. in 1924. received his doctorate . His dissertation on disorganized families was published by the University of Chicago Press in 1927 and is part of the corpus of studies of the Chicago School of Sociology .

1922/23 Mowrer was assistant professor of sociology at the private Coe College in Cedar Rapids (Iowa) and 1923/24 at Ohio Wesleyan University . This was followed by two years of research for the Wieboldt Foundation . In 1928 he came to Northwestern University, first as an assistant professor, from 1933 as an associate professor and from 1943 as a full professor. He stayed there until his retirement in 1963.

Mowrer developed a unifying theory of personal disorganization with which he analyzed developments in deviant behavior . In addition, he developed a method for displaying changes in behavior on isometric maps.

Fonts (selection)

  • Family disorganization. An Introduction to Sociological Analysis . University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1927 (new edition: Arno Press, New York 1972, ISBN 0405038739 ).
  • Domestic discord. Its analysis and treatment . University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1928.
  • The family. Its organization and disorganization . University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1932.
  • Disorganization, personal and social . JB Lippincott company, Philadelphia / Chicago 1942.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical information is based on: Mowrer, Ernest R. (Ernest Russell), 1895-1983 , Northwestern University, Archival and manuscript Collections.
personal data
SURNAME Mowrer, Ernest Russell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mowrer, Ernest R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Lost Springs , Kansas
DATE OF DEATH 1983