| Earl Babbie | |
|---|---|
| Born | Detroit, Michigan |
| Residence | United States |
| Citizenship | American |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Sociology |
| Institutions | University of Hawaii (1968 to 1979) |
| Alma mater | Harvard College (1960) University of California, Berkeley (1966) University of California, Berkeley (1969) |
| Notable awards |
Professor Emeritus |
Earl Robert Babbie (born January 8, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan), is an American sociologist who holds the position of Campbell Professor Emeritus in Behavioral Sciences at Chapman University. He is best known for his book The Practice of Social Research (first published in 1975), currently in its 12th English edition, with numerous non-English editions.[1][2]
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Earl Babbie was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Vermont and New Hampshire. In 1956, at the age of eighteen, he moved to Harvard Yard to attend Harvard College on an Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship where he graduated in 1960 with an B.A. in Social relations.[2][3]
From 1960-1963 Babbie served tours in the United States Marine Corps, as a disbursing officer in Okinawa, Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines.[1][3]
Babbie then went on to complete graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley where he received an M.A. in 1966. That same year he was honorably discharged from the USMC Reserve as First Lieutenant. He stayed at University of California, Berkeley to completed a Ph.D. in 1969.[2]
Earl Babbie moved to Hawaii where he taught sociology at the University of Hawaii. He taught there from 1968 to 1979, at which point he resigned to pursue a full-time research and writing career for the next 8 years. In 1987, Babbie joined the faculty at Chapman University in Orange, California where he remained until retirement from teaching in January 2006.[1][2][3]
Babbie is best known for the many textbooks he has written, which have been widely adopted in colleges throughout the United States and throughout other parts of the world. He is also an author of research articles and monographs. Throughout his career he has been active in the American Sociological Association and served on the ASA’s executive committee. He is also a past president of the Pacific Sociological Association and California Sociological Association.[2]
In 1988, Earl Babbie was announced as a Distinguished Visiting Professor, at California State University, and Honorary Member, Honors Program Student Association, 1994. In August 2000, Babbie received the Lester F. Ward Award, given by the Society for Applied Sociology for distinguished contributions to applied sociology.[2] In 2010, Chapman University began establishing the Earl Babbie Research Center,[1] with the official dedication scheduled for March 21, 2012. The Center’s mission is global in purview and its concerns include human rights, social justice, peaceful solutions to social conflicts and environmental sustainability. The Babbie Center supports cutting edge interdisciplinary research and encourages faculty-student collaboration.