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The University of Michigan is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was founded in 1817, is the oldest institution of higher education in the state, and is one of the earliest American research universities and a founding member of the Association of American Universities. It enrolls more than fifty-three thousand students, including more than thirty-five thousand undergraduates, in nineteen schools and colleges that offer over 280 degree programs. Its campus spans 3,177 acres and includes Michigan Stadium.

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The University of Michigan (UMich, U-M, or Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
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    The University of Michigan (UMich, U-M, or Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
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    is a public research university
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Robert E. Park (Wikipedia)
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Park graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts degree (Phi Beta Kappa) in 1887.
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Marshall Sahlins (Wikipedia)
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In 1957, he became assistant professor at the University of Michigan.
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Napoleon Chagnon - Wikipedia
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After enrolling at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in 1957, he transferred to the University of Michigan after his first year and there received a bachelor's degree in 1961, an M.A. in 1963, and a Ph.D. in 1966 under the tutelage of Leslie White.
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Eric Wolf (Wikipedia)
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Soon after, in 1961, Wolf began teaching at the University of Michigan, holding a position as a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Lehman College, CUNY before moving in 1971 to the CUNY Graduate Center, where he spent the remainder of his career.
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Sherry Ortner - Wikipedia
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She has taught at Sarah Lawrence College (1970-77); the University of Michigan (1977-94); the University of California, Berkeley (1994-96); Columbia University (1996-2004); and, since 2004, the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Roy Rappaport (Wikipedia)
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He received his Ph.D. at Columbia University and held a tenured position at the University of Michigan.
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Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (Wikipedia)
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He taught at the University of Michigan from 1993 to 1998 and at Texas A&M University from 1998 to 2005, after which he joined the Duke faculty. == Work and views == Bonilla-Silva is known for researching the role of race in public life.
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Wikipedia: William H. Sewell Jr.
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He taught in the history department at the University of Arizona from 1980 to 1985 and in the history and sociology departments at the University of Michigan from 1985 to 1990, when he returned to the University of Chicago.
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Wikipedia: Charles Perrow
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Perrow became an instructor and later an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, where he stayed until 1963.
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Wikipedia: Mark Mizruchi
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He is the Robert Cooley Angell Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Barger Family Professor of Organizational Studies at the University of Michigan, where he is also a professor of management and operations at the Ross School of Business.
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Robert Putnam (Wikipedia)
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He taught at the University of Michigan until joining the faculty at Harvard in 1979, where he has held a variety of positions, including Dean of the Kennedy School, and is currently the Malkin Professor of Public Policy.
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Nancy Hartsock (Wikipedia)
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Hartsock taught in the Political Science Department of the University of Michigan.
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Robin D. G. Kelley (Wikipedia)
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By 1987 he had earned a master's in African history and doctorate in U.S. history from UCLA. === Career === After earning his doctorate, he began his career as an assistant professor at Southeastern Massachusetts University, then to Emory University, and the University of Michigan, where he was promoted to associate professor with tenure.
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Frithjof Bergmann (Wikipedia)
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Frithjof Harold Bergmann (24 December 1930-23 May 2021) was a German professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, where he taught courses on existentialism, continental philosophy, Hegel, and Marx.
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Ronald Inglehart (Wikipedia)
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University of Michigan
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George Ritzer - Wikipedia
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After graduating from The University of Michigan in 1964, Ritzer began working in personnel management for the Ford Motor Company, however, this proved to be a negative experience for him.
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John Dewey (Wikipedia)
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he accepted a faculty position at the University of Michigan (1884-88 and 1889-94)
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Robert Cooley Angell (Wikipedia)
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Angell was appointed lecturer in 1922 and assistant professor of sociology in 1924 at the University of Michigan
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