David A. Snow is an American sociologist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. His research has addressed collective behavior, social movements, homelessness and poverty, social psychology, culture, religion and qualitative methodology. In 2025 he received the American Sociological Association's W. E. B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award and was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2026. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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BirthplaceSaginaw, Michigan, United States 2 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionResearch on social movements, framing processes, homelessness, and poverty 2 Notable Work Connections
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David A. Snow is an American sociologist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine.
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David A. Snow is an American sociologist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine.
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Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Snow grew up in Ohio and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Ohio University in 1966.
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notable_works = Down on Their Luck, A Primer on Social Movements, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Social Movements
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known_for = Research on social movements, framing processes, homelessness, and poverty
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