Troy Duster

Professor
Institute for the History of the Production of Knowledge
and
Department of Sociology 
New York University
285 Mercer Street, 1004

Tel.  212.998.8882
Fax  212-995-4904 
troy.duster@nyu.edu

Education:

Ph.D. 1962, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois - Sociology
M.A. 1959, University of California, Los Angeles - Sociology
B.A. 1957, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois - Journalism

Major Interests:

science; public policy; race and ethnicity; deviance.

Selected Works: 

• “The Social Consequences of Genetic Disclosure,” in Ronald Carson and Mark Rothstein, eds., Culture and Biology, Baltimore:  Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
• "The Stratification of Cultures As the Barrier to Democratic Pluralism," in Robert Orrill, ed., Education and Democracy: Re-imagining Liberal Learning in America, The College Board, 1997.
• Backdoor to Eugenics, Routledge, 1990.
• The Legislation of Morality, Macmillan, 1970. 

Selected Honors and Awards:

• 2002 Hatfield Scholars Award
• DuBois-Johnson-Frazier Award, American Sociological Association, 2001
• Social scientist to the National Advisory Commission for The Decade of Behavior - 2000-2001
• Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science Ethical; Social Issues Panel, Genetic Therapy Germline Intervention
• Chancellor's Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1998
• Doctor of Letters, awarded by Williams College, Williamston, Massachusetts, 1991

Originally posted: 08/29/2002

Last updated: 04/25/2003