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PAST DIRECTORS: PHILIP CONVERSE (1989-1994)
Philip E. Converse was the
fourth director, from 1989 to 1994. He is the former director of the
Institute for Social Research and is also the Robert Cooley Angell
Distinguished University Professor of Sociology and Political Science
at the University of Michigan. He earned his BA degree at Denison
University in 1949 and MA in English literature from the State
University of Iowa in 1950. In 1954 Dr. Converse received the
Certificat des Etudes Françaises from the University of Paris,
and in 1956, an MA in sociology from the University of Michigan. He
received his PhD in social psychology from the University of Michigan
in 1958. Dr. Converse is an international authority on voting behavior
and public opinion. His work includes The Human Meaning of Social
Change and The Dynamics of Party Support: Cohort-Analyzing
Party Identification.
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