Transforming Consciousness:
Sociology and Social Justice
Keynote Speaker:
William J. Chambliss
Professor of Sociology and Co-director,
Institute on
Crime, Justice and Corrections
The George Washington University
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William Chambliss' areas of research are criminology and
the sociology of law. In pursuit of his research interests he has
traveled widely including visiting professorships in Sweden, Norway,
England, Wales, Nigeria, and Zambia. He also spent half a year in
Thailand doing research on the international distribution of opium and
heroin from Asia to Europe and America. He has served as president of
the American Society of Criminology and the Society for the Study of
Social Problems. He has received numerous awards for his research and
teaching including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American
Sociological Association, The American Society of Criminology, and the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the PASS Award from the
National Council on Crime and Delinquency. In 1999 Professor Chambliss
was awarded an honorary doctorate of law from the University of Guelph,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has been recognized as an outstanding
teacher by being inducted into the George Washington University Chapter
of Golden Key International Honour Society, and the National Honor
Society for Outstanding Teachers.
Professor Chambliss is the author of over fifteen books including: Power, Politics, and CrimeSociology (with Richard Appelbaum) Law, Order and Power (with Robert Seidman) Boxman: A Professional Thief's Journey (with Harry King) On the Take: From Petty Crooks to Presidents Crime and the Legal Process Whose Law? What Order? |