Daniel J. Myers | |
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Born | |
Citizenship | United States |
Education | Ohio State University |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Known for | Research on the urban unrest of the 1960s |
Awards | Sheedy Teaching Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Sociology |
Institutions | Misericordia University |
Thesis | Diffusion Models for Riots and Other Collective Violence |
Website | [1] |
Daniel J. Myers (born April 9, 1966, in Xenia, Ohio) is the President of Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania and a professor of Sociology. His best known research is on the urban unrest of the 1960s and the media coverage of those riots, specializing in identifying the patterns of unrest diffusion. He has written several books and articles, and is co-author of the best-selling sociological social psychology textbook, Social Psychology.[1]