Leon Anderson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Sociologist, academic, researcher |
| Awards | Charles Horton Cooley Award, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Scholarly Achievement Award, North Central Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarship Award, Pacific Sociological Association |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.A M.A Ph.D. |
| Alma mater | Portland State University University of Texas at Austin |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Ohio University Utah State University |
Leon Anderson is an American sociologist, academic and researcher. He is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Ohio University[1] and Utah State University.[2]
Anderson's primary scholarly contributions fall in social inequality and qualitative social science research methods. Among these, he has focused on sociology of deviance, qualitative research methods, homelessness, and auto-ethnographic methods. Anderson has authored or coauthored several books including, Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Street People, Analyzing Social Settings: A Guide to Qualitative Observation and Analysis 4th Edition and Deviance: Social Constructions and Blurred Boundaries.[3] Down on Their Luck has been translated into Portuguese and Analyzing Social Settings has been translated into Polish.[4]
In 2012 he co-edited an issue of the journal American Behavioral Scientist on mental health courts.[5]
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