Reuben Hill
Reuben Lorenzo Hill Jr. (July 4, 1912 – September 26, 1985) was an American sociologist. He specialized in the sociology of the family.[1] He was the seventh president of the International Sociological Association (1970–1974).[1][2] He has been called "the founding father of family sociology".[3]
Biography
Hill was born on July 4, 1912, in
Hill died in Norway on September 26, 1985.[8][7][3][9]
Research and impact
Hill specialized in the
John Mogey noted that one of his early books, When you marry (1945) a textbook on sociology of family, "set a national standard for functional courses in family life education" for many years.[7]
The Reuben Hill Research Award, given annually in his name by National Council on Family Relations (NCFR), was established in 1980 and is awarded for the best research or theory paper in the field of family sociology.[3][10][11]
Wesley R. Burr described Hill's contribution as follows:
[D]eveloping a model to study family crises, conducting theory-based field experiments, organising the first bibliographic storage system in the field, developing the methodology to study three generations of families simultaneously, initiating graduate traineeships in the family field, helping to develop the family development conceptual framework, developing methods to improve theory, dramatically improving theory, and helping to establish the Theory and Method workshops that are held in conjunction with the annual meetings of the National Council on Family Relations.[9]
Olson and Boss mention that Hill's "ABC-X model describing family stress [presented in 1958] has had an immense impact on the field".[3]
Awards
He received, among others, the first Ernest W. Burgess Award given by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR).[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Reuben Hill". www.isa-sociology.org. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ "ISA Presidents". International Sociological Association. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ^ ISSN 1545-5300.
- ^ "Collection: Reuben Hill papers | University of Minnesota Archival Collections Guides". archives.lib.umn.edu. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- ^ ISSN 0020-7152.)
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- ^ JSTOR 41601466.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ JSTOR 352251.
- ^ "Reuben Hill Award | National Council on Family Relations". www.ncfr.org. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Reuben Hill Award (list of winners)" (PDF). ncfr.org.