Dr. Jay Weinstein

Professor of Sociology

Short Biography: Born and reared in Chicago, Dr. Weinstein has a BA and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois-Urbana and an MA from Washington University-St. Louis, all in sociology. Prior to coming to EMU he served on the faculties of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Iowa. He has traveled extensively, including three one-year assignments in India. Since the early 1990s, he has worked in the former Communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

Courses Taught:

• Introductory Sociology, Social Problems
• Population/Demography
• Social and Cultural Change
• Urban Sociology
• Quantitative Methods
• Sociological Theory
  

Research Interests:
Demographic Transition, Social Change, Altruism, Urban Sociology. Also considerable experience as Journal editor. Current Editor-in-Chief of Applied Social Science.