Russell Sage Foundation

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"The Russell Sage Foundation was established in 1907 for "the improvement of social and living conditions in the United states." It is an operating foundation directly involved in the conduct and dissemination of social science research. In its effort to improve the social effectiveness of social research." [1]

Staff (2006)

Trustees

Accessed September 2009: [1]

  • Kenneth D. Brody, Treasurer - Founding Partner, Taconic Capital Advisors
  • W. Bowman Cutter III - Managing Director, Warburg Pincus
  • John A. Ferejohn - Carolyn S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Visiting Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
  • Larry V. Hedges - Board of Trustees Professor of Statistics and Social Policy, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
  • Kathleen Hall Jamieson - Walter and Leonore Annenberg Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania
  • Melvin J. Konner - Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology, Emory University, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Cora B. Marrett - Assistant Director, Education and Human Resources, National Science Foundation
  • Nancy Rosenblum - Senator Joseph S. Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government, Harvard University
  • Shelley E. Taylor - Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Richard Thaler - Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Behavioral Science, and Director, Center for Decision Research, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
  • Eric Wanner - President, Russell Sage Foundation
  • Mary C. Waters, Chair - M.E. Zukerman Professor of Sociology, Harvard University

Board of trustees (2006)

Former Chief Operating Officers

Criticism

Schulman, Brown, and Kahn identify twelve super-stars of research who over the years obtained 32 % of the $16.4 million distributed in extramural grants, these were in order of their dollar support from the Foundation: Loyd Ohlin, Morris Janowitz, Joseph Ben David, Harry Ball, Philip Selznick, Henry Cohen (New York City), David French, Edward Volkardt, Richard Schwartz, Lawrence Kohlberg, Sol Levine, and Edward Suchman. (p.11)

Other Books

Resources and articles

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References

  1. Trustees, Russell Sage Foundation, accessed September 29, 2009.
  2. The Russell Sage Foundation: A Brief History, Russell Sage Foundation, accessed September 29, 2009.
  3. The Russell Sage Foundation: A Brief History, Russell Sage Foundation, accessed September 29, 2009.