John R. Logan
John R. Logan | |
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| Born | John Richard Logan 1946 (age 78–79) |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Industrialization, Repression, and Working Class Militancy in Spain (1974) |
| Doctoral advisor | Arthur Stinchcombe |
| Other advisors | Immanuel Wallerstein |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociology |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | |
| Doctoral students | Min Zhou |
| Main interests | Housing discrimination in the United States |
| Notable works | Urban Fortunes (1987) |
John Richard Logan (born 1946) is a professor of sociology at Brown University, where he has taught since 2004. The courses he teaches primarily focus on urban sociology, urban policy and spatial analysis.
Before joining Brown, he was a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Administration at the University at Albany. He also served as Director of the Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research and the Urban China Research Network. At Brown, he served as the director of research initiative on spatial structure in the social sciences, from 2004-2016. His research on studying the changes in residential patterns utilizes contemporary and historical census data. This framework was utilized to approach his other research projects focusing on urban sociology, immigration, segregation, and studies related to the People's Republic of China.