Jennifer PlattFAcSS is a sociologist who is emeritus Professor at theUniversity of Sussex,^[1] where she taught from 1964 to 2002. She has been President of theBritish Sociological Association in 1987–89, and edited its journalSociology for 1985–87.^[2] She was a member of theInternational Sociological Association's (ISA) executive from 1994 to 2002. Her research interests in the history of sociology have been reflected in her terms as Secretary and President of the ISA's Research Committee on the History of Sociology, as Chair of theAmerican Sociological Association's Section on the History of Sociology,^[3] In 2002 she became an Academician of theAcademy of Social Sciences.^[4] Her main publications include:The Affluent Worker in the Class Structure, 1969, (with Goldthorpe et al.);Realities of Social Research, Sussex University Press, 1976;A History of Sociological Research Methods in America, 1920-1960, Cambridge University Press, 1996; andThe British Sociological Association: a Sociological History, SociologyPress, 2003.

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