Jeff Manza is an American sociologist and professor of sociology at New York University. He is a political sociologist, known for his work on voting behavior, public opinion, and felony disenfranchisement in the United States (with Christopher Uggen).[1][2][3] He has also researched the relationship between support for government programs and economic downturns.[4] He created The Sociology Project, a series of introductory sociology textbooks written by himself and NYU colleagues that aim to reorient the presentation of sociological ideas to beginning students.
Jeff Manza | |
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Born | Jeff Manza |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1984; M.A., 1989; Ph.D., 1995) |
Known for | Social inequality political sociology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Sociology |
Institutions | New York University Northwestern University |
Thesis | Policy experts and political change in the new deal (1995) |