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    Joyce E. Williams (Professor of Sociology Emerita)

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Williams, J.E., MacLean, V.M. Studying ourselves: Sociology discipline-building in the United States. Am Soc 36, 111–133 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12108-005-1012-2

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