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A Brief History of the Pacific Sociological Association

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Founded in 1929 by Emory S. Bogardus, the PSA is the oldest regional sociological association. During its 85-year history, the association has steadily increased in membership, participation, registration and size of its annual meeting, complexity of organizational structure, and has moved from a gemeinshaft to a gesellshaft culture and to a more inclusive and democratic association. Much of this change has mirrored the growth of sociology in general and of higher educational institutions in U.S. and has been made possible essentially through the work and effort of volunteers.

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  1. Emory S. Bogardus was a professor of sociology at the University of Southern California. He not only founded the PSA but also the sociology honor society, Alpha Kappa Delta, and was president of the American Sociological Association in 1931.

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Dorn, D.S. A Brief History of the Pacific Sociological Association. Am Soc 45, 121–133 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12108-014-9205-1

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