Charles C. Moskos
1934-2008

CHARLES C. MOSKOS

Vita

Charles C. Moskos

 

Military Service:

U.S. Army Combat Engineers, 1956-1958 (draftee)

Degrees:

B.A., Sociology (cum laude), Princeton University , 1956

M.A., University of California , Los Angeles , 1960.

Ph.D., University of California , Los Angeles , 1963

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Norwich University , 1992

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Towson University , 2002

Professional Experience:

1964-1966 Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan

1966-1970 Associate Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University

1970-2003 Professor of Sociology,Northwestern University

1996-2003 Harold H. and Virginia Anderson Chair , Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

2003-present Professor Emeritus, Northwestern University

Fields of Interest:

Military Sociology

National Youth Service

Introductory Sociology

Greek American Studies

Fellowships:

1969-1970 Senior Faculty Fellow, Ford Foundation: study of United Nations peacekeeping forces in Cyprus

1980-1981 Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: study of all-volunteer force

1983-1984 Humanities Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation: study of citizenship and national service

1987-1988 S.L.A. Marshal Chair, Army Research Institute for the

Behavioral and Social Sciences: study of peacekeeping

1991 Guest Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: study of post-Cold War military

1992-1993 Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: study

of race relations in military

1995 Visiting Fellow, Annenberg Washington: study of military and the media

1995 S.L.A. Marshall Chair, Army Research Institute for the

Behavioral and Social Sciences: study of armed forces after the Cold War

2002 Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International

Center for Scholars: study of international military cooperation

2002 Eisenhower Chair, Royal Military Academy , Netherlands

2003 S.L.A. Marshall Chair, Army Research Institute for the

Behavioral and Social Sciences: study of military recruitment

Citizenship:

Testimony presented to U.S. Senate: Armed Services Committee (1978, 1981, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001), Veterans Affairs Committee (1976. 1980, 1991); U.S. House of Representatives: Armed Services Committee (1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1991, 1998 1999, 2000. 2004), Budget Committee (1985).

Accompanied American Combat Troops:

Vietnam

Vietnam (1965 and 1967), Dominican Republic (1966), Honduras (1984), Panama (1990), Saudi Arabia (1991), Somalia (1993), Haiti (1994), Macedonia (1995), Bosnia (1996 and 1998), Kosovo (2000), Iraq (2003).
Somalia

Writings Translated:

Albanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish.