Streetcorner Sociology

Delinder, Jean Van

Publication

Streetcorner Sociology

Delinder, Jean Van

Abstract

Sociology at the University of Kansas is steeped in the ethnographic tradition of tire "Chicago School." This is the result of a continuous exchange of promising graduate students and faculty between the two departments. Dr. E. Jackson Baur is a part of the "Chicago connection." He was awarded the Ph.D. by Chicago in 1942 and was hired as an Assistant Professor by the University of Kansas in 1947. He has been Professor Emeritus since 1983 and still maintains an active involvement in the department. The following is an informal history of Dr. Baur's experiences as a student at Chicago and as a professor at Kansas.