Zuckerman, Harriet

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ZUCKERMAN, Harriet

ZUCKERMAN, Harriet. American, b. 1937. Genres: Sciences, Biography, Sociology. Career: Barnard College, New York City, lecturer in sociology, 1964-65; Columbia University, New York City, assistant professor and project director at Bureau of Applied Social Research, 1965-72, associate professor, 1972-78, professor of sociology, 1978-92, professor emerita, 1992-, Dean's Distinguished Lecturer at College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1982, chair of department, 1978-82; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, senior vice president. Sigma Xi, national lecturer, 1975-76; Rockefeller University, adjunct member of faculty, 1979-; Harvard Medical School, Kass Lecturer, 1984; University of Notre Dame, Exxon Series Lecturer, 1986; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Nicholas C. Mullins Lecturer, 1989. Publications: Scientific Elite: Nobel Laureates in the United States, 1977, sections reprinted in Genius and Eminence, 1983, rev. ed. 1996; (ed. with Y. Elkana, J. Leder- berg, and others) Toward a Metric of Science: The Advent of Science Indicators, 1978; (ed. with R.B. Miller, and contrib.) Science Indicators: Implications for Research and Policy, 1980; (ed. with J.R. Cole and J.T. Bruer) The Outer Circle: Women in the Scientific Community, 1991. Address: A.W. Mellon Foundation, 140 E. 62nd St., New York, NY 10021, U.S.A.

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