Roderick D. McKenzie

Roderick D. McKenzie
Born	Roderick Duncan McKenzie (1885-02-03)February 3, 1885 Carman, Manitoba, Canada
Died	6 May 1940(1940-05-06) (aged 55) Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
Citizenship	Canadian American
Occupations	Sociologist Professor
Known for	The Neighborhood: A Study of Local Life in the City of Columbus, Ohio. Chicago School (sociology) Roderick D. Mc Kenzie On Human Ecology
Spouse	Eva Irene Bissett
Academic background
Education	University of Manitoba (1908–1912; A.B., 1912) University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1920)
Thesis	The Neighborhood: A Study of Local Life in the City of Columbus, Ohio. (1923)
Academic work
Institutions	Manitoba Agricultural College(1912–1913) Ohio State University (1915–1919) University of West Virginia (1919–1920) University of Washington (1920–1930) University of Michigan (1930-?) University of Chicago Stanford University

Roderick Duncan McKenzie (3 February 1885 – 3 May 1940) was a Canadian-American sociologist he was faculty at the University of Chicago McKenzie served as the 2nd Vice-President of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in 1932-1933, and was a charter member of the Sociological Research Association.

Early Life

Roderick McKenzie was born in the small agricultural town of Carman, Manitoba, on February 3 1885 to Katherine Stevenson and John McKenzie. He attended the Winnipeg schools throughout his primary education, and attended the University of Manitoba from 1908-1912 where he earned his A.B. degree.

Career

In 1912 McKenzie accepted a teaching position at Manitoba Agricultural College. In 1913 he moved to the United States to take on graduate work in sociology at the University of Chicago. From 1915 to 1920 he worked as an assistant instructor of sociology and economics at Ohio State University, and West Virginia University. In 1920 McKenzie would be accepted into the doctorate program in sociology at the University of Chicago for his thesis The Neighborhood: A Study of Local Life in the City of Columbus, Ohio. He would also be appointed a position at the University of Washington where he would eventually become the chair of the sociology department. He received his Ph.D in 1921, and his thesis was published in 1923. From 1930 until his death in 1940, McKenzie served as head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan, during that time he was enlisted by president Herbert Hoover to research urban trends for The President’s Research Committee on Social Trends. McKenzie’s research for that project was published as The Rise of Metropolitan Communities.

External links

• Works by Roderick Duncan McKenzie at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Roderick D. McKenzie at the Internet Archive
• ASA Officers - American Sociological Association
• Online-Biographie: Roderick D. McKenzie, Faculty History Project, University of Michigan
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