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'''Christopher Winship''' (born ], ]) is Diker-Tishman Professor of sociology at ].
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He grew up in ], ] and earned his bachelor degree in mathematics and sociology from ] in 1977. He holds a Ph.D in sociology from Harvard.
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'''Christopher Winship''' is Professor of sociology at ]. He earned his bachelor degree in mathematics and sociology from ]. He holds a Ph.D in sociology from Harvard. He served as the Chair of Harvard's sociology department from 1998 to 2001. From 1984 to 1986, he was the director of the Economics Research Center at NORC. Before coming to Harvard in 1992, he was a professor of Sociology and Economics at Northwestern University, where he also was a founding member of the Department of Statistics. He was Director of the Program in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences at Northwestern. He is editor of Sociological Methods and Research.
After leaving Harvard he did a one year post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute for Research on Poverty at the ] and a two-year fellowship at the National Opinion Research Center at the ].

In 1980 he joined the Sociology Department at ]. During his twelve years at Northwestern he was Director of the Program in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and for four years chair of the Department of Sociology. He was a founding member of Northwestern's Department of Statistics, and held a courtesy appointment in Economics.

From 1984 to 1986, he was the director of the Economics Research Center at ].
He returned to Harvard in 1992, and served as the Chair of Harvard's sociology department from 1998 to 2001.

He is currently doing research on several topics: The Ten Point Coalition, a group of black ministers who are working with the ] police to reduce youth violence; statistical models for causal analysis; the effects of education on mental ability; causes of the racial difference in performance in elite colleges and universities; changes in the racial differential in imprisonment rates over the past sixty years.

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Christopher Winship (born Topeka, Kansas) is Diker-Tishman Professor of sociology at Harvard University.

He grew up in New Britain, Connecticut and earned his bachelor degree in mathematics and sociology from Dartmouth College in 1977. He holds a Ph.D in sociology from Harvard.

After leaving Harvard he did a one year post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin and a two-year fellowship at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.

In 1980 he joined the Sociology Department at Northwestern University. During his twelve years at Northwestern he was Director of the Program in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and for four years chair of the Department of Sociology. He was a founding member of Northwestern's Department of Statistics, and held a courtesy appointment in Economics.

From 1984 to 1986, he was the director of the Economics Research Center at NORC.

He returned to Harvard in 1992, and served as the Chair of Harvard's sociology department from 1998 to 2001.

He is currently doing research on several topics: The Ten Point Coalition, a group of black ministers who are working with the Boston police to reduce youth violence; statistical models for causal analysis; the effects of education on mental ability; causes of the racial difference in performance in elite colleges and universities; changes in the racial differential in imprisonment rates over the past sixty years.

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