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Dennis Gilbert
Overview
Dennis Gilbert is a sociologist and long-serving faculty member at Hamilton College, known for his work on social stratification and the American class system. He first appeared at Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges as a visiting instructor in 1975–76 and was subsequently appointed a full Instructor in Sociology in 1976. He holds an M.A. from the University of Oregon and completed his Ph.D. at Cornell University.
Relevance to Research
Gilbert appears in the corpus beginning with the September 1975 Spectator, which lists him among new Kirkland College faculty as a “visiting instructor of sociology” in the Social Science Division. The September 1976 Spectator notes his conversion to a permanent Instructor in Sociology appointment. By December 1975, Gilbert is referenced as a supervisor for student senior projects in sociology, and his name recurs across more than 50 issues spanning from 1975 onward, tracking his long tenure at Hamilton. His presence in the corpus documents the development of the sociology program at both Hamilton and the merged Hamilton-Kirkland institution.
Notes
Role: Sociology faculty; specialist in social stratification and the American class structure
Key events:
- Holds M.A. from University of Oregon; Ph.D. candidate (and later Ph.D.) from Cornell University
- Joined Hamilton/Kirkland Colleges as Visiting Instructor of Sociology, fall 1975
- Appointed Instructor in Sociology, fall 1976
- Supervised student sociology senior projects, including a project by a student named Blank that generated campus debate in December 1975
- Author of The American Class Structure (multiple editions), a widely used textbook on social stratification
- Among 52+ corpus appearances tracking his career from 1975 through at least 1990
Related Sources
- spec-1975-09-05 (listed as new visiting instructor, Social Science Division)
- spec-1975-12-05 (named as project supervisor in sociology controversy)
- spec-1976-09-09 (appointment as permanent Instructor in Sociology confirmed)