Thomas Cook
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Professor
Areas of Interest: Social Psychology, Applied Sociology/ Evaluation Research, Education.
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Professor; Ph.D. Stanford University 1967. Areas of interest include Social Psychology, Social Science of Human Development, Evaluation Research, Education. Cook is interested in social science methods for inferring causation, and through this interest he examines issues in evaluation research, primarily in the areas of education and community health. He has authored or edited several books on these topics, including Quasi-Experimentation Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings, Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Evaluation Research, and The Foundations of Evaluation Theory. He is also interested in understanding how individual and institutional factors combine to help some adolescents successfully navigate both middle class and ghetto worlds. Cook was a member of the MacArthur Foundation Network on Successful Adolescence in High Risk Settings, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and chairs the board of the Russell Sage Foundation in New York. In addition, he has been awarded the Gunnar Myrdal Prize for Science by the American Evaluation Association, the Donald T. Campbell Prize for Innovative Methodology by the Policy Science Organization and a Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Psychological Association. Cook is the Joan and Sarapta Harrison Professor of Ethics and Justice and a professor in both Psychology and the Program in Human Development and Social Policy at the School of Education and Social Policy as well as being a professor of Sociology.
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617 Library Place, Room 22 (IPR)
Evanston, Illinois 60208-1330
Phone: (847) 491-3776
Fax: (847) 491-9907
Office Hours: By Appointment
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| Current Courses: Fall Quarter 2008 | |
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| Soc 476-0 Sec. 20: Special Topics Practice Evaluation |
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| Soc 404-0 Sec. 20 (Fall 2005, Spring 2007): Designs for Descriptive, Causal Research |
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| Soc 405-0 Sec 20 Research Methods |
