Ralph Larkin

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name = Ralph W. Larkin
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birth_date = May 27, 1940
birth_place = Los Angeles, California
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residence = New York City, New York
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nationality = USA
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field = Sociology
work_institutions = John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Graduate School of Education, UCLA
alma_mater = UCLA, Ph.D.
Cal State Northridge, M.A.
UCSB, B.A.
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known_for = "Comprehending Columbine" (2007)
"Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of Social Movements" (1986)
"Suburban Youth in Cultural Crisis" (1979)
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Ralph W. Larkin (May 27, 1940) is an American sociologist and research consultant. He is the author of "Suburban Youth in Cultural Crisis" (1979), "Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of Social Movements" (1986), and "Comprehending Columbine" (2007). [cite book | last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Suburban Youth in Cultural Crisis | publisher =Oxford University Press | date =October 18, 1979 | location = | pages =272 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0195025237] cite book | last =Foss | first =Daniel A. | authorlink = | coauthors =Ralph Larkin | title =Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of Social Movements (Critical Perspectives in Social Theory) | publisher =Bergin & Garvey | date =March 31, 1986 | location = | pages =192 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0897890779] [cite book | last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Comprehending Columbine | publisher =Temple University Press | date =January 28, 2007 | location = | pages =272 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 1592134912] He was born in Los Angeles, California on May 27, 1940, and obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1961. After teaching elementary school in California, Larkin obtained a master's degree in education from California State University at Northridge in 1966, and received his Ph.D. in Sociology of Education from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1969. In 1970, Larkin moved to New York and worked as a research associate at the Center for Urban Education. He became an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University in 1973.

Larkin has taught coursework in the Department of Sociology at the Newark College of Arts and Science of Rutgers University, and was also a professor at the Center for the Study of Evaluation, University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education. [cite journal | last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Social Exchange in the Elementary School Classroom: The Problem of Teacher Legitimation of Social Power | journal =Sociology of Education | volume =48 | issue =4 | pages =400–410 | publisher = | location = | date =Autumn, 1975 | url = | doi =10.2307/2112257 | id = | accessdate = ] [cite journal | last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Pattern Maintenance and Change in Education | journal =The Teachers College Record | volume =72 | issue =1 | pages =111–120 | publisher =Teachers College, Columbia University | location = | date =1970 | url = | doi = | id = | accessdate = ] After the publication of his work "Comprehending Columbine", Larkin was contacted by the press for comment on the Columbine High School massacre, and stated that that there are multiple factors which stimulate violence in our society. [cite news | last =Weller | first =Robert | coauthors = | title =Eight years after Columbine, relatives still seek answers | work =The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star | pages =Page A19 | language = | publisher = | date =April 21, 2007 | url = | accessdate = ] Prior to writing the book, Larkin had given a seminar at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice's Center on Terrorism, entitled: "From Oklahoma City to Columbine: Paramilitary Influences on Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold." [cite news | last =Staff | first = | coauthors = | title =Friday Seminar Series | work =Center on Terrorism | pages = | language = | publisher =John Jay College of Criminal Justice | date =December 5, 2003 | url =http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/terrorism/_fss.asp | accessdate = 2007-11-11] Larkin is a Senior Research Associate at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and owns his own consulting firm called Academic Research Consulting Service. [cite news | last =Staff | first = | coauthors = | title =Open Letter on Immigrants and Crime | work =American Immigration Law Foundation | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =July 2, 2007 | url =http://www.ailf.org/ipc/ipc_openletter0507.shtml | accessdate = 2007-11-11] [cite news | last =Staff | first = | coauthors = | title =Departments: Members' New Books | work =Footnotes | pages =Volume 35, Number 5 | language = | publisher =American Sociological Association | date =May/June 2007 | url =http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/mayjun07/departments.html | accessdate = 2007-11-11 ] [cite news | last =Staff | first = | coauthors = | title =Ralph W. Larkin: Comprehending Columbine | work =Temple University Press | pages = | language = | publisher = Temple University | date =2007 | url =http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1846_reg.html | accessdate = 2007-11-11]

Larkin met fellow fellow sociologist Daniel A. Foss when they were both teaching Sociology at Rutgers University. They have frequently partnered in research on the study of social movements. The book "Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of Social Movements" was co-authored with Foss. Larkin and Foss have also jointly published research in sociology journals, including a piece on the white middle class youth movement of the 1960s and its relationship to later movements such as the Children of God, the Divine Light Mission, Swami Muktananda and the Revolutionary Youth Movement in "Theory and Society".cite journal | last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors =Daniel A. Foss | title =From "the gates of Eden" to "day of the locust" | journal =Theory and Society | volume =3 | issue =1 | pages =45–64 | publisher =ISSN|0304-2421 | location = | date =March 1976 | url = | doi =10.1007/BF00158479 | id = | accessdate = ] They later wrote a more focused article dealing with Guru Maharaj Ji and his followers, which was published in "Sociological Analysis", and a piece dealing with the vocabulary utilized in these social movements, in "Social Text".cite journal |last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors =Daniel A. Foss | title =Worshiping the Absurd: The Negation of Social Causality among the Followers of Guru Maharaj Ji | journal =Sociological Analysis | volume =39 | issue =2 | pages =157–164 | publisher = | location = | date =Summer, 1978 | url = | doi =10.2307/3710215 | id = | accessdate = ] [cite journal | last =Larkin | first =Ralph | authorlink = | coauthors =Daniel Foss | title =Lexicon of Folk-Etymology | journal =Social Text | volume =9/10 | issue = | pages =The 60's without Apology, 360–377 | publisher = | location = | date =Spring-Summer, 1984 | url = | doi =10.2307/466589 | id = | accessdate = ] Larkin and Foss' research has later been cited by books on both the 1960s subculture, and on movements of social change such as the Hippie movement and other forms of counterculture and subculture. [cite book | last =Grunenberg | first =Christoph | authorlink = | coauthors =Jonathan Harris | title = Summer of Love: Psychedelic Art, Social Crisis and Counterculture in the 1960s | publisher =Liverpool University Press | date =2005 | location = | pages =Page 35 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0853239290] [cite book | last =Jordan | first =Tim | authorlink = | coauthors =Steve Pile | title =Social Change | publisher =Blackwell Publishing | date =2002 | location = | pages =Page 358 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0631233121] [cite book | last =McKay | first =George | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Senseless Acts of Beauty: Cultures of Resistance Since the Sixties | publisher =Vero | date =1996 | location = | pages =Pages 4, 12-13, 82, 187, 197 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 1859849083] [cite book | last =Falk | first =Ursula A. | authorlink = | coauthors =Gerhard Falk | title =Youth Culture and the Generation Gap | publisher =Algora Publishing | date =2005 | location = | pages =Page 188 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0875863698]

Published works

Books

*cite book | last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Comprehending Columbine | publisher =Temple University Press | date =January 28, 2007 | location = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 1592134912
*cite book | last =Foss | first =Daniel A. | authorlink = | coauthors =Ralph Larkin | title =Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of Social Movements (Critical Perspectives in Social Theory) | publisher =Bergin & Garvey | date =March 31, 1986 | location = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0897890779
*cite book | last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Suburban Youth in Cultural Crisis | publisher =Oxford University Press | date =October 18, 1979 | location = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0195025237

Articles

*cite journal | last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Lurching Toward the Millennium: Youth in the Next Decade | journal =The world & I online | volume = | issue =Modern Thought / Children of the Baby Boomers: Prospects for the Future | pages = | publisher = | location = | date =November 1, 1988 | url = | doi = | id = | accessdate =
*cite journal | last =Larkin | first =Ralph | authorlink = | coauthors =Daniel Foss | title =Lexicon of Folk-Etymology | journal = Social Text | volume = 9/10 | issue = The 60's without Apology | pages =360–377 | publisher = | location = | date =Spring - Summer, 1984 | url = | doi = 10.2307/466589 | id = | accessdate =
*cite journal | last =Foss | first =Daniel A. | authorlink = | coauthors =Ralph W. Larkin | title =The Roar of the Lemming: Youth Postmovement Groups, and the Life Construction Crisis | journal =Sociological Inquiry | volume =49 | issue = | pages =264–85 | publisher =Blackwell Publishing Ltd | location = | date =1979 | url = | doi = | id = | accessdate =
*cite journal | last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors =Daniel A. Foss
title =Worshiping the Absurd: The Negation of Social Causality among the Followers of Guru Maharaj Ji | journal =Sociological Analysis | volume =39 | issue =2 | pages =157–164 | publisher = | location = | date =Summer, 1978 | url = | doi =10.2307/3710215 | id = | accessdate =
*cite journal | last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors =Daniel A. Foss | title =From “the gates of Eden” to “day of the locust” | journal =Theory and Society | volume =3 | issue =1
pages =45–64 | publisher =ISSN|0304-2421 | location = | date =March 1976 | url = | doi =10.1007/BF00158479 | id = | accessdate =
*cite journal | last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Social Exchange in the Elementary School Classroom: The Problem of Teacher Legitimation of Social Power | journal =Sociology of Education | volume =48 | issue =4 | pages =400–410 | publisher = | location = | date =Autumn, 1975 | url = | doi =10.2307/2112257 | id = | accessdate =
*cite journal | last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Contextual Influences on Teacher Leadership Styles | journal =Sociology of Education | volume =46 | issue =4 | pages =471–479 | publisher = | location = | date =Autumn, 1973 | url = | doi =10.2307/2111900 | id = | accessdate =
*cite journal | last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Class, Race, Sex and Preadolescent Attitudes | journal =California Journal of Educational Research | volume =23 | issue =5 | pages =213–23 | publisher = | location = | date =November 1972 | url = | doi = | id = | accessdate =
*cite journal | last =Larkin | first =Ralph W. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Pattern Maintenance and Change in Education | journal =The Teachers College Record | volume =72 | issue =1 | pages =111–120 | publisher =Teachers College, Columbia University | location = | date =1970 | url = | doi = | id = | accessdate =

See also

*List of sociologists

References

External links

* [http://www.arcsconsulting.us/whoweare.htm Academic Research Consulting Service] , Ralph W. Larkin's consulting company
* [http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1846_reg.html Ralph W. Larkin: "Comprehending Columbine"] , official publisher's Web site for Larkin's 2007 book