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Peter Park, PhD (1989*) Wilmington, Delaware
PhD , Yale University, 1958

Selected Publications:

Voices of Change: Participatory Research in the U.S. and Canada, Bergen and Garvey, 1993

"Toward an emancipatory sociology," International Sociology, 1988

"Breaking out of culture: critical education for the silenced minority," in Reflection in Shattered Windows: Promises and Prospects in Asian-American Studies, Washington University Press, 1988

Culture and Politics of Drugs, Kendall/Hunt, 1986; Sociology Tomorrow, Pegasus, 1969

Awards: Fulbright grants in Italy and Brazil; postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard and Berkeley; research grants from NIMH.

Memberships: American Sociological Association; International Sociological Association; Society for the Study of Social Problems; Association for Asian Studies; Association for Asian-American Studies.

Special Interests: Social change; participatory research; critical theory; Freirean education; community development; minority relations and minority issues; Asian-American studies; sociology of technology and science; drug and alcohol issues.

Related Professional Activities: President, Center for Community Education and Action.