Yankelovich, Daniel

Daniel Yankelovich, noted social researcher and public opinion analyst, was born in 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts . He earned both his bachelor's degree (1946) and M.A.(1950) from Harvard University . Post-graduate studies at the Sorbonne in Paris led Yankelovich to embark upon an academic career. He also holds honorary doctorates from Washington University and George Washington University largely for his work in the public sector.

Yankelovich taught as a Research Professor of Psychology at New York University (1968-1973) and a Professor of Psychology in the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research (1973-1978). In 1981 the University of California at Irvine named him a Distinguished Scholar. In 1996 Yankelovich served as a Senior Fellow at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and currently lectures as a Visiting Professor at the University of California at San Diego .

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