Marios Stephanides was a professor of sociology at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. Born in Cyprus, Stephanides immigrated to the United States and in 1972 received his Ph.D. in sociology from Wayne State University. He spent much of his career researching Greeks in the United States, particularly in Louisville and Kentucky. He was the author of several articles about Greek-Americans as well as two books, The Greeks in Detroit: Authoritarianism: A Critical Analysis of Greek Culture, Personality, Attitudes, and Behavior (1975) and The History of the Greeks in Kentucky, 1900-1950 (2001).
From the description of Marios Christou Stephanides papers, 1927-2003. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 94341046