Earl Babbie

Earl Robert Babbie (born January 8, 1938), is an American sociologist who holds the position of Campbell Professor Emeritus in Behavioral Sciences at Chapman University. He is best known for his book The Practice of Social Research (first published in 1975), currently in its 15th English edition, with numerous non-English editions.

From 1960 to 1963 Babbie served tours in the United States Marine Corps, as a disbursing officer in Okinawa, Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines.

Awards and recognition In 1988, Babbie was announced as a Distinguished Visiting Professor, at California State University, and Honorary Member, Honors Program Student Association, 1994. In August 2000, Babbie received the Lester F. Ward Award, given by the Society for Applied Sociology for distinguished contributions to applied sociology. with the official dedication on March 21, 2012. The center's mission is global in purview and its concerns include human rights, social justice, peaceful solutions to social conflicts and environmental sustainability. According to the center's website homepage, the research center is "dedicated to empowering students and faculty to conduct studies that address critical social, behavioral, economic and environmental problems."

Published books 'To Comfort and to Challenge' (1967 with Charles Y. Glock and Benjamin B. Ringer) 'Science and Morality in Medicine' (1970) 'Survey Research Methods' (first edition 1973) 'The Practice of Social Research' (first edition 1975)(15th edition 2020) 'Society by Agreement' (first edition in 1977) 'Understanding Sociology' (1982) 'Apple Logo for Teachers' (1984) 'You Can Make a Difference' (1985) 'Observing Ourselves: Essays in Social Research' (1986) (Second Edition published Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, 2015) 'The Sociological Spirit' (first edition 1987) 'Research Methods for Social Work' (first edition in 1993, with Allen Rubin) 'What is Society?' (1993) 'Adventures in Social Research' (first edition in 1993 with Fred Halley) 'Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology' (first edition in 1995 with Michael Maxfield) 'Adventures in Criminal Justice Research' (first edition in 1997 with George W. Dowdall and Fred Halley) 'The Basics of Social Research (first edition in 1999) 'Exploring Social Issues' (first edition in 1999 with Fred Halley, Joseph F. Healy, and John Boli) 'Fundamentals of Social Research' (first edition in 2002 with Lucia Benaquisto) 'The Basics of Communication Research' (first edition in 2004 with Leslie Baxter) 'Introduction to Social Research' (5th Edition 2011) 'Translated in Greek as Εισαγωγή στην κοινωνική έρευνα ‘Solutions without Problems’ 2024 (self-published) 'Social Research Counts' (first edition 2013) 'The Kingdom' (2020) https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1031335