Staples, Robert Eugene

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STAPLES, Robert Eugene

STAPLES, Robert Eugene. American, b. 1942. Genres: Human relations/ Parenting, Humanities, Race relations, Sociology. Career: Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Francisco, since 1984 (Associate Professor, 1973-84). Assistant Professor, California State University, Hayward, 1968-69; Assistant Professor of Sociology, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1969-70; Member of faculty, University of California, Irvine, 1970-71; Associate Professor of Sociology, Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1971-73. Publications: The Lower-Income Negro Family in Saint Paul, 1967; The Black Family: Essays and Studies, 1971; The Black Woman in America, 1973; Introduction to Black Sociology, 1976; The World of Black Singles, 1981; Black Masculinity, 1982; The Urban Plantation, 1987; (with Leanor Boulin Johnson) Black Families at the Crossroads, 1993. Address: Graduate Program in Sociology, University of California, PO Box 0612, San Francisco, CA 94143, U.S.A.