The American Association for the Advancement of Science has selected
three Princeton faculty members as fellows in recognition of their
"efforts toward advancing science applications that are deemed
scientifically or socially distinguished."
Douglas Massey, the Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public
Affairs, was recognized "for pivotal studies of American racial
inequality, of residential segregation and of new immigration flows and
federal immigration policies." He received his Ph.D. in sociology from
Princeton in 1978 and taught at the University of Chicago and the
University of Pennsylvania before joining the Princeton faculty in
2003.
Harold T. Shapiro, professor of economics and public affairs and
president emeritus of the University, was honored "for major
contributions to macroeconomics and economic forecasting, for acclaimed
leadership of two great research universities and for national
leadership and important scholarship in bioethics." Shapiro, who
received his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton in 1964, was president
of the University of Michigan from 1980 to 1988. He was president of
Princeton from 1988 until 2001, when he became a full-time faculty
member in the Department of Economics and the Woodrow Wilson School of
Public and International Affairs. He served as chair of the National
Bioethics Advisory Commission from 1996 to 2001 and has taught and
conducted research in the field of bioethics.
David Stern,
associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was cited "for
distinguished research in evolution and development, providing an
integrated view of the genetic control of development, and placing it
in an evolutionary framework." He received his Ph.D. in ecology and
evolutionary biology from Princeton in 1994. He was a research
scientist at the University of Cambridge before returning to Princeton
as a faculty member in 2001.
The Princeton faculty members are among 449 newly selected fellows
nationwide. They will be presented with an official certificate and a
gold rosette pin on Feb. 17 at the association's annual meeting in San
Francisco. The association is the world's largest general scientific
society and publisher of the journal Science.