Lofland, John

John Lofland is professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California at Davis. He has served as president of the Pacific Sociological Society, has chaired the section on collective behavior and social movements of the American Sociological Association, and is founding editor of "Urban Life, a Journal of Ethnographic Research. "He is the author and coauthor of numerous works on social movements, social psychology, and research methods including the following: "Doomsday Cult; Symbolic Sit-ins; Doing Social Life; Deviance and Identity; "and "Analyzing Social Settings."