{Dan Chambliss}

Dan Chambliss graduated from New College in 1975 after four years of studying sociology with Penny Rosel. He then attended Yale University, where he received Master's and Ph.D. degrees, finishing in 1982. Since then he has been on the faculty of Hamilton College, where he is currently the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Chair of the department.

In 1998, his book Beyond Caring: Hospitals, Nurses and Social Organization of Ethics, won the American Sociological Association's Elliot Freidson Prize for the best book in the preceding two years on medical sociology. He is also the winner of the ASA's Theory Prize for his work on organizational excellence. In 1991, his book Champions: The Making of Olympic Swimmers was named Book of the Year by the US Olympic Committee. He is also the co-author, with Russell Schutt, of Making Sense of the Social World, a sociological research methods textbook. 

Stepfather of four, Dan is married to Susan Morgan, a biochemist, and lives in Cazenovia, New York.