David R. Segal
Professor, Department of Sociology
Director, Center for Research on Military Organization
University of Maryland, College Park
Ph.D. 1967, University of Chicago
- Expertise
- Military leadership
Morale and performance
Performance of U.S. peace-keeping forces
Volunteer army vs. draft
Credentials
Dr. Segal is the Past-President of the Inter-University
Seminar on Armed Forces & Society, a member of the Research Council
of the International Sociological Association and has served as President
of the District of Columbia Sociological Society and of the Research Committee
on Armed Forces & Conflict Resolution of the International Sociological
Association.
He has served as the Chair of the Section on War, Peace, and Social Conflict
of the American Sociological Association. During the early years of volunteer
military force, he directed the sociological research program at the Army
Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Dr. Segal has tracked American peacekeeping operations in the Sinai over
the past two decades. His books include “The Postmodern Military.”
His current research focuses on the demography of the military and on
the social structure of insurgency operations.
- Phone
- 301-405-6439
Address- Department of Sociology
2112 Art-Sociology Building
University of Maryland
College Park MD 20742
Email- Click here to contact Dr. Segal
For more information- Dr. Segal's home page
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Linguistics and Languages
High Explosives Countermeasures
