Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences William J. Beal (A.B. 1859, A.M. 1862); namesake of W. J. Beal Botanical Garden Mitchell Berman, professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School Mary Frances Berry; Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania; Civil Rights Commissioner, 1980–2004 Lewis Binford Ph.D., archaeologist most known for his role in establishing the "New Archaeology" movement of the 1960s Frank Nelson Blanchard (Ph.D. 1919), herpetologist and professor of zoology at the University of Michigan Elise M. Boulding (Ph.D.), educator and author in the field of Peace & Conflict Studies George W. Breslauer (A.B., A.M., Ph.D.), political science professor and Russia specialist at the University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley's executive vice chancellor and provost Allen Britton (Ph.D. 1949), music educator; former president of Music Educators National Conference Urie Bronfenbrenner (Ph.D. 1942), helped create the federal Head Start program; credited with creating the interdisciplinary field of human ecology Frederic G. Cassidy (Ph.D. 1938), Editor-in-Chief of the Dictionary of American Regional English from 1962 to his death in 2000 June Rose Colby (Ph.D. 1886), professor of literature 1892–1931; first woman at the University of Michigan to receive a Ph.D. by examination Katharine Coman (AB 1880), social activist and economist; specialized in the development of the American West; professor of history 1883–1900; chaired the Economics Department; dean of Wellesley College, which named a professorship in her honor Charles Horton Cooley (BA 1887; Ph.D. 1894), sociologist, most known for his concept of the "looking glass self", which expanded William James's idea of self to include the capacity of reflection on one's own behavior Natalie Zemon Davis (Ph.D. 1959) , Canadian and American historian of the early modern period; awarded the 2010 Holberg International Memorial Prize, worth 4.5 million Norwegian kroner (~$700,000 US), for her narrative approach to the field of history Bueno de Mesquita (Ph.D. 1971), political scientist and game theoretician Paul Dressel (Ph.D.), founding director of Michigan State University's Counseling Center James Stemble Duesenberry, economist; made a significant contribution to the Keynesian analysis of income and employment with his 1949 doctoral thesis "Income, Saving and the Theory of Consumer Behavior' Aaron Dworkin (A.B. 1997, M.M. 1998), 2005 MacArthur Fellow; founder and president of Detroit-based Sphinx Organization, which strives to increase the number of African-Americans and Latinos having careers in classical music W. Ralph Eubanks (M.A.), author, journalist,