Wilson, Robert Neal

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WILSON, Robert Neal

WILSON, Robert Neal. American, b. 1924. Genres: Poetry, Literary criticism and history, Medicine/Health, Sociology. Career: Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1990(Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, 1963-66; Professor and Chairman, Dept of Mental Health, 1966-72; Professor of Sociology, 1963-90). Publications: Man Made Plain: The Poet in Contemporary Society, 1958; (ed. and co-author) The Arts in Society, 1964; Coming Home: The Problem of After- Care, 1965; Community Structure and Health Action, 1968; The Sociology of Health, 1970; (co-author and co-ed.) Further Explorations in Social Psychiatry, 1976; The Writer as Social Seer, 1979; Experiencing Creativity, 1986; (co-author and co-ed.) Explorations in Social Psychiatry, 1957; The American Poet: A Role Investigation, 1990. Address: 103 Spring Valley Rd, Carrboro, NC 27510-1246, U.S.A.