| 1974 PhD 2004 MA 1968 BA |
New York University (Psychology) New School for Social Research (Economics) City College, City University of New York (Psychology) |
David Singer has been an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Sociology since 2005. He earned his doctorate in psychology at New York University in 1974, specializing in social psychology. In 2004 he completed a masters degree in economics at the New School for Social Research, specializing in classical political economy. He practices clinical psychology and has worked in the past as a systems analyst in the banking, brokerage, and insurance industries. Current academic and research interests include social problems, social change, technological change, and social theory. David has published articles in social psychology and more recently in political economy, including work about the health care industry, the political economy of psychotherapy, and the limitations of electoral politics in promoting social change. In 2023 his book, written with three others, entitled, "Interpersonal Psychoanalytic Theory for the 21st Century," was published. His other interests include art, nature, hiking, and biking.
Introduction to Sociology
Social Deviance
Social Problems
Harris, S., Mayes, J.R., Miller, M., & Singer, D. Interpersonal Psychoanalytic Theory for the 21st Century. London: Lexington Books, and imprint of The Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2023.
Singer, D. The health care crisis in the United States. Monthly Review, Vol. 59, No. 9, February, 2008, 18-29.
Singer, D. The political economy of psychotherapy. New Politics, Vol. XI, No. 2, Issue 42, Winter 2007, 87-96.
Singer, D. Don’t be duped again: why workers should reject “Anybody but Bush.” Gloves Off: Bare-fisted Political Economy, Summer 2004, http://www.glovesoff.org/inthering/singer_elections.html.
Uleman, J.S., & Singer, D. Perceived dissimilarity: An internal basis for the actor-observer divergence. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, August, 1984.
Singer, D. The pursuit of the plume and its avoidance by the EPA. In These Times, May, 1980.
Dawes, R.M., Singer, D., & Lemons, F. An experimental analysis of the contrast effect and its implications for intergroup communication and the indirect assessment of attitude. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1972, 21, 281-295.
Dawes, R.M., MacPhillamy, D.J., & Singer, D. Studies on emotional involvement and the distortion of social perception. Oregon Research Institute Bulletin, 1971.
Singer, D., & Gould, L.J. Correlates of alienation among college women. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Convention, New York, April, 1971.