Jon Huer

Jon Huer received his Ph.D. in Sociology from UCLA in 1974 and is the author of a dozen books, including THE DEAD END (1977, which TIME Magazine's Lance Morrow called "an important and often brilliant book, and I admire it very much."), THE WAGES OF SIN (1991), TENURE FOR SOCRATES (1990), THE GREAT ART HOAX (1992), THE FALLACIES OF SOCIAL SCIENCE (1989), MARCHING ORDERS (1988), THE POST-HUMAN SOCIETY (2005), and THE GREEN PALMERS. Two more books of social criticism, AMERICAN PARADISE and AUSCHWITZ, USA, have been released in 2010. Early in 2013, CALL FROM THE CAVE: Our Cruel Nature and Quest for Power was published. Most of these titles are available at Amazon.com. His current books, just completed, are SOMBODY ELSE'S LIFE: America's Social Progress from Eden to Dystopia and 1:99, Why 99 Percent Cannot Win. Dr. Huer taught at many universities across the U.S. and joined University of Maryland University College in 1994 and is currently Collegiate Professor of Sociology. He can be reached at jonhuer@hotmail.com