Howard Schuman (March 16, 1928 – April 18, 2021) was an American sociologist and professor of sociology at the University of Michigan.
[1] Howard Schuman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 16, 1928.
He retired from his positions at the University of Michigan in 1996; he has been an emeritus professor at the University of Michigan and an emeritus research scientist at their Survey Research Center until 2021.
[3] In 2017, Schuman received the Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research from the board of directors of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University.
[5] Schuman researched many topics in the field of survey research, including public opinion on whether Christopher Columbus discovered America,[6] reported incidents of police abuse in major U.S. cities,[7] and the relationship between studying and grades.