Stephen K. Sanderson (born November 15, 1945) is an American sociologist.
He is a specialist in sociological theory and comparative and historical sociology and is one of the leading sociologists to develop an evolutionist, yet non-Darwinist,[1] understanding of human society.
He has written or edited ten books and about sixty peer-reviewed articles, and is the author of numerous articles and many books, including Evolutionism and Its Critics.
[2] He was a professor of sociology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Since 2007 he has been a visiting scholar at the Institute for Research on World-Systems at the University of California, Riverside.