Jonathan H. Turner

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Jonathan H. Turner (born September 7, 1942) is an American sociologist and a professor at the University of California, Riverside.

Education and career
- He earned his PhD from Cornell University in 1968.
- Since 1969–70, he has worked at the University of California, Riverside, where he has held roles such as Faculty Research Lecturer.
- Turner has led professional associations, including serving as president of the Pacific Sociological Association and the California Sociological Association.
- He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
- He has lectured around the world and was a visiting professor at Cambridge University (UK), Universitat Bremen (Germany), Bielefeld University (Germany), Shandong University (China), and Nankai University (China).

Contributions
- Turner is regarded as a general theorist of sociology.
- His specialties include the sociology of emotions, ethnic relations, social institutions, social stratification, and bio-sociology.

Awards
- In 2008, Turner and co-author Jan E. Stets received the Outstanding Recent Contribution Award from the American Sociological Association for their book Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions.

Works and influence
- Turner has authored or co-authored about 41 books and more than 200 articles.
- Notable works include:
- The Structure of Sociological Theory (1974)
- Functionalism (1979)
- Societal Stratification: A Theoretical Analysis (1984)
- Herbert Spencer: A Renewed Appreciation (1985)
- A Theory of Social Interaction (1988)
- The Impossible Science: An Institutional Analysis of American Sociology (1990)
- The Social Cage: Human Nature and the Evolution of Society (1992)
- Classical Sociological Theory: A Positivist’s Perspective (1992)
- Sociology: Concepts and Uses (1994)
- The Institutional Order: Economy, Kinship, Religion, Polity, Law, and Education in Evolutionary and Comparative Perspective (1997)
- Face to Face Toward a Sociological Theory of Interpersonal Behavior (2002)
- Theoretical Principles of Sociology, volumes 1 and 2 (2010)
- The Emergence and Evolution of Religion: By Means of Natural Selection (2018; with Alexandra Maryanski, Anders K. Petersen, and Armin Geertz)
- The New Evolutionary Sociology: Recent and Revitalized Theoretical and Methodological Approaches (2018; with Richard Machalek)
- On Human Nature: The Biology and Sociology of What Made Us Human (2021)

Summary
- Turner is a influential American sociologist known for broad theoretical work, leadership in professional associations, international teaching, and a large body of books on sociology, emotions, and social life.