# Richard Alba

> Richard Denis Alba was an American sociologist and professor at the Graduate Center, CUNY and at the sociology department at the University at Albany, SUNY, where he founded the University at Albany's Center for Social and Demographic Analysis (CSDA). He was known for developing assimilation theory to fit the contemporary, multi-racial era of immigration, with studies in America, France and Germany. In 2020 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

*American sociologist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1942-12-22
- **Died:** 2025-06-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Sources
- [Richard Alba](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Alba)
- [ريتشارد ألبا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7)
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- [Альба, Ричард](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4)
- [Richard Alba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Alba)
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