| Jim Pass received his doctorate in sociology from the University of Southern
California (USC) in 1991. Even before graduation, he longed to combine
sociology with his outside interest of space. Late in 2002, he read an article
mentioning astrosociology as a possible multidisciplinary approach to studying
SETI. Dr. Pass immediately purchased the domain Astrosociology.com and
dedicated seven months to defining astrosociology and constructing the new
website. The website was uploaded in July 2003. Subsequently, Dr. Pass has
presented astrosociological papers, and organized astrosociology sessions,
within both sociology and space conferences. Astrosociology continues to
develop as a sociological subdiscipline and multidisciplinary field. |