Chekki, Dan

Dan Chekki is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Winnipeg. He has published numerous articles and several books in the fields of urban and community sociology, family, development and change, religion and the sociology of knowledge. His recent books include Religion and Social System of the Virasaiva Community (1997), and Community Structure and Dynamics at the Dawn of the New Millennium (2000). Dr. Chekki serves as Series Advisor to the Contributions in Sociology; Secretary of the Community Research Committee of the International Sociological Association; and the Principal Editor of the Canadian Journal of Urban Research.