Dr. Abraham D. Lavender (born in Sumter, South Carolina , November 14 , 1940 ) is a professor of Sociology at Florida International University , and is president of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies .
Lavender was born and raised in South Carolina , receiving his B.A. and M.A. degrees in psychology from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1963 and 1965 respectively. He earned a PhD in sociology in 1972 at the University of Maryland, College Park , writing his dissertation on The Generational Hypothesis of Jewish Identity: The Return of the Third Generation.
Lavender taught at the University of Miami before moving to FIU. He has been a prolific author, publishing six books (two of which are focused on Jewish studies), and dozens of journal articles on a wide variety of sociology-related topics.
From 1992 -1995 , he was also an advisor to Miami Beach mayor , Seymour Gelber.
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