Academic Career
After completing his military service, Lavender began his doctoral studies and earned a Ph.D. in sociology in 1972 from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a doctoral dissertation on generational changes in Jewish identity.
Lavender is a prolific author, publishing six books, and over 100 other scholarly publications including journal articles, reference book/encyclopedia articles, book reviews, or research reports, on a wide variety of sociology-related topics. In addition to his books listed below, among his major publications linking multiple areas of interest (Jews, Latins, ethnicity, political sociology) are "A History of Jewish and Hispanic Interaction in Miami-Dade County" (published by the American Jewish Committee) and "Jews, Hispanics, Blacks, and Others in Miami Beach: An Ethnically Divided City or a Cosmopolitan Multiethnic City?" (a monograph published by the Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies at Florida International University) to which the answer is "Cosmopolitan Multiethnic City." He is currently completing his seventh book, "Early Social Life in Miami Beach: From Mangroves and Mosquitoes to Mansions and Millionaires". He also was selected to write the article on "Judaism" for the "Encyclopedia of Sociology", and to write seven articles on the relationship between anthropology and DNA for the "Encyclopedia of Anthropology".
On six occasions Lavender has been honored (Distinguished Citizen Award, Key to the City, Certificate of Apprecation) for his civic activities in Miami Beach. Lavender also has close ties to Charleston, South Carolina, his "second home," where he has lived part time, has many relatives and friends, visits frequently, has been a speaker at the historic (founded in the 1740s) Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, has conducted extensive research at the Hugugenot Society, and was involved with the International Huguenot Conference held in Charleston in 1997.
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