Pincus received his degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1964; M.A., 1967; Ph.D., 1969).[2] He originally joined the University of Maryland faculty in 1968, and retired at the end of the 2012 spring semester.[3]
Pincus is on the board of directors of the Research Associates Foundation,[4] a Baltimore-based foundation that awards mini-grants to local activist groups and individuals. He is also Co-President of the Baltimore Jewish Cultural Chavurah, a secular Jewish community that is affiliated with the Society for Humanistic Judaism.
Fred L Pincus (2020), Confessions of a Radical Academic: A Memoir. New York: Adelaide Books, ISBN9781952570858
Fred L Pincus (2011) Understanding Diversity: An Introduction to Class, Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation and Disability, 2nd Edition. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers,ISBN9781588266217.
Fred L Pincus (2003), Reverse Discrimination: Dismantling the Myth. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, ISBN1588262030[6]
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