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Title and Affiliation
I am the LeRoy Neiman Term Chair Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Research Interests
I study culture, cognition, networks, theory, consumption, institutions, and organization.
- PhD in Sociology, University of Arizona, 2006.
- BS in Psychology, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 1997.
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Editorial & Academic Roles
Current Editorial Positions
- Co-editor, Sociological Theory (with Z. Magubane, V. Patil and S. L. Crawley).
- Board of Reviewing Editors, Science.
- Editorial Advisory Board, Poetics, Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, and Theory & Social Inquiry.
- Editorial Advisory Board for book series at Stanford University Press (Culture and Economic Life), Princeton University Press (Studies in Cultural Sociology), and Oxford University Press (Social Network Mechanisms).
- Former co-editor, American Sociological Review.
Memberships & Service
- Chair, ASA Section on Mathematical Sociology.
- Elected Member, Sociological Research Association.
- Elected member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.
- Former Chair, ASA Section on Sociology of Culture.
Explore My Work
Selected Publications
A curated list of my peer-reviewed articles, books, and working papers.
Methods & Stuff
Tutorials and theoretical essays on formal methods for analyzing data.
Tools & Code
R implementations of network role similarity and centrality algorithms.