CURRICULUM VITAE

Noah E. Friedkin
February 15, 2004

PERSONAL DATA

Home Address: 5088 San Simeon Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Office Address: Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Telephone: 805-964-9918 (Home), 805-893-2840 (Office)
Fax: 805-456-2075
E-Mail Address: friedkin@soc.ucsb.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. The University of Chicago, 1977
B.A. The University of Chicago, 1969

POSITIONS

2004-present, Professor & Chair, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
1997-2004, Professor, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
1978-97, Assistant Professor to Professor, Education & Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
1977-78, Research Associate, Education, Finance and Productivity Center, The University of Chicago

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Social Psychology (Social Networks & Group Processes)
Mathematical Sociology
Formal Organizations

MEMBERSHIPS

American Sociological Association
International Network for Social Network Analysis

EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS
Co-Editor, Social Networks, Special Issue: Festschrift for Linton C. Freeman, 2002
Editorial Board, Journal of Mathematical Sociology,  2001-
Editorial Board, American Sociological Review, 1998-2000
Editorial Board, Current Research in Social Psychology, 1995-
Editorial Board, Social Psychology Quarterly, 1993-96
Consulting Editor, American Journal of Sociology, 1992-94

AWARDS & HONORS

Best Book in Mathematical Sociology, 1999, for A Structural Theory of Social Influence, from the Mathematical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association

Outstanding Faculty Member 1996-97 & 1997-98 (Recognition for Teaching by The Residence Halls Association and The Office of Residential Life at UCSB)

Spencer Fellow of the National Academy of Education: 1980-83

 

PUBLICATIONS
Friedkin, N.E. Forthcoming. Social Cohesion. Annual Review of Sociology 30.

Friedkin, N.E. Forthcoming. Exchange Networks. Handbook of Social Theory, edited by George Ritzer.

Friedkin, N.E. Forthcoming. Influence Networks in School Board Policy Groups: An Analysis of Resource Allocation Preferences. Forthcoming, Social Organization of Schooling, edited by Larry Hedges and Barbara Schneider. New York: Russell Sage.

Friedkin, N.E. 2003. Social Influence Network Theory: Toward a Science of Strategic Modification of Interpersonal Influence Systems. Pp. 89-100 in Dynamic Social Network Modeling and Analysis, edited by Ronald Breiger, Kathlen Carley, and Philippa Pattison. National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Committee on Human Factors. Washington, D.C.

Friedkin, N.E. and E.C. Johnsen. 2003. Attitude Change, Affect Control, and Expectations States in the Formation of Influence Networks.
Advances in Group Processes 20: 1-29.

Friedkin, N.E. and D. Krackhardt. 2002. Festschrift for Linton C. Freeman: Introduction. Social Networks 24: 311-314.

Friedkin, N.E and E.C. Johnsen. 2002. Control Loss and Fayol’s Gangplanks. Social Networks  24: 395-406.

Bourgeois, M. and N.E. Friedkin. 2001. The Distant Core: Social Solidarity, Social Distance, and Interpersonal Ties. Social Networks  23: 245-260.

Friedkin, N. E. 2001. Norm Formation in Social Influence Networks. Social Networks  23:167-189.

Friedkin, N. E. 1999. Choice Shift and Group Polarization. American Sociological Review  64: 856-75.

Friedkin, N.E and E.C. Johnsen. 1999. Social Influence Networks and Opinion Change. Advances in Group Processes  16: 1-29.

Friedkin, N. E. 1998. A Structural Theory of Social Influence. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Bonacich, P. and N.E. Friedkin. 1998. Unequally Valued Exchange Relations. Social Psychology Quarterly  61: 160-171.

Friedkin, N.E. and S. L. Thomas. 1997. Social Positions in Schooling. Sociology of Education  70: 239-255.

Friedkin, N.E. and E. C. Johnsen. 1997. Social Positions in Influence Networks. Social Networks  19: 209-222.

Friedkin, N.E. 1995. The Incidence of Exchange Networks. Social Psychology Quarterly  58: 213-222.

Friedkin, N.E. and M. S. Slater. 1994. School Leadership and Performance: A Social Network Approach. Sociology of Education 67: 139-157.

Friedkin, N.E. 1993. Structural Bases of Interpersonal Influence in Groups: A Longitudinal Case Study. American Sociological Review  58: 861-872.

Friedkin, N.E. 1993. An Expected Value Model of Social Exchange Outcomes. Advances in Group Processes  10: 163-193.

Marsden, P.V. and N.E. Friedkin. 1993. Network Studies of Social Influence. Sociological Methods & Research 22: 125-149.

Reprinted in Advances in Social and Behavioral Science from Social Network Analysis, Joseph Galaskiewicz and Stanley Wasserman (Eds.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1994.

Friedkin, N.E. 1992. An Expected Value Model of Social Power: Predictions for Selected Exchange Networks. Social Networks 14: 213-229.

Friedkin, N.E.1991. Theoretical Foundations for Centrality Measures. American Journal of Sociology 96: 1478-1504.

Friedkin, N.E.1990. Social Networks in Structural Equation Models. Social Psychology Quarterly 53: 316-328.

Friedkin, N.E.1990. A Guttman Scale for the Strength of an Interpersonal Tie. Social Networks 12: 239-252.

Friedkin, N.E. 1990. SNAPS (Social Network Analysis Procedures) for GAUSS. Social Networks 12: 173-178.

Friedkin, N.E. and E.C. Johnsen. 1990. Social Influence and Opinions. Journal of Mathematical Sociology 15: 193-205.

Friedkin, N.E. and K.S. Cook. 1990. Peer Group Influence. Sociological Methods & Research 19: 122-143.

Friedkin, N.E.1989. The Production of Consensus. Jacob Marschak Colloquium Abstract. Mathematical Social Sciences 18: 197-98.

Bidwell, C.E. and N.E. Friedkin. 1988. Sociology of Education. Pp. 449-71 in The Handbook of Sociology, Neil J. Smelser (Ed.). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

Friedkin, N.E. and J. Necochea. 1988. School System Size and Performance: A Contingency Perspective. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 10: 237-249.

Friedkin, N.E.1986. A Formal Theory of Social Power. Journal of Mathematical Sociology 12: 103-126. Friedkin, N.E. and M.J. Simpson. 1985. Effects of Competition on Members' Identification with Their Subunits. Administrative Science Quarterly 30: 377-394.

Friedkin, N.E.1984. Structural Cohesion and Equivalence Explanations of Social Homogeneity. Sociological Methods & Research  12: 235-261.

Friedkin, N.E.1983. Horizons of Observability and Limits of Informal Control in Organizations. Social Forces  62: 54-77.

Reprinted in General Systems  (1984) 28: 77-100.

Friedkin, N.E.1982. Information Flow Through Strong and Weak Ties in Intraorganizational Social Networks. Social Networks 3: 273-285.

Friedkin, N.E.1981. The Development of Structure in Random Networks: Analysis of the Effects of Increasing Network Density on Five Measures of Structure. Social Networks 3: 41-52.

Friedkin, N.E.1980. A Test of Structural Features of Granovetter's Strength of Weak Ties Theory. Social Networks 2: 411-422.

Friedkin, N.E.1978. University Social Structure and Social Networks Among Scientists. American Journal of Sociology 83:1444-1465.

Reprinted in Social Networks: Critical Concepts in Sociology, edited by John Scott, London: Routledge, 2002.

Book Reviews

Friedkin, N. E. 1985. Review of The Sociology of School Organizations, Ronald King (London: Methuen, 1983). Contemporary Sociology 14: 207-208.

Friedkin, N.E.1981. Review of Networks and Places, Claude S. Fischer et al. (New York: Free Press, 1977). American Journal of Sociology 87: 764-767.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Chair, Mathematical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association, 2002

Chair, Nominations Committee, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological Association, 2002

Member, Nominations Committee, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological Association, 2001

Co-Chair, Interdisciplinary Emphasis in Quantitative Studies in the Social Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2000-1.

Council Member, Rational Choice Section, American Sociological Association, 2000-2 .

Chair, Outstanding Publication Award Committee, Mathematical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association, 1999-2000.

Member, Theory Prize Committee, Theory Section, American Sociological Association, 1999-2000.

Member, Nominations Committee, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological Association, 1998-1999

Council Member, Mathematical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association, 1996-1997

Conference Organizer, West Coast Conference for Small Group Research, Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, March, 1995.

Conference Co-Chair, Conference on Social Networks, Santa Barbara, November 1990.

SELECTED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS (PAST FIVE YEARS)

Structural Effects, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona, September 2001
The Influence Systems of Policy Groups, Festschrift for Charles Bidwell, University of Chicago, October, 2001
Tie Dependence, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, August, 2001
Social Influence Network Theory, Advanced Workshop on Spatial Analysis in Social Research, Invited Presentation, Ann Arbor, May, 2001
Social Influence Network Theory, Bio-Complexity Conference, Duke Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC, 2001
Control Loss and Fayol’s Gangplanks (with Eugene Johnsen), Annual Social Network Conference, Festschrift in Honor of Linton C. Freeman, Vancouver, April, 2000.
Control Loss and Fayol’s Gangplanks (with Eugene Johnsen), Fifth Annual Winter Meeting of the Methodology Section of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, March, 2000.

Offers Negotiations and Choices in Social Exchange (with Philip Bonacich), Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, August, 1999.

Norm Formation in the Bank Wiring Observation Room, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 1998

Social Influence and Opinion Change (with Eugene Johnsen). Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 1998.

Choice Shift and Group Polarization. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Toronto, August 1997

New Steps in Structural Analysis. Colloquium. Kellogg Grade School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, May, 1996.

New Steps in Structural Analysis. Social Organization Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, May, 1996.

New Steps in Structural Analysis. Department of Sociology Colloquium. University of Arizona, Tucson, March, 1996.

New Steps for Structural Analysis, Social Psychology Workshop, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, October, 1995

A Structural Theory of Opinion Formation. Annual Group Processes Conference. Washington, D.C., August, 1995.

New Steps for Structural Analysis. Social Networks Colloquium Series. School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA., May, 1995.

Consensus Production in the Bank Wiring Room and St. Anthony’s Monastery. West Coast Conference for Small Group Research, Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, March 1995.