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Professor Emeritus

SSMS 3316

See Noah Friedkin's CV

About
Specialization:

Social Networks, Influence Systems, Social Psychology, Complex Organizations

 


Education:

Ph.D., University of Chicago


Bio:

Areas of interest include social psychology, social networks, mathematical sociology, and formal organizations. Friedkin’s publications, in the field of structural social psychology, have appeared in the American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Annual Review of Sociology, Social Psychology Quarterly, Administrative Science Quarterly, Social Forces, and Journal of Mathematical Sociology, among other outlets. His two books are  A Structural Theory of Social Influence (Cambridge University Press, 1998), and Social Influence Network Theory (Cambridge University Press, 2011), with Eugene Johnsen. He has served on the editorial boards of ASR, AJS, SPQ, and JMS. In 2005, he was elected to the Sociological Research Association


Courses:

Soc 146 Social Movements and Social Networks

Soc 147: Advanced Topics  in Social Psychology

Soc 148:  Social Networks Seminar

Soc 148MA/248MA: Introduction to Social Network Methods