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About the Department

Department of Sociology
Emory University
1555 Dickey Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30322

Phone: 404-727-7510
Fax: 404-727-7532

Department Administration

Bob Agnew
Chair of Sociology
Irene Browne
Director of Graduate Studies
Alex Hicks
Director of Graduate Recruitment
Jeff Mullis
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Roberto Franzosi

Roberto Franzosi Professor
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Telephone: 404-727-7533
FAX: 404-727-7533
E-MAIL: rfranzo@emory.edu

OFFICE: 212 Tarbutton Hall

Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)

Degree: PhD., Johns Hopkins University, 1981

General Research Area: political sociology, media, culture, sociology of science, historical sociology, methodology

Current Research: rhetorical foundations of social science quantitative work; the rise of Italian fascism; ways of quantifying text beyond narrative and content analysis

Selected Publications:

  • From Words to Numbers: Narrative, Data, and Social Science, Cambridge University Press, 2004;
  • "The Return of the Actor. Networks of Interactions Among Social Actors During Periods of High Mobilization (Italy, 1919-22)," Mobilization, 1999;
  • The Puzzle of Strikes: Class and State Strategies in Postwar Italy, Cambridge University Press, 1995;
  • "From Words to Numbers: A Set Theory Framework for the Collection, Organization and Analysis of Narrative Data," Sociological Methodology, 1994;
  • "Strike Data in Search of a Theory: The Italian Case in the Postwar Period," Politics and Society, 1989.

Selected Courses

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