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Graduate News: Barret Michalec
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Faculty News: Dr. Regina Werum
Dr. Werum received the 2008 Emory Williams Award for Distinguished Teaching.
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Department News: Sociology Awards Ceremony
On April 21, 2008. the Sociology Department held its annual awards Ceremony. Read more >>
Graduate News: Gianluca De Fazio

Gianluca De Fazio was awarded the Andrew Mellon Pre-Dissertation Fellowship.

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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

Richard Rubinson

Richard Rubinson Professor
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Telephone: 404-727-7531
FAX: 404-727-7531
E-MAIL: rrubin@emory.edu

OFFICE: 217D Tarbutton Hall

Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)

Degree: Ph.D., Stanford University, 1974

General Research Area: political economy of development, political sociology, sociology of education, organizations.

Current Research: comparative studies of industrial regulation; schooling, state, and economy in East Asia

Selected Publications: "The Sociology of Educational Expansion," Sociology of Education, 1999; "Education and the Economy," (co-author), in The Handbook of Economic Sociology, 1995; The Political Construction of Education, (editor), Praeger 1991; "Class Formation, Political Organization, and Institutions," American Journal of Sociology, 1986.

Selected Courses