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Mark Granovetter

Mark Granovetter is an American sociologist associated with social network analysis and economic sociology. His 1973 art...

American Contemporary Networks Economic Sociology

9.1 Excellent

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Matthew Desmond

Matthew Desmond is an American sociologist whose research focuses on poverty, housing, eviction, and economic inequality...

American Contemporary Urban Poverty

9.1 Excellent

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Bruno Latour

Bruno Latour (1947-2022) was a French philosopher, sociologist, and anthropologist whose work examined how scientific fa...

French Contemporary Materiality Actor Network

9.1 Excellent

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Douglas Massey

Douglas S. Massey is an American sociologist whose research examines international migration, residential segregation, u...

American Contemporary Immigration Segregation

9.0 Excellent

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Doug McAdam

American sociologist who developed the political process model of social movements, applied extensively to the U.S. civi...

American Contemporary Social Movements Political Process

8.7 Great

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Aldon Morris

Aldon Morris is an American sociologist whose research examines social movements, race, and the history of sociology. In...

American Contemporary Race Civil Rights

8.4 Great

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Barry Wellman

Barry Wellman was a Canadian-American sociologist who lived from 1942 to 2022 and spent much of his career at the Univer...

Internet Contemporary Community Canadian

8.4 Great

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David Snow

David A. Snow is an American sociologist known for research on social movements, collective identity, framing, and homel...

American Contemporary Identity Framing

8.3 Great

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Zeynep Tufekci

Zeynep Tufekci is a Turkish-American sociologist and public writer whose work examines digital platforms, political comm...

Technology Contemporary Media Turkish American

8.2 Great

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Verta Taylor

Verta Taylor is an American sociologist whose research addresses social movements, gender, sexuality, and feminist activ...

American Contemporary Feminist Gender

7.9 Good

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Francesca Polletta

Francesca Polletta is an American sociologist who studies culture, storytelling, political participation, and social mov...

Narrative American Contemporary Culture

7.8 Good

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Todd Gitlin

Todd Gitlin was an American sociologist, writer, and media scholar who studied social movements, political culture, jour...

American Contemporary Culture Media

7.8 Good

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Jeffrey Weeks

Jeffrey Weeks is a British sociologist and historian whose scholarship examines sexuality, sexual identities, social reg...

History Contemporary Identity British

7.8 Good

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Myra Marx Ferree

Myra Marx Ferree is an American sociologist known for research on gender, feminist movements, organizations, and politic...

American Contemporary Feminist Gender

7.7 Good

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John Hagan

John Hagan is a Canadian sociologist and criminologist whose work examines crime, law, inequality, and political violenc...

Contemporary Canadian Inequality Criminology

7.7 Good

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Ken Plummer

Ken Plummer is a British sociologist associated with the University of Essex and the symbolic interactionist tradition....

Narrative Contemporary British Sexuality

7.7 Good

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Steven Seidman

Steven Seidman is an American sociologist whose scholarship focuses on sexuality, queer theory, social theory, and the s...

American Contemporary Postmodern Sexuality

7.6 Good

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Nancy Whittier

Nancy Whittier is an American sociologist known for her research on social movements, gender, and sexuality. Her 1995 bo...

American Contemporary Identity Feminist

7.4 Good

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Arlene Stein

Arlene Stein is an American sociologist whose research examines gender, sexuality, identity, collective memory, and poli...

American Contemporary Queer Sexuality

7.1 Good

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Hank Johnston

Hank Johnston is an American sociologist known for research on social movements, nationalism, protest, and collective ac...

American Contemporary Protest Framing

7.0 Good