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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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Graduate News: Dr. Franziska Bieri & Dr. Nikki Khanna
Congratulations to Dr. Franziska Bieri and Dr. Nikki Khanna for completing the Emory Sociology Phd ... Read more >>
Graduate News: Beth Tarasawa
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Faculty News: Dr. Robert Agnew
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Undergraduate News: Alix Braverman
Alix Braverman, senior Sociology major, was one of three awarded the Shepard Scholarship. Read more >>

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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

Cathryn Johnson

Cathryn Johnson Professor
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Telephone: 404-727-7520
FAX: 404-727-7520
E-MAIL: cjohns@emory.edu

OFFICE: 226 Tarbutton Hall

Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)

Degree: Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1990

General Research Area: Social psychology, status and power, work and formal organizations, emotions.

Current Research: relationships between organizational structure, leader legitimacy, and formal group interaction; legitimacy and dependency in conflict situations.

Selected Publications: "Legitimacy as a Social Process," (co-author), Annual Review of Sociology, 2006; "Emotional Reactions to Conflict: Do Dependence and Legitimacy Matter?", (co-author), Social Forces, 2000; "Justice Beyond the Individual: A Future with Legitimation," (co-author), Social Psychology Quarterly, 2000; "Gender, Legitimate Authority, and Leader-Subordinate Conversations, " American Sociological Review, 1994.

Selected Courses