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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

John Boli

John Boli Professor
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Telephone: 404-727-7509
FAX: 404-727-7532
E-MAIL: jboli@emory.edu

OFFICE: 211 Tarbutton Hall

Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)

Degree: Ph.D., Stanford University, 1976

General Research Area: world culture and international organizations since 1850; Christendom and the origins of transnational culture and organization since 1100; structure and process in the world polity; global civil society and world citizenship

Current Research: World Culture: Origins and Consequences (co-author), Blackwell, 2005; The Globalization Reader, 3rd ed. (co-editor), Blackwell, 2007; Constructing World Culture: International Nongovernmental Organizations since 1875 (co-editor), Stanford University Press, 1999; “Globalization” (co-author) in The International Handbook of Social Problems, 2003; “Globalization” in Education and Sociology: An Encyclopedia, 2002; "World Society and the Nation-State" (co-author), American Journal of Sociology, 1997.

Selected Publications: "Religious Organizations" (co-author) in Globalization, Religion, and Culture, 2007

Selected Courses

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Recent Books

Boli - World Culture cover World Culture: Origins and Consequences with Frank J. Lechner. Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
Boli - Globalization Reader The Globalization Reader, 3rd edition
Boli - Constructing World Culture Constructing World Culture