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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

Chair of Sociology
 Karen
 Hegtvedt

Director of Graduate Studies
 Cathryn
 Johnson


Director of Graduate Recruitment
 Richard
 Rubinson


Director of Undergraduate Studies
 Tracy Scott

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: Christendom and the Church as sources of world culture and transnational structuration since 1100; the globalization of sudoku; international nongovernmental organizations, world culture, and global governance.

Selected Publications:

"Religious Organizations" (co-author) in Globalization, Religion, and Culture, 2007.

The Globalization Reader, 3rd ed. (co-editor), Blackwell, 2007.

World Culture: Origins and Consequences (co-author), Blackwell, 2005.

“Globalization” (co-author) in The International Handbook of Social Problems, 2003.

“Globalization” in Education and Sociology: An Encyclopedia, 2002.

Constructing World Culture: International Nongovernmental Organizations since 1875 (co-editor), Stanford University Press, 1999. 

"World Society and the Nation-State" (co-author), American Journal of Sociology, 1997.

Selected Courses

Additional Info:

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