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.
Selected Courses
- SOC 101 - Introduction to General Sociology
- SOC 190 - Making Sense of Globalization (Freshman Seminar)
- SOC 457 - Development of Sociological Theory
- SOC 525 - Global Structures and Processes
- SOC 540 - Basic Theoretical Problems
- Sociology 741 - Theory Construction
Additional Info:
Recent Books
 | World Culture: Origins and Consequences with Frank J. Lechner. Blackwell Publishing, 2005. |
 | The Globalization Reader, 3rd edition |
 | Constructing World Culture |