Roberto Franzosi
Professor
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Telephone: 404-727-7533
FAX: 404-727-7533
E-MAIL: rfranzo@emory.edu
OFFICE: 212 Tarbutton Hall
Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)
Degree: PhD., Johns Hopkins University, 1981
General Research Area: political sociology, media, culture, sociology of science, historical sociology, methodology
Current Research: rhetorical foundations of social science quantitative work; the rise of Italian fascism; ways of quantifying text beyond narrative and content analysis
Selected Publications:
- From Words to Numbers: Narrative, Data, and Social Science, Cambridge University Press, 2004;
- "The Return of the Actor. Networks of Interactions Among Social Actors During Periods of High Mobilization (Italy, 1919-22)," Mobilization, 1999;
- The Puzzle of Strikes: Class and State Strategies in Postwar Italy, Cambridge University Press, 1995;
- "From Words to Numbers: A Set Theory Framework for the Collection, Organization and Analysis of Narrative Data," Sociological Methodology, 1994;
- "Strike Data in Search of a Theory: The Italian Case in the Postwar Period," Politics and Society, 1989.
Selected Courses
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