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

• SOC 501: Research Methods and Models: Design

Additional Info:

• Narrative Biography
• Statement on Pedagogy