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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

Richard Rubinson

Richard Rubinson Director of Graduate Recruitment Professor
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Telephone: 404-727-7531
FAX: 404-727-7531
E-MAIL: rrubin@emory.edu

OFFICE: 217D Tarbutton Hall

Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)

Degree: Ph.D., Stanford University, 1974

General Research Area: political economy of development, political sociology, sociology of education, organizations.

Current Research: comparative studies of industrial regulation; schooling, state, and economy in East Asia.

Selected Publications:

"The Sociology of Educational Expansion," Sociology of Education, 1999.

"Education and the Economy," (co-author), in The Handbook of Economic Sociology, 1995.

The Political Construction of Education, (editor), Praeger 1991.

"Class Formation, Political Organization, and Institutions," American Journal of Sociology, 1986.

 

Selected Courses