Curriculum Vitae |
| Timothy J. Dowd |
| October
2006 |
Department
of Sociology Emory University Atlanta, Georgia 30322 |
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Cultural Sociology |
Economic Sociology |
Media Sociology |
Music Sociology
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Organizational Sociology
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Work and Occupations
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1996 |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. Ph.D., Sociology |
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Dissertation: Making the Mainstream Market: Organizational and Musical Change in the US Recording Industry Dissertation Committee: Robert Wuthnow (Chair), Paul DiMaggio, Frank Dobbin, and Michèle Lamont |
| 1988 | ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. M.A., Sociology |
| Thesis: Highly Educated Women and Their Mate Selection Thesis Committee: Bernard Farber (Chair), Paul Glick, and Karen Miller |
| 1986 | GRAND CANYON
COLLEGE. B.A., Sociology (magna cum laude) |
| 2002 - 2006 | Associate
Professor of Sociology; Emory University |
| 1996 - 2002 | Assistant
Professor of Sociology; Emory University |
| 1994 - 1996 | Instructor
in Sociology; Emory University |
| 2003 - 2006 | Co-Director;
American Studies, Emory University |
| 2002 - 2006 | Associated
Faculty; Women's Studies, Emory University |
| 2000 - 2006 | Affiliated
Faculty; Film Studies, Emory University |
| 2000 - 2006 | Associated
Faculty; American Studies, Emory University |
| Edited
Volumes: |
| 2005 | T.J. Dowd,
Editor. The Sociology of Music: Sounds, Songs, and Society.
Special Issue of American Behavioral Scientist. Volume 48, Issue
11. |
| 2004 | T.J. Dowd,
Editor. The Embeddedness of Cultural Industries. Special Issue
of Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, Media, and the
Arts. Volume 32, Issue 1. |
| 2004 | R.A. Peterson
and T.J. Dowd, Editors. Music in Society: The Sociological Agenda.
Special Issue of Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture,
Media, and the Arts. Volume 32, Issues 3 and 4. |
| 2002 | T.J. Dowd,
Editor. Culture and Inequality. Special Issue of International
Journal of Sociology & Social Policy. Volume 23, Issues 1 through
3. |
| 2002 | T.J. Dowd,
Editor. Explorations in the Sociology of Music. Special Issue
of Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, Media, and the
Arts. Volume 30, Issues 1 and 2. |
| Articles
and Chapters: |
| Forthcoming | T.J. Dowd
and F. Dobbin. “Was There a Market Before Antitrust? Public Policy
and Railroad Strategy in Early America.” In Constructing Markets
and Industries, edited by Marc J. Ventresca and Joseph F. Porac.
London: Elsevier Science. |
| 2006 | T.J. Dowd.
“Sociology of Music.” Pages 249-260, 439-440, and 505-512
in 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook (Volume 2),
edited by Clifton D. Bryant and Dennis L. Peck. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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| 2006 | C. Johnson,
T.J. Dowd and C.L. Ridgeway. “Legitimacy as a Social Process.”
Annual Review of Sociology 32: 53-78. |
| 2005 | T.
Dowd, K. Liddle and M. Blyler. “Charting Gender: The Success of
Female Acts in the U.S. Mainstream Recording Market, 1940 to 1990.”
Research in the Sociology of Organizations
23: 81-123. |
| 2005 | T.J. Dowd.
“From 78s to MP3s: The Embeddedness of Technology and the U.S. Market
for Prerecorded Music.” Pages 205-224 in The Business of Culture:
Strategic Perspectives on Entertainment and Media, edited by
Joseph Lampel, Jamal Shamsie, and Theresa Lant. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. |
| 2004 | T.J. Dowd.
“Concentration and Diversity Revisited: Production Logics and the
U.S. Mainstream Recording Market, 1940 to 1990.” Social Forces
82 (4): 1411-1455. |
| 2004 | T.J. Dowd.
“Production Perspectives in the Sociology of Music.” Poetics:
Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, Media, and the Arts 32
(3-4): 235-246. |
| 2004 | T.J. Dowd,
K. Liddle and J. Nelson. “Music Festivals as Scenes: Examples from
Serious Music, Womyn’s Music, and Skate Punk.” Pages 149-167
in Music Scenes: Local, Trans-Local, and Virtual, edited by Andy
Bennett and Richard A. Peterson. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University
Press. |
| 2004 | A. Rubtsova
and T.J. Dowd. “Cultural Capital as a Multi-Level Concept: The Case
of an Advertising Agency.” Research in the Sociology of Organizations
22: 117-146. |
| 2003 | T.J. Dowd.
“Structural Power and the Construction of Markets: The Case of Rhythm
and Blues.” Comparative Social Research 21: 147-201. |
| 2003 | S. Potter
and T.J. Dowd. “Executive Turnover and the Legal Environment: The
Case of California Hospitals, 1960-1995.” Sociological Forum
18 (3): 441-464. |
| 2002 | T.J. Dowd.
“Culture and Commodification: Technology and Structural Power in
the Early U.S. Recording Industry.” International Journal of
Sociology & Social Policy 22 (1-3): 106-140. |
| 2002 | T.J. Dowd
and M. Blyler. “Charting Race: The Success of Black Performers in
the Mainstream Recording Market, 1940 to 1990.” Poetics: Journal
of Empirical Research on Culture, Media, and the Arts 30 (1-2): 87-110. |
| 2002 | T.J. Dowd,
K. Liddle, K. Lupo and A. Borden. “Organizing the Musical Canon:
The Repertoires of Major U.S. Symphony Orchestras, 1842 to 1969.”
Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, Media, and the
Arts 30 (1-2): 35-61. |
| 2002 | T. Dowd
and F. Dobbin. “Origins of the Myth of Neo-Liberalism: Regulation
in the First Century of U.S. Railroading.” Pages 61-88 in Private
Actors and Public Interest: The Role of the State in Regulated Economies,
edited by Lars Magnusson and Jan Ottosson. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar. |
| 2000 | F. Dobbin
and T.J. Dowd. “The Market that Antitrust Built: Public Policy,
Private Coercion, and Railroad Acquisitions, 1825-1922.” American
Sociological Review 65 (5): 631-657. |
| 2000 | T.J. Dowd. “Diversificazione Musicale e Mercato Discografico negli Stati Uniti, 1955-1990 (Musical Diversity and the U.S. Mainstream Recording Market, 1955-1990).” Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia 41 (2): 223-263. *English Version of Paper Available Here |
| 1997 | F. Dobbin
and T. Dowd. “How Policy Shapes Competition: Early Railroad Foundings
in Massachusetts.” Administrative Science Quarterly 42
(3): 501-529. |
| 1997 | T.J. Dowd
and F. Dobbin. “The Embedded Actor and the Invention of Natural
Economic Law: Policy Change and Railroader Response in Early America.”
American Behavioral Scientist 40 (4): 478-489. |
| 1992 | T.J. Dowd.
“The Musical Structure and Social Context of Number One Songs, 1955
to 1988: An Exploratory Analysis.” Pages 130-157 in Vocabularies
of Public Life: Empirical Essays in Symbolic Structure, edited by
Robert Wuthnow. London: Routledge. |
| Reviews
and Comments: |
| 2005 | T.J. Dowd.
“The Cultural Significance of Everyday Life.” The Newsletter
of the Culture Section 19 (3): 4. |
| 2005 | T.J. Dowd.
“Introduction: The Sociology of Music -- Songs, Sounds, Society.”
American Behavioral Scientist 48 (11): 1407-1409. |
| 2005 | T.J. Dowd.
“Worlds of Music: A Review Essay.” Qualitative Sociology
28 (1): 123-129. |
| 2004 | T.J. Dowd.
“Introduction: The Embeddedness of Cultural Industries.” Poetics:
Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, Media, and the Arts 32
(1): 1-3. |
| 2004 | T.J. Dowd.
Review of The Rise of a Jazz Art World (Lopes). Contemporary
Sociology 33 (2): 204-205. |
| 2004 | R.A. Peterson
and T.J. Dowd. “Making Music Sociology: An Introduction.”
Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, Media, and the
Arts 32 (3-4): 195-196. |
| 2003 | A. Tullos,
M. Miller, T.J. Dowd. “Atlanta: City without a Sound?” Footnotes
31(5): 1 and 7. |
| 2002 | T.J. Dowd.
“Introduction: Explorations in the Sociology of Music.” Poetics:
Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, Media, and the Arts 30
(1-2): 1-3. |
| 2001 | T.J. Dowd.
“The Napster Episode: A New Version of the Same Old Song.”
The Academic Exchange April/May: 6-7. |
| *Reprinted
in Soundscapes: Online Journal on Media Culture, Volume 4 (2001-2002). |
| 1998 | T.J. Dowd.
Review of History without a Subject: The Postmodern Condition
(Ashley). Contemporary Sociology 27 (6): 658-659. |
| 1997 | T.J. Dowd.
Review of Rationalizing Culture: IRCAM, Boulez, and the Institutionalization
of the Musical Avant-Garde (Born). Contemporary Sociology
26 (1): 104-105. |
| 1996 | T.J. Dowd.
“Rocking the Vote: The Music Industry and the Mobilization of Young
Voters.” The Newsletter of the Culture Section 11 (1):
1, 4-7. |
| *Reprinted
in Soundscapes: Online Journal on Media Culture, Volume 3 (2000-2001). |
| 1992 | T.J. Dowd.
Review of The Shape of Culture: A Study of Contemporary Cultural Patterns
in the United States (Blau). Comparative Studies in Society and
History 34 (4): 781-782. |
| 2006 | T.J. Dowd.
“Bringing Sociology Back In.” Invited Panelist. Mid-South
Sociological Association; Lafayette, Louisiana. |
| 2006 | T.J. Dowd.
“Inspirations in the Sociology of Music.” Department for the
Study of the Arts and Culture, Erasmus University; Rotterdam, The Netherlands. |
| 2006 | T.J. Dowd.
“Organizational Aspects of the Music Industry: The Case of Concentration.”
Department of Media Studies, Erasmus University; Rotterdam, The Netherlands. |
| 2005 | T.J. Dowd.
“Organizing the Musical Canon: The Repertoires of Major U.S.Symphony
Orchestras, 1842 to 1969.” Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies,
Princeton University. |
| 2004 | T.J. Dowd.
“The Sociology of Music: A Comparative Review.” Invited Presentation
for Plenary Session. Sociology of the Arts Network, European Sociological
Association; Rotterdam, The Netherlands. |
| 2004 | T.J. Dowd.
“Three Works in the Sociology of Music: A Discussion.” Department
for the Study of the Arts and Culture, Erasmus University; Rotterdam,
The Netherlands. |
| 2003 | T.J. Dowd.
“Concentration and Diversity Revisited: Production Logics and the
U.S. Mainstream Recording Market.” Department of Sociology, University
of Toronto. |
| 2003 | T.J. Dowd.
“Diversity and the U.S. Mainstream Recording Market, 1940 to 1990.”
Department of Organizational Behavior and HMR; University of Michigan
Business School. |
| 2003 | T.J. Dowd.
“Production Perspectives in the Sociology of Music.” Invited
Presentation for Thematic Session, “Developments in the Sociology
of Music.” American Sociological Association; Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 2003 | T.J. Dowd,
K. Liddle and M. Blyler. “Charting Gender: The Success of Female
Performing Acts in the Mainstream Recording Market, 1955 to 1990.”
(1) Southern Sociological Society; New Orleans, Louisiana, (2) Department
of Sociology, University of Georgia, and (3) Sociology of Music MiniConference;
Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 2003 | P. DiMaggio
and T.J. Dowd. “The Decline of Cultural Hierarchy? Social Bases
of Aesthetic Eclecticism.” Sociology of Music MiniConference; Atlanta,
Georgia. |
| 2003 | M.A. Glynn
and T.J. Dowd. “Institutionalizing Positive Practices: The Challenge
of Reproduction.” Institutions, Conflict, and Change Workshop; Kellogg
Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. |
| 2003 | M.A. Glynn
and T.J. Dowd. “POS Goes Macro: Two Institutionalists Take on POS.”
Positive Links Session, University of Michigan Business School. |
| 2002 | T.J. Dowd.
“The Mitigated Impact of Concentration on Diversity: New Performing
Acts and New Firms in the Mainstream Recording Market, 1940-1990.”
European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium; Barcelona, Spain. |
| 2001 | T.J. Dowd.
“Structural Power and the Construction of Markets: The Case of Rhythm
and Blues.” Department of Sociology, Northwestern University. |
| 2001 | T.J. Dowd.“The
Musical Box: The Commodification of Music in the Early US Recording Industry.”
Sociology of the Arts Network, European Sociological Association; Helsinki,
Finland. |
| 2005 | Faculty
Teacher of the Year. Department of Sociology, Emory University. |
| 2004 | National
Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Award. “Blending Commerce
and Community: Feminist Bookstores and the Negotiation of Hybrid Identity.”
Kathleen Liddle (Ph.D. Candidate) and T.J. Dowd (Advisor). |
| 2003 | Co-Investigator,
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (VICI-Grant). “Cultural
Classification Systems in Transition: The Social Valuation of Cultural
Goods in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States, 1950-2000.”
Susanne Janssen, Principal Investigator. |
| 2002 | Emory College
Online, Seminar in Teaching and Technology. Center for Teaching and Curriculum,
Emory University. |
| 2002 | National
Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Award. “The New Economy
Magazine Market: Cultural, Structural, and Economic Factors in the Advent
and Acceptance of a New Cultural Product Market.” M. Blyler (Ph.D.
Candidate) and T.J. Dowd (Advisor). |
| 2001 | Faculty
Researcher of the Year. Department of Sociology, Emory University. |
| 2001 | International
Travel Grant. Institute for Comparative and International Studies, Emory
University. |
| 2000 | Excellence
in Teaching Award (Social Sciences). Center for Teaching and Curriculum,
Emory University. |
| 1998 | Citation
of Excellence for “How Policy Shapes Competition” (Administrative
Science Quarterly 1997). Editorial Advisory Board of ANBAR Electronic
Intelligence (United Kingdom). |
| 1997 | Martin -
Massey / NEH Teaching Observation Award. Emory University (with Allen
Tullos and Walter Reed). |
| 1997 | Faculty
Teacher of the Year. Department of Sociology, Emory University. |
| 1995 | University
Research Committee Grant, Emory University. “The Industry Origins
of the R&B Market.” |
| 1993 | Culture
Section Graduate Student Paper Award, American Sociological Association.
(“The Song Remains the Same? The Musical Diversity and Industry
Context of Number One Songs, 1955 - 1988”) |
| 1990 | Co-Investigator,
National Science Foundation Grant SES-90011005. “Public Policy and
Business Strategies: Railway Foundings, Failures, and Firm Structure in
Massachusetts.” Frank Dobbin, Principal Investigator. |
| 1990 | “Distinction”
for Ph.D. Qualifying Examinations in (1) Cultural Sociology, (2) Complex
Organizations, and (3) Stratification. Department of Sociology, Princeton
University. |
| 2004 - 2005 | Graduate
Admissions Committee. |
| 2001 - 2006 | Faculty
Mentor. |
| 2001 | Faculty
Search Committee (Organizations). |
| 1997 - 2001 | Director
of Graduate Recruitment and Admissions. |
| 1998 | Faculty
Search Committee (Criminology). |
| 1995 - 1996 | Graduate
Recruitment and Admissions Committees. |
| 2005 - 2008 | Emory College
Governance Committee. |
| 2005 - 2006 | Advisory
Board, Quadrangle (Biannual Magazine Published by Emory Arts
and Sciences). |
| 2005 - 2006 | Graduate
Committee; Department of Women's Studies. |
| 2005 - 2006 | Woodruff
Graduate Fellowship (Social Sciences); Selection Committee. |
| 2003 | Chair, Woodruff
Graduate Fellowship Selection Committees (Sciences, Social Sciences, and
Humanities). |
| 2003 | Emory College
Online; Application Review Committee. |
| 2002 | Coca-Cola
Latin American Graduate Fellowship; Selection Committee. |
| 2002 | Woodruff
Graduate Fellowship (Social Sciences); Selection Committee. |
| 2001 | Faculty
Representative, “Emory Preview” (for prospective students
and their parents). |
| 2001 | Panelist,
“Who Owns the Music? After Napster,” Center for Ethics at
Emory University. |
| 2000 - 2002 | Godrich
White Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduates; Selection Committee. |
| 1999 - 2002 | Academic
Standards Committee. |
| 1999 - 2000 | Dean’s
Graduate Teaching Fellowship; Selection Committee. |
| 1999 - 2000 | Media Violence
Conference (funding from Turner Broadcasting); Organizing Committee. |
| 2005 | Nominations
Committee; Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section, American Sociological
Association. |
| 2005 | Organizer,
“The Organization of Markets” Session; Economic Sociology
Section, American Sociological Association; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| 2004 | Presider,
“Pop into Art: Processes and Strategies of Cultural Consecration.”
Sociology of the Arts Network, European Sociological Association; Rotterdam,
The Netherlands. |
| 2003 - 2006 | Board Member.
Sociology of the Arts Research Network, European Sociology Association. |
| 2003 | Chair, Committee
for Selection of “Best Article.” Sociology of Culture Section,
American Sociological Association. |
| 2003 | Co-Organizer
(with John Mohr), Meaning and Measurement MiniConference. Sociology of
Culture Section, American Sociological Association; Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 2003 | Discussant,
“Sociology of Artists and Arts.” American Sociological Association;
Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 2003 | Organizer,
MiniConference on the Sociology of Music. Sociology of Culture Section,
American Sociological Association; Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 2002 | Discussant,
“Historical Sociology: Actors and Institutions.” American
Sociological Association; Chicago, Illinois. |
| 2001 | Organizer,
“Culture and Inequality” Sessions. American Sociological Association;
Anaheim, California. |
| 1998 | Critic for
“Author Meets Critics” Session (Richard A. Peterson’s
Creating Country Music). American Sociological Association; San
Francisco, California. |
| 1998 | Presider
and Discussant, “Organizational Ecology and Workplace Behavior.”
Southern Sociological Society; New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| 1998 | Presider
and Discussant, “Sociology of Television.” Southern Sociological
Society; New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| 1994 -1997 | Chair, Membership
Committee. Sociology of Culture Section, American Sociological Association.
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| 2007 - 2009 | Editorial
Board, Sociological Forum. |
| 2006 - 2008 | Culture
Section Editorial Board, Sociology Compass. |
| 2003 - 2006 | Editorial
Board, Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, Media, and
the Arts. |
| 2003 - 2006 | International
Editorial Committee, Studi Culturali. |
| 2002 - 2006 | Editorial
Advisory Board, International Journal of Sociology & Social Policy. |
| 1996 - 2006 | Reviewer
for Academy of Management Journal; Academy of Management Review; American
Journal of Sociology; American Sociological Review; Current Sociology;
Journal of Cultural Economics; Journal of Management Inquiry; Journal
of Management Studies; Journal of Organizational Behavior; Organization
Science; Organization Studies; Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research
on Culture, Media, and the Arts; Social Forces; Social Problems; Social
Studies of Science; Socio-Economic Review; Sociological Forum; Sociological
Perspectives; Work and Occupations; Blackwell Publishers; Cambridge
University Press; Greenview Publishing; National Science Foundation; Oxford
University Press. |
| Academy of Management American Sociological Association Association for Recorded Sound Collections European Sociological Association International Association for the Study of Popular Music Southern Sociological Society |