Curriculum Vitae

Timothy J. Dowd

October 2006
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
(phone) 404 727-6259
(fax) 404 727-7532
email: tdowd@emory.edu
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RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS / EDUCATION / EMPLOYMENT / ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS / PUBLICATIONS / PAPER PRESENTATIONS / GRANTS, AWARDS AND HONORS / DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE / UNIVERSITY SERVICE / PROFESSIONAL SERVICE / EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES / PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP /
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RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS:

 

Cultural Sociology

 

Economic Sociology

 

Media Sociology

Music Sociology

 

Organizational Sociology

 

Work and Occupations

 

EDUCATION:

1996

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. Ph.D., Sociology

 

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)
EMPLOYMENT:
2002 - 2006
Associate Professor of Sociology; Emory University
1996 - 2002
Assistant Professor of Sociology; Emory University
1994 - 1996
Instructor in Sociology; Emory University
ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
 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

PUBLICATIONS:

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.
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.

PAPER PRESENTATIONS -- LAST FIVE YEARS:

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.

GRANTS, AWARDS, AND HONORS:

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.

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE (SELECTED EXAMPLES):

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.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

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.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

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.

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:

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.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:

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