Craig M. Rawlings is Fuchsberg-Levine Family Associate Professor of Sociology at Duke University.

About

I study social networks, particularly peer influence processes, and how these shape attitudes, tastes, and beliefs.

Some Recent Work

Network Analysis: Integrating Social Network Theory, Method, and Application with R. Cambridge University Press.

“The Polarization of Popular Culture: Tracing the Size, Shape, and Depth of the ‘Oil Spill’” Social Forces

“Are Victims Virtuous or Vilified? The Stories We Tell Ourselves (And Each Other).” Annual Review of Sociology

“Becoming an Ideologue: Social Sorting and the Microfoundations of Polarization.” Sociological Science

“Schemas, Interactions, and Objects in Meaning-Making.” Sociological Forum

“Genres, Objects, and the Contemporary Expression of Higher Status Tastes.” Sociological Science

“Cognitive Authority and the Constraint of Attitude Change in Groups.” American Sociological Review

“Emergent Meanings: Reconciling Dispositional and Situational Accounts of Meaning Making from Cultural Objects.” American Journal of Sociology

Curriculum Vitae

Department of Sociology

Duke University

253 Reuben-Cooke

417 Chapel Drive

Durham, NC 27708

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