Craig Michael Rawlings
Sociology Dept., SSMS Building, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9430
(805) 893-3118 ▪ [email protected] ▪ http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/staff/rawlings/
EMPLOYMENT
Academic Posts:
2011-present
2014-15
2011-13
2008-2011
Visiting Lecturer of Sociology, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
Adjunct Instructor of Network Science (NSF IGERT Program), UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
Residential Fellow at ISBER (Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research),
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Institute of Education Sciences Program on Advanced Quantitative Methods (Center for
Education Policy Analysis)
Member of the Mimir Project (NSF #085614; Dan Jurafsky, Chris Manning, Daniel
McFarland, Walter Powell, P.I.s)
EDUCATION
2008
Ph.D. Sociology. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
Dissertation: Organizational Fields and Institutional Environments: Bridging Relational and
Gender Devaluation Approaches
Committee: John Mohr and John Sutton (co-chairs), William T. Bielby, Noah Friedkin
1999
M.A. Sociology. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, NEW BRUNSWICK
Thesis: A New Supply, An Old Distinction: The Emergence of Contemporary African Art in
New York City, 1980-1992
1995
B.A. (with Departmental Honors) International Studies (minor in Cultural Anthropology).
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Honors Thesis: Narratives and Nationalisms in South Asia and Central America
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Social Networks; Organizations; Culture; Social Psychology
GRANTS, AWARDS AND HONORS
2013-14
2006
2005
2004-2005
2003-2004
2001
2000-2001
UCSB Distinguished Teacher Award, Nominee
SPENCER FOUNDATION, Dissertation Award Finalist
GRADUATE DIVISION, UCSB, Dissertation Grant
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, Dissertation Improvement Grant
SSRC-SLOAN FOUNDATION FELLOW, Program on “the Corporation as a Social
Institution” Dissertation Fellowship and Grant
CLIFFORD C. CLOGG MEMORIAL FELLOW, University of Michigan-ICPSR
REGENTS’ FELLOW, University of California, Santa Barbara
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WORKS
Publications:
2015
Rawlings, Craig M., Daniel McFarland, Linus Dahlander, and Dan Wang. “Streams of
Thought: Knowledge Flows and Intellectual Cohesion in a Multidisciplinary Era.” Social
Forces
2014
Mohr, John W., and Craig M. Rawlings. “Formal Methods of Cultural Analysis.” In James
D. Wright (ed.) International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier.
2013
Daniel McFarland, Dan Jurafsky, and Craig M. Rawlings. “Making the Connection: Social
Bonding in Courtship Situations” American Journal of Sociology 118: 1596-1649
2011
Rawlings, Craig M., and Daniel McFarland. “Influence Flows in the Academy: Using
Affiliation Networks to Assess Peer Effects among Researchers.” Social Science Research
40: 1001-17.
2011
Mohr, John W., and Craig M. Rawlings.“Four Ways to Measure Culture: Social Science,
Hermeneutics, and the Cultural Turn.” In The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Sociology
(Jeffrey Alexander, Ronald Jacobs, and Phillip Smith, Eds.). New York: Oxford University
Press.
2010
McFarland, Daniel, David Diehl and Craig M. Rawlings. “Methodological
Transactionalism and the Sociology of Education.” In Frontiers of the Sociology of
Education (Maureen T. Hallinan, Ed.). New York: Springer Publishing.
2010
Mohr, John W., and Craig M. Rawlings. “Formal Models of Culture.” In A Handbook of
Cultural Sociology (John Hall, Laura Grindstaff, Ming-cheng Lo, Eds.). New York:
Routledge Press.
2004
Rawlings, Craig M., and Michael D. Bourgeois. “The Complexity of Institutional Niches:
Credentials and Organizational Differentiation in a Field of U.S. Higher Education.”
Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media, and the Arts 32: 411-437.
2001
Rawlings, Craig M. “Making Names: The Cutting-Edge Renewal of African Art in New
York City, 1985-1996.” Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media, and
the Arts 29: 25-54.
Under Review and In Progress:
Rawlings, Craig M. and Noah E. Friedkin “The Balance Theory of Sentiment Relations.”
Under Review
Rawlings, Craig M. “Distinction or Distinctiveness? The Reproduction of Organizational
Status Orders.” Under Review
Rawlings, Craig M. “Not by Choice Alone: Academic Program Differentiation and the
Stalling of Gender Integration in the U.S.” In Progress
Rawlings, Craig M., and John W. Mohr. “Categories and Combinatorial Logics: Evolving
Organizational Forms through Code Elaboration and Restriction.” In Progress
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Conference Presentations:
2014
STREAMS OF THOUGHT: KNOWLEDGE FLOWS & INTELLECTUAL COHESION IN
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ERA
American Sociological Association, Social Networks Panel, San Francisco, CA
2014
NOT BY CHOICE ALONE: ORGANIZATIONAL DIFFERENTIATION AND THE
STALLING OF GENDER INTEGRATION IN THE U.S.
American Sociological Association, Higher Education Panel, San Francisco, CA
2013
BECOMING WHAT YOU ARE: REPRODUCING STATUS ORDERS IN
UNCERCERTAIN ENVIRONMNENTS
American Sociological Association, Organizations Section Panel, NYC
2012
BETWEEN STRATEGY AND CONFORMITY: A STATUS-BASED EXPLANATION
OF ACADEMIC PROGRAM DIFFERENTIATION
American Sociological Association, Higher Education Section Panel, Denver, CO
2011
CATEGORIES AND COMBINATORIAL LOGICS
American Sociological Association, Culture Section Panel, Las Vegas, NV
2010
FUNNELS AND FILTERS: RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS AS CONDUITS FOR
KNOWLEDGE FLOWS
American Sociological Association, OOW Section Panel on “Knowledge Work and
Innovation.” Atlanta, GA.
West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship, Eugene, OR.
2009
SOCIAL NETWORKS AND HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH
Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference; Vancouver, BC
2009
MAPPING THE JOURNEY: SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS AND STATUS
ATTAINMENT RESEARCH
Mini-Conference on Future Directions in the Sociology of Education; Invited Panel; San
Francisco, CA
2009
PEER INFLUENCE ON ACADEMIC RESEARCH: EVIDENCE FROM AFFILIATION
NETWORKS AND GRANT PRODUCTIVITY
Sunbelt Conference (International Network for Social Network Analysis). San Diego, CA
2008
ORGANIZATIONAL DIFFERENTIATION AND GENDER SEGREGATION IN
UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE MAJORS, 1971-1998
Academy of Management; Panel on Organizational and Managerial Theory; Anaheim, CA
2008
STATUS DYNAMICS AND GENDER DEVALUATION IN ORGANIZATIONAL
CHANGE: THE TERMINATION OF UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE MAJORS
AFTER 1972
Annual Meetings of the Society for the Analysis of Socio-Economics (SASE); Panel on
Markets, Networks, and Cognition; San Jose, Costa Rica
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2008
ORGANIZATIONAL DIFFERENTIATION AND GENDER SEGREGATION IN
UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE MAJORS, 1971-1998
American Sociological Association; Panel on Organizations, Occupations, and Work;
Boston, MA
2008
STATUS DYNAMICS AND GENDER DEVALUATION IN ORGANIZATIONAL
CHANGE: THE TERMINATION OF UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE MAJORS
AFTER 1972
American Sociological Association: Panel on Culture and Inequality; Boston, MA
2006
ORGANIZING CULTURAL CAPITAL: ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS AND THE
STRUCTURATION OF ACADEMIC FIELDS
American Sociological Association; Panel on Culture and Inequality; Montreal, Q.C.
2006
RUNNING IN PLACE: STATUS AND INFLUENCE STRUCTURES IN
ORGANIZATIONAL FIELDS
International Sunbelt Social Network Conference; Panel Presentation; Vancouver, B.C.
2004
THE SOCIAL MARKING OF CREDENTIALS AND THE STRUCTURE OF
SEGREGATION IN U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION, 1968-1985
American Sociological Association; Panel on Sociology of Culture; San Francisco, CA
2003
THE DUALITY OF INSTITUTIONAL NICHES: DIFFERENTIATING STUDENTS AND
CREDENTIALS IN AN ORGANIZATIONAL FIELD OF U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION
American Sociological Association; Panel on Sociology of Culture; Atlanta, GA
2002
DIVIDING THE FIELD: THE MACRO-STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURAL
KNOWLEDGE IN LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 1863-1940
American Sociological Association; Culture Roundtable; Chicago, IL
1999
THE SOCIAL VALUE OF GALLERY SPACES: AFRICAN ART IN NEW YORK CITY,
1985-1996
Dialogues in Culture and Cognition Conference; Panel Presentation; Princeton University
Invited Presentations:
2008
STATUS DYNAMICS AND GENDER DEVALUATION IN ORGANIZATIONAL
CHANGE: THE TERMINATION OF UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE MAJORS
AFTER 1972
“Organizations and Markets” Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of
Chicago
2007
EFFICIENCY OR BIAS? THE TERMINATION OF UNDERGRADUATE
PROGRAMS AFTER 1972
Organizational Behavior Colloquium, Yale School of Management
2005
ORGANIZING CULTURAL CAPITAL: STATUS NICHES AND AMERICAN
BUSINESS CREDENTIALS, 1971—1993
“Culture, Politics and Society” Workshop, Sociology Department, University of Wisconsin,
Madison.
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TEACHING AND ADVISING
Courses as Instructor of Record:
2014-15
Social Stratification
Women & Work (2 courses)
Development of Sociological Thought
Introduction to Network Science (graduate course) (co-instructor)
2011-14
Sociological Research Methods (Mixed Methods) (5 courses)
Sociological Research Methods (Observational Methods)
Introduction to Sociology (3 courses)
Social Stratification (4 courses)
Social Inequality (2 courses)
Sociology of Organizations
Development of Sociological Thought (2 courses)
Graduate Courses as Teaching Assistant:
2008
2007
2006
2006
Social Network Analysis
Social Statistics
Social Statistics
Sociological Research Methods
(Prof. Noah Friedkin)
(Prof. Noah Friedkin)
(Prof. Noah Friedkin)
(Prof. John Mohr)
Undergraduate Courses as Teaching Assistant:
2007
2007
2007
2006
2006
2005
2004
2002
2001
2001
2001
2000
1999
1998
1998
1997
Sociological Research Methods
Social Psychology
Crime and Delinquency
Feminist Sociological Theory
Sociological Research Methods
Sociological Research Methods
Sociological Research Methods
Urban Sociology
Sociological Research Methods
Sociological Research Methods
Sociological Research Methods
Social Psychology
Classical Sociological Theory
Classical Sociological Theory
Contemporary Sociological Theory
Introduction to Sociology
(Prof. John Mohr)
(Prof. Noah Friedkin)
(Prof. John Sutton)
(Katrina Kimport)
(Prof. Bruce Straits)
(Prof. Jennifer Earl)
(Prof. John Mohr)
(Prof. Harvey Molotch)
(Prof. John Mohr)
(Valgeet Johl)
(Valgeet Johl)
(Prof. Gene Lerner)
(Prof. John Levi Martin)
(Prof. Benjamin Zablocki)
(Prof. Benjamin Zablocki)
(Prof. Jackson Toby)
Formal Undergraduate Advising:
2014
2013
Senior Honors Thesis Faculty Mentor, Zachary Rosenblatt
Senior Honors Thesis Faculty Mentor, Jillian Shorr
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SERVICE
Ad Hoc Reviewer:
Academy of Management Journal
American Journal of Sociology
American Sociological Review
Feminist Economics
Journal of Social Structure
Poetics
Social Currents
Social Forces
Social Psychology Quarterly
Sociological Forum
Sociological Methodology
Sociological Perspectives
Social Science Research
Departmental Activities:
2002
1998-1999
GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, tenure case committee, UCSB
GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, Rutgers University
Professional Associations and Meetings:
2003-2004
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE, ASA Culture Section
2008
DISCUSSANT, American Sociological Association; Panel on Quantitative and Qualitative
Methods in Cultural Analysis; Boston, MA
Current Professional Memberships:
American Sociological Association (Sections: Sociology of Culture; Social Psychology;
Organizations, Occupations, & Work; Sociology of Education; Economic
Sociology)
Academy of Management (Divisions: Organizational Behavior; Organization and
Management Theory; Managerial and Organizational Cognition)
International Network for Social Network Analysis
LANGUAGES
Spanish – near fluency
French, German – some reading and conversational speaking ability
RESEARCH SKILLS
Collection and analysis of large, complex datasets (original and secondary sources). Expertise in social
network analysis, including dynamic approaches. Command of cross-sectional, longitudinal, and
hierarchical models. Skilled in a number of quantitative approaches to textual analysis. Facility with major
quantitative analysis software programs (Stata, SAS, SPSS). Highly experienced with all major social
network analysis and visualization platforms (R [SNA, Igraph, RSienna, etc.], Python [NetworkX], UCINet,
Gephi, Pajek).
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REFERENCES
Professor Noah Friedkin
Sociology Department, SMSS
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9430
(805) 893-2840
[email protected]
Professor Daniel McFarland
Stanford University
520 Galvez Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-3084
(650) 723-1761
[email protected]
Professor John W. Mohr
Sociology Department, SMSS
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9430
(805) 893-7169
[email protected]
Professor John R. Sutton
Sociology Department, SMSS
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9430
(805) 893-3632
[email protected]