Curriculum Vitae

Box 90088 Duke University

919-660-5787 (office) mcphersn@soc.duke.edu (email)

Education:

PhD Vanderbilt University 1973
BA University of Alabama 1968

Professional Experience / Employment History

Professor, Sociology, Duke University, 2003-2004, 2006-present
Research Professor, Duke, 2004 - 2006
Professor, University of Arizona, 1990-2006
Professor, Cornell University, 1987-1990
Professor, University of South Carolina, 1985-87
Associate Professor, 1978-85
Associate Professor, University of Nebraska, 1975-78
Assistant Professor, 1972-75
NDEA Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, 1969-1972

Principal Courses Taught

Complex Organizations
Event History Analysis
Graduate Introductory Statistics
Graduate Methods
Introductory Sociology
Mathematical Models
Social Networks
Social Problems
Structural Equations
Undergraduate Methods
Undergraduate Statistics
Voluntary Associations

Networks and Niches: A Hypernetwork Study of Voluntary Associations, 0000/00/00

Networks and Niches: A Hypernetwork Study of Voluntary Associations, 0000/00/00

Networks and Social Affiliations: A Life Calendar Study of Voluntary Group Memberships, 0000/00/00

IGERT in Complex Self-Assembly, 0000/00/00

Civic disengagement and social isolation: Including the non-affiliated in the Networks and Niches Survey, 0000/00/00

Niches and Networks: Studying the Co-evolution of Voluntary Groups and Networks, Supplement, 0000/00/00

Sampling Social Organizations, 1982/07/01

The Dynamics of Interorganizational Competition, 1984/07/01

Niches and Networks, 1989/07/01

Testing a Dynamic Theory of Voluntary Associations, 1993/07/01

Simulating Social Systems, 1999/07/01

An Ecology of Identities, 2002/07/01

Networks and Voluntary Associations, 2003/08/15

Niches and Networks: Studying the Co-evolution of Voluntary Groups and Networks, 2005/09/01

Networks and Niches, 2006/08/01

Publications

Publications

""Social Networks"", Youth Activism: An International Encyclopedia, edited by Sherrod, L., Flanagan, C.A., & Kassimir, R. (2005), (with Lynn Smith-Lovin).

""Gender identity recognition and task performance"", Advances in Group Processes (2005), (Allison Wisecup and Lynn Smith-Lovin).

""A Blau Space Primer: Prolegomenon to an Ecology of Affiliation"", Industrial and Corporate Change, vol. 13 (2004), pp. 263-280.

""Ecological Theory"", Handbook of Social Theory, edited by George Ritzer (2003), Sage.

""Amos Hawley"", Handbook of Social Theory, edited by George Ritzer (2003), Sage.

""Cohesion and Membership Duration: Linking Groups, Relations and Individuals in an Ecology of Affiliation."", Group Cohesion, Trust and Solidarity, Advances in Group Processes, edited by Edward J. Lawler and Shane Thye (2002), Elsevier Science, (with Lynn Smith-Lovin).

""Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks"", Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 27 (2001), pp. 415-44, (with James Cook and Lynn Smith-Lovin).

""The System of Occupations: Modeling Occupations in Sociodemographic Space"", Social Forces, vol. 79 no. 3 (2001), pp. 1095-1130, (with Tom Rotolo).

""Sampling strategies for the arts: A Hypernetwork Approach"", Poetics (2000).

""Modeling Change in Fields of Organizations: Some Simulation Results"", Computational Modeling of Behavioral Processes in Organizations, edited by Daniel Ilgen and Charles Hulin (1999), American Psychological Association Press.

"Gender, Children, and Social Contact: The Effects of Childrearing for Men and Women.", American Sociological Review, vol. 62 (1997), pp. 509-520, (with Lynn Smith-Lovin and Allison Munch).

"Competition and Commitment in Voluntary Memberships: The Paradox of Persistence and Participation", Sociological Perspectives, vol. 40 (1997), pp. 61-79, (with Dan Cress and Tom Rotolo).

"Sex Segregation in Voluntary Associations Reprinted", edited by G. Nigel Gilbert, Researching Social Life (1996), London: Sage.

"Testing a Dynamic Model of Social Composition: Diversity and Change in Voluntary Groups.", American Sociological Review, vol. 61 (1996), pp. 179-202, (With Thomas Rotolo).

"Niche Position, Niche Overlap, and the Duration of Voluntary Memberships.", American Journal of Sociology, vol. 101 no. 3 (November, 1995), (with P. Popielarz).

"Measuring the structure of voluntary organizations: a multitrait, multimethod analysis.", Social Forces, vol. 73 (March, 1995), pp. 1097-1115, (with Thomas Rotolo).

"Sex and Ethnic Heterogeneity in Face-to-Face Groups in Public Places: An Ecological Perspective on Social Interaction.", Social Forces, vol. 74 (1995), pp. 15-52, (with Bruce H. Mayhew, Tomas Rotolo, and Lynn Smith-Lovin).

"You are who you know: A network perspective on gender.", Theory on Gender/ Feminism on Theory, edited by Paula England (1993), pp. 223-41, New York: Aldine, (Lynn Smith-Lovin).

"Some disintegrating thoughts on structure and agency: Reply to Molm.", Theory on Gender/ Feminism on Theory, edited by Paula England (1993), New York: Aldine, (with Lynn Smith-Lovin).

"Social Networks and Organizational Dynamics.", American Sociological Review, vol. 57 (1992), pp. 153-170, (with P. Popielarz and S. Drobnic).

"Evolution on a Dancing Landscape: Organizations and Networks in Dynamic Blau Space.", Social Forces, vol. 70 (1991), pp. 19-42, (with J. Ranger-Moore).

"A Theory of Voluntary Organization", Community Organizations: Studies in Resource Mobilization and Exchange, edited by C. Milofsky (1988), Oxford University Press.

"The Comparative Ecology of Voluntary Associations: An Ecological Analysis of the Voluntary Organizations in Five Nations", Ecological Models of Organizations, edited by Glenn Carroll (1988), Ballinger, (with Lynn Smith-Lovin).

"Homophily in Voluntary Organizations: Status Distance and the Composition of Face-to-Face Groups."", American Sociological Review, vol. 52 (1987), pp. 370-79, (with Lynn Smith-Lovin).

"Sex Segregation in Voluntary Associations", American Sociological Review, vol. 51 (1986), pp. 61-79, (with Lynn Smith-Lovin).

"Separating the Reliability and Stability in Political Efficacy: Using Path Analysis to Test Alternative Hypotheses", Causal Models in Panel and Experimental Designs, edited by H.M. Blalock (1985), pp. 185-204, New York: Aldine, (with Susan Welch and Cal Clark).

"Reprinted in International Perspectives on Voluntary Action Research" (1984), , New York: Transaction Press.

"The Size of Voluntary Associations", Social Forces, vol. 64 no. 4 (1983), pp. 1044-1064.

"An Ecology of Affiliation", American Sociological Review, vol. 48 (1983), pp. 519-532.

"Women and Weak Ties: Sex Differences in the Size of Voluntary Associations", American Journal of Sociology, vol. 87 no. 4 (1982), pp. 883-904, (with L. Smith-Lovin).

"A Dynamic Model of Voluntary Affiliation", Social Forces, vol. 59 no. 3 (March, 1981), pp. 705-728.

"Voluntary Affiliation: A Structural Approach", Continuities in Structural Inquiry, edited by P.M. Blau and R.K. Merton (1981), London: Sage.

"The Impact of Political Issues on Political Efficacy: A Panel Analysis", Micropolitics, vol. 1 no. 1 (1981), pp. 71-86, (with S. Welch).

"The Longitudinal Study of Voluntary Affiliation: A Multivariate Analysis", Journal of Voluntary Action Research, vol. 9 no. 3 (January, 1980), pp. 74-84.

"Evolution in Communities of Voluntary Organizations.", Organizational Evolution, edited by J. Singh (1980), Sage.

"Applying Joreskog", American Political Science Review, vol. 72 (June, 1978), pp. 627-628.

"Separating the Reliability and Stability in Political Efficacy: Using Path Analysis to Test Alternative Hypotheses", American Political Science Review, vol. 71 (June, 1977), pp. 509-521, (with S. Welch and C. Clark).

"Correlates of Social Participation: A Comparison of the Ethnic Community and Compensatory Theories", Sociological Quarterly, vol. 18 (Spring, 1977), pp. 197-208.

"Theory Trimming", Social Science Research, vol. 5 (1976), pp. 95-105.

"Population Density and Social Pathology: A Reexamination", Sociological Symposium 14 (Fall, 1975), pp. 77-92.

"Hypothesis Testing in Path Analysis", Social Science Research, vol. 3 (1974), pp. 127-139.

"Population Density and Pathology: What Are the Relationships for Man?", Science 7, vol. 176 (April, 1972), pp. 136-153, (with O. Galle and W. Gove) [author's comments].

"System Size and Structural Differentiation in Formal Organizations", American Sociological Review, vol. 37 no. 5 (January, 1972), pp. 629-633, (with B.Mayhew, R. Levinger, and T. James).

"On Interactive Path Analysis", " The American Sociologist, vol. 6 no. 3 (August, 1971), pp. 262-263.

Articles and Chapters

"Models and marginals: Using survey evidence to study social networks", American Sociological Review, vol. 74 no. 3 (2009), pp. 670-81, (Lynn Smith-Lovin and Matthew Brashears).

""the ties that bind are fraying."", Contexts, vol. 7 no. 3 (2008), pp. 32-6, (Lynn Smith-Lovin and Matthew Brashears).

""Social Isolation"", Encyclopedia of Human Relationships, edited by Harry Reis and Susan Sprecher (2008), (Jeff Smith and Lynn Smith-lovin).

""A Dynamic Baseline Model of Ego Networks."", American Behavioral Scientist (2008).

"Of Models and Marginals: Using Survey Data to Study Social Networks", American Sociological Review (Forthcoming 2009), (Lynn Smith-Lovin and Matthew Brashears).

""Social isolation in American: Changes in core discussion networks in two decades"", American Sociological Review, vol. 71 no. 3 (2006), pp. 353-75, (Lynn Smith-Lovin and Matthew Brashears).

""Voluntary associations"", Handbook of the 21st Century, edited by Clifton Bryant and Dennis Peck (2006), Sage Publications, (Bart Bonikowski).

Reprints

""Niche Position, Niche Overlap, and the Duration of Voluntary Memberships"", The Nonprofit Sector (1995 AJS article, reprinted in 2001.), Westview Press, (with Pam Popielarz).

Work In Progress

""Social Distance in America: Heterogeneity and Homophily in Sex, Age, Education and Religion"", R&R at ASR, resubmission January (in progress), (Lynn Smith-Lovin and Jeff Smith).

"Networks and Niches in an Ecology of Affiliation, Book manuscript in preparation, describing results of Ten Towns Study and new data from the 2004 General Social Survey modules on volunary association and social networks." (2010).

Selected Recent Invited Talks

1. "Network Effects in Blau Space.", Harvard University, Meeting on Methodology for Empirical Research on Social Interactions, Social Networks, and Health (MERSIH), November 13-14, 2009
2. "Social Networks" Keynote Speech, Social Connectivity in the Gulf of California Workshop, University of Arizona, August 2009
3. Imputing Social Context from Survey Data, Invited presentation at DIMACS conference, Rutgers University, May 2008
4. "Autocorrelation and Blau Space", International Workshop on Constructural Theory of Social Dynamics, April, 2006
5. "Author Meets Critics: Kaufman's FOr the Common Good", ASA meetings, August 2005
6. "Blau Space and Cultural Change", NIH Conference on Culture and Family Change, June 2005
7. "Explorations in Blau Space", Conference on Social Capital and Social Networks, Ohio State, June 2005
8. Invited Paper, Celebration of 25 Years of Organizational, Ecology Conference,Stanford Graduate School of Business, December 2002
9. Invited Paper, Conference on Social Connectedness and Public Activism, Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University, May 2002
10. Invited Discussion, Stanford University Business School, Strategic Management Conference, April 2001
11. Panelist, Princeton University Conference on the Arts, May 2000
12. Panelist, Special Study Group on the Origin of Markets and States, Santa Fe Institute, October 1997
13. Keynote Speaker, Asilimar Conference on Organizations, Stanford University, March 1996
14. Panelist, Princeton Conference on Nonprofit Organization and Arts Participation, 1996
15. Invited Lecture, Working Group on Organizations and Networks, University of Chicago School of Business and Sociology Department, 1994
16. Invited Lecture, Groups and Organizations Seminar, Carnegie-Mellon University, April 1990
17. Invited Lecture, Wharton Conference on New Directions in Organizational Ecology, Wharton School of Business, 1989
18. Invited Lecture, Bruce Mayhew Memorial Lecture, University of South Carlolina, April 1988

Courses Taught

Fall, 2003, Social Statistics I

Fall, 2003, Social Statistics II

Fall, 2004, Social Networks

Fall, 2004, SOcial Statistics I

Professional Service

Editorial Board, American Sociological Review, 2004-2007

Member, Departmental Recruitment Committee, 7 July 2003

, Departmental Computer Affairs Officer, 7 July 2003

Member, University Graduate Council, 7 July 2003

Chair, Social Network Prelim Committee, 7 July 2003

Chair, Organization Prelim Committee, 7 July 2003

Chair, Departmental Undergraduate Program Committee, 7 July 2003

Chair, Departmental Curriculum Committee, 7 July 2003

Chair, Departmental Colloquium Committee, 7 July 2003

Chair, Departmental Grades Appeal Committee, 7 July 2003

Chair, Departmental Graduate Program Committee, 7 July 2003

Chair, Psychology Department Chair Search Committee, 7 July 2003

Chair, Departmental Tenure and Promotion Committee, 7 July 2003

Chair, Organizations Prelim Committee, 7 July 2003

Chair, Methods and Statistics Prelim Committee, 7 July 2003

Director, Sociological Statistics Laboratory, 7 July 2003

Member, Departmental Executive Committee, 7 July 2003

Member, University Computational Services and Facilities Committee, 7 July 2003

Member, Arts and Sciences Ad Hoc Committee on CAI, 7 July 2003

Member, University Statistics Area Committee, 7 July 2003

Editorial Board, American Sociological Review, 2000-2003

Editorial Board, American Journal of Sociology, 1992-1996

Editorial Board, Social Forces, 1990-1994

Editorial Board, Administrative Science Quarterly, 1988-1992

Editorial Board, Sociological Forum, 1988-1992

Board of Directors, Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, 7 July 2003

Editorial Board, Citizen Participation and Voluntary Action, 7 July 2003

Advisory Board, Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research, 7 July 2003

Board of Directors, Bureau of Sociological Research, 7 July 2003

, American Sociological Association, 9 April 2003

, American Statistical Association, 8 April 2003

, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 7 April 2003

, International Network for Social Network Analysis, 6 April 2003

, Southern Sociological Society, 5 April 2003

Member, Southern Sociological Society Program Committee, 2003-04

Frequent Reviewer, ASR, AJS, Social Forces, Social Networks, NSF, J of Mathematical Sociology, 1999-ongoing

, Graduate Policy Committee, December 2009

, Graduate Admissions Committee, 2009-10

, Department of Sociology Colloquium Committee, 2008-09

Member, Graduate Policy Committee, 2005-06, 2008-09

Chair, Graduate Policy Committee, Sociology Department, 2006-07

Chair, Richard Scott Award for Best Article in Organizations and Occupations, 2004

Member, Executive Committee, Department of Sociology, U of Arizona, 1999-2002

Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Sociology, U of Arizona, 1999-2001

Committees

2009-10, Graduate Admissions Committee

2008-09, Department of Sociology Colloquium Committee

2006-07, Chair, Graduate Policy Committee, Sociology Department

2005-06, 2008-09, Member, Graduate Policy Committee

2004-2007, Editorial Board, American Sociological Review

2004, Chair, Richard Scott Award for Best Article in Organizations and Occupations

2003-04, Member, Southern Sociological Society Program Committee

2000-2003, Editorial Board, American Sociological Review

1999-ongoing, Frequent Reviewer, ASR, AJS, Social Forces, Social Networks, NSF, J of Mathematical Sociology

1999-2002, Member, Executive Committee, Department of Sociology, U of Arizona

1999-2001, Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Sociology, U of Arizona

1992-1996, Editorial Board, American Journal of Sociology

1990-1994, Editorial Board, Social Forces

1988-1992, Editorial Board, Administrative Science Quarterly

1988-1992, Editorial Board, Sociological Forum

, American Sociological Association

, American Statistical Association

, American Association for the Advancement of Science

, International Network for Social Network Analysis

, Southern Sociological Society

, Member, Departmental Recruitment Committee

, Departmental Computer Affairs Officer

, Member, University Graduate Council

, Chair, Social Network Prelim Committee

, Chair, Organization Prelim Committee

, Chair, Departmental Undergraduate Program Committee

, Chair, Departmental Curriculum Committee

, Chair, Departmental Colloquium Committee

, Chair, Departmental Grades Appeal Committee

, Chair, Departmental Graduate Program Committee

, Chair, Psychology Department Chair Search Committee

, Chair, Departmental Tenure and Promotion Committee

, Chair, Organizations Prelim Committee

, Chair, Methods and Statistics Prelim Committee

, Director, Sociological Statistics Laboratory

, Member, Departmental Executive Committee

, Member, University Computational Services and Facilities Committee

, Member, Arts and Sciences Ad Hoc Committee on CAI

, Member, University Statistics Area Committee

, Board of Directors, Association of Voluntary Action Scholars

, Editorial Board, Citizen Participation and Voluntary Action

, Advisory Board, Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research

, Board of Directors, Bureau of Sociological Research

, Graduate Policy Committee