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Lisa A. Keister

Lisa A. Keister

Professor of Sociology
Contact Info 
Location: 336 Soc/Psych Bldg
Office Phone: (919) 717-3106
Office Fax: 919-660-5623
Email Address:  send me a message
Website: http://www.soc.duke.edu/~lkeister/
Mailing Address: 2200 West Main Street (Suite 700) Durham, NC 27705
Education:
  • Ph.D., Cornell University, 1997
  • M.A., Cornell University, 1995
  • M.A., University of Oklahoma, 1991
  • BA (magna cum laude and With Distinction), comparative area studies, Duke University, 1989

Areas of Interest:
Economic sociology
Organizations and organization theory
Social stratification
Chinese economic transformation
Chinese society

Research Summary:
My research is concentrated in two areas in economic sociology: the study of wealth inequality and the study of complex organizations, particularly in China. Both research agendas explore the emergence of social structure and the subsequent effect of social structure on the behaviors of actors. I conduct research in two diverse contexts and on two types of actors (people and corporations) in order to study how some of the same principles operate in diverse contexts. In addition, by focusing on subjects that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries, I am able to draw on a broader set of ideas in answering the questions and to ask new questions that move beyond traditional academic borders.

Curriculum Vitae
Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Lisa A. Keister, The One Percent, Annual Review of Sociology (2014) .
  2. Keister, LA; Lee, HY, The One Percent: Wealth and Income Concentration, Sociological Currents (March, 2014) .
  3. Lisa A. Keister and Darren E. Sherkat, editors, Religion and Inequality (2014), Cambridge University Press .
  4. Keister, LA; Borelli, EP, Market transition: An assessment of the state of the field, Sociological Perspectives, vol. 55 no. 2 (June, 2012), pp. 267-294, SAGE Publications [doi]  [abs].
  5. Lisa A. Keister, Faith and Money: How Religious Belief Contributes to Wealth and Poverty (2011), Cambridge University Press .
  6. Keister, LA, Religion and Attainment, Sociological Focus, vol. 44 no. 4 (February, 2011), pp. 354-83, Informa UK Limited [doi]  [abs].
  7. Keister, LA, Getting rich: America’s new rich and how they got that way (January, 2005), pp. 1-310, Cambridge University Press [doi]  [abs].
  8. Keister, LA, Business Groups in China, American Behavioral Scientist (2010) .
  9. Keister, LA; Zhang, Y, 8 Organizations and Management in China, The Academy of Management Annals, vol. 3 no. 1 (January, 2009), pp. 377-420, Academy of Management [Gateway.cgi], [doi] .
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