Linda B. Stearns Ph.D.

EDUCATION

Ph.D.  Department of Sociology, SUNY at Stony Brook.  1983.
M.A.   Department of Sociology, SUNY at Stony Brook.  1978.
B.A.    Sociology, SUNY at Stony Brook.  1975. 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Economic Sociology
Political Economy
Complex Organizations
Social Movements 

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Socio-Economic Review, 2003 - Present
Research in Political Sociology, 2004 - Present
California Management Review 1999 - 2003

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Mark S. Mizruchi, Linda Brewster Stearns and Christopher Marquis.  2006. “The Conditional Nature of Embeddedness:  A Study of Borrowing by Large U.S. Firms, 1973-1994.”  American Sociological Review (April):310-333.

Linda Brewster Stearns and Mark S. Mizruchi.  2005.  “Banking and Financial Markets” in The Handbook of Economic Sociology, second edition, edited by Neil J. Smelser and Richard Swedberg.  Princeton:  Princeton University Press.

Linda Brewster Stearns and Paul D. Almeida.  2004.  “The Formation of State Actor-Social Movement Coalitions and Favorable Policy Outcomes.”  Social Problems (November):478-504.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Russell Sage Visiting Scholar, 2000-2001
Center for the Social Sciences Fellow, Columbia University, Fall 1989. 
George A. and Eliza Howard Foundation Fellow, 1988-1989.
Russell Sage Visiting Scholar, Fall 1988.

Cox Research Professor of Economic Policy; Professor & Chair of Sociology; Director of Markets & Cultures Program

MNO Department

Office:
1 Off-Campus
Phone:
(214) 768-4179
Email:
lstearns@smu.edu

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