Join My Research Group

I expect my students to be highly self-motivated and ambitious independent thinkers. They must also be open-minded to opposing viewpoints, with the ability to collaborate. Unlike many labs, I do not dictate specific projects on which to work, but encourage students to develop their own, based on their own interests. One unique strength of my research group is our geographical diversity and on-the-ground connection to communities in which we do research.

If you are interested in joining my group as a graduate student, please closely read our current and past research. After that, contact me via email. Please include your CV, a very brief statement of your research interests, and the main social scientific contribution you’d like to make during your graduate career.

Methodological Resources for Students

General Overview

• The Art and Science of Social Research, W.W. Norton Press

• Approaches to Social Research, Oxord University, (Singleton and Straits)

Qualitative

• Listening to People: A Practical Guide to Interviewing, Participant Observation, Data Analysis, and Writing It All Up, University of Chicago (Lareau)

• Qualitative Literacy: A Guide to Evaluating Ethnographic and Interview Research, University of California, (Small and Calarco)

• The Science and Art of Interviewing, Oxford University Press (Gerson and Damaske)

• Case Study Research: Design and Methods, Sage Press (Yin)

• The Extended Case Method in Sociological Theory (Burawoy)

Quantitative and Computational

• Thinking Clearly with Data: A Guide to Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis, Princeton University Press (Bueno de Mesquita and Fowler)

• Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age, Princeton University Press (Salganik)

• The data revolution in social science needs qualitative research in Nature Human Behavior (Grigoropoulou and Small)

• Lots of great numerical data here and here and here

Misc. Theoretical Reference

• Measuring Culture, Columbia University Press

• Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment, NYU Press (Downey)

• Classical Sociological Theory, Wiley Press

• Cultural Theory: An Introduction, Wiley Press (Smith and Riley)

• The Environmental Politics and Policy of Western Public Lands, (Wolters and Steel)