Curriculum Vitae
Evan Schofer
Department of Sociology
University of California, Irvine
3151 Social Science Plaza
Irvine, CA 29697
Email: schofer@uci.edu
Education
1999 Ph.D. Sociology, Stanford University.
Dissertation: The Expansion of the Social Authority and Institutional Structure of Science in the World System, 1700-1990.
1992 M.A. Sociology, Stanford University.
1991 B.A. Sociology, Stanford University, with honors, with distinction.
Employment
2012 – pres. Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine
2007 – 2012 Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of California, Irvine
2006 – 2007 Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Minnesota
2000 – 2006 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Minnesota
Research and Teaching Fields
Comparative Political Sociology; Environmental Sociology; Sociology of Education; Quantitative Methods and Statistics; Global and Transnational Sociology; Organizations.
Grants, Honors, and Awards
2022 Seed Grant, UC Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy.
2021 Seed Grant, UC Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy.
2020 Seed Grant, UC Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy.
2018 Honorable Mention, George Bereday Award for Best article, Comparative and International Education Society. “International Tests, National Assessments, and Educational Development, 1970–2012.” Comparative Education Review, 62,3:344-364.
2017 “From Similar Beginnings to Divergent Outcomes: Comparing the evolution of the environmental NGO sector in Chile and South Korea.” Seed Grant, UC Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy.
2016 Elected, Sociological Research Association
2016 “The Evolution of the Environmental Sector in South Korea.” Seed grant, UC Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy.
2015 “International NGOs, Universities, and the rise of Domestic Environmental NGOs in Chile.” Seed grant, UC Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy.
2014 “International Organizations and the Emergence of Domestic Environmental NGOs in Brazil.” Seed grant, UC Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy.
2014 “Voluntary Associations and Governmental Corruption in Comparative Context.” Small grant, UC Irvine Center for Organizational Research.
2013 “International Organizations and the Emergence of Domestic Environmental NGOs in Finland and Taiwan.” Seed grant, UC Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy.
2012 “Voluntary Associations and Political Process in Comparative Perspective.” Seed grant, UC Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy.
2011 “The Political Consequences of Voluntary Associations, 1970-2006.” Seed grant, UC Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy.
2010 “Institutional Context, Mobilizing Structures, and Participation: Union Membership and Individual Political activity in Affluent Democracies, 1980-2007.” Seed grant, UC Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy.
2006 Summer Institute Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA.
2006 Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota.
2006 “The Impact of Globalization on National Income Inequality.” University of Minnesota GRPP project (E. Schofer and Eric Dahlin). (approx $5,000).
2006 University of Minnesota Life Course Center. “The Presence and Timing of Educational Track Differentiation: Implications for Enrollments, Achievement, and Inequality.” (Research assistant support)
2005 “The Effects of Educational Expansion on Societal Inequality: Sociological Theories and Cross-National Evidence, 1970-2000.” Spencer Foundation Small Grant ($39,700).
2005 “Explaining Change in National Income Inequality: A Comparative and Longitudinal Approach.” Minnesota Population Center Proposal Development Grant ($9,235).
2005 “The Sources of Inequality in the Structure of Educational Systems: A Cross-National Study, 1960-2000.” University of Minnesota GRPP project (E. Schofer and S. Wick). (approx $5,000).
2004 “The Sources of Civil Society, 1990-2000”. University of Minnesota GRPP Grant (E. Schofer and W. Longhofer.) (approx $5,000)
2004 “Education and Economic Inequality: Longitudinal trends.” University of Minnesota Grant-In-Aid ($22,000)
2004 Barrington Moore Award (Book), Honorable Mention for Science in the Modern World Polity.
2004 “The Sources of Civil Society, 1990-2000”. University of Minnesota GRPP Grant (E. Schofer and W. Longhofer.) (approx. $5,000)
2003 University of Minnesota Single-Semester Leave. “Education and Economic Inequality: Cross-national Evidence, 1960-2000.” (Semester Leave)
2003 “Globalization, International Organizations, and Protest in West Africa, 1990-2000,” with K. Cunnien. University of Minnesota GRPP Grant. ($5,000)
2003 University of Minnesota Faculty Summer Research Fellowship. “Educational Expansion and Economic Inequality. ($5,000, declined)
2002 ASA Political Sociology Section Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award for the article “The Structural Contexts of Civic Engagement: Voluntary Association Membership in Comparative Perspective.”
2002 Cooperman Summer Institute. “Social Capital in Interdisciplinary Perspective.” ($5,000)
2002 “Impact of Science on Environmental Politics and Economic Growth: A Cross-National Analysis” with F. Granados. University of Minnesota GRPP Grant. (approx. $5,000)
2002 University of Minnesota Life Course Center. “Educational Expansion and Economic Inequality.” (Research assistant support, $3,500)
2001-3 National Academy of Education / Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. “The Worldwide Expansion of Higher Education, 1970-2000.” ($50,000)
2001 University of Minnesota McKnight Summer Research Fellowship ($5,000)
2001 University of Minnesota Life Course Center. “The Worldwide Expansion of Higher Education, 1970-2000.” (Research assistant support, approx. $3,400)
1998 MacArthur Consortium Dissertation Fellowship at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford ($14,000).
1995 Field exam in the sociology of science, passed with distinction.
1992 Stanford University Departmental Fellowship ($12,000)
Work In Progress
“World Society on the Ground: The Structuration of Environmental NGOs in Chile, Finland, India, Kenya, and Taiwan.” Working Paper. (E. Schofer, C. Wang, L. Valkeasuo, R. Lopez, T. Yla-Anttila, T. Beer, and J. McCall)
Books
2003. Science in the Modern World Polity: Institutionalization and Globalization. Stanford University Press. (G. Drori, J. Meyer, F. Ramirez, and E. Schofer)
• In translation: 2006. La ciencia en la política mundial moderna: Institucionalización y globalizacion. Ediciones Pomares, S. A., Barcelona-Mexico. Colección Educación y conocimiento: Director Miguel A. Pereyra. Translation: José M. Pomares.
Articles and Chapters
Forthcoming. “The Social Foundations of Academic Freedom: Heterogeneous Institutions in World Society, 1960-2022.” American Sociological Review. (Lerch, J. C., D. J. Frank, and E. Schofer)
2023. “Individual Empowerment, Institutional Confidence, and Vaccination Rates in Cross-National Perspective, 1995 to 2018.” American Sociological Review. (W. M. Cole, E. Schofer, and K. Velasco) https://doi.org/10.1177/00031224231162869
2023. “Destroying Democracy for the People: The Economic, Social,
and Political Consequences of Populist Rule, 1990 to 2017.” Social Problems. https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spac060 (W. M. Cole and E. Schofer)
2023. “Assessing the Anti-Globalization Movement: Protest Against the WTO, IMF, and World Bank in Cross-national Perspective.” The Sociological Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2023.2167672 (A. Azedi and E. Schofer).
2022. “Illiberal Reactions to Higher Education.” Minerva. 60:509-534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-022-09472-x (E. Schofer, J. Lerch, J. Meyer)
2022. “Women’s Participation and Challenges to the Liberal Script: A Global Perspective.” International Sociology, 37, 3:205-329. (J. Lerch, E. Schofer, D. J. Frank, W. Longhofer, F. O. Ramirez, and C. M. Wotipka, and K. Velasco)
2021. “The Effects of High Stakes Educational Testing on Enrollments in an Era of Hyper-Expansion: Cross-National Evidence, 1960-2010.” Social Forces, 99, 4:1631-1657. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaa071 (J. Furuta, E. Schofer, S. Wick.)
2021. “The Societal Consequences of Higher Education.” Sociology of Education. 99(1):1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038040720942912 (E. Schofer, F. O. Ramirez, and J. Meyer)
2020. “Globally Visible Environmental Protest: A Cross-national Analysis, 1970–2010.” Sociological Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731121420908899 (E. Evans, E. Schofer, and A. Hironaka)
2020. “The Global Rise of Nongovernmental Organizations.” Pp. 603-617 in Powell, W. and P. Bromley The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook (3rd ed). Stanford University Press. (E. Schofer and W. Longhofer)
2020. “Contentions over World Culture: The Rise of Legal Restrictions on Foreign Funding to NGOs, 1994-2015.” Social Forces, 99,1:281-304. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soz138 (P. Bromley, E. Schofer and W. Longhofer)
2019. “The Growth of Schooling in Global Perspective.” Pp. 7-22 (Ch 1) in Education and Society, edited by T. Domina, B. Gibbs, L. Nunn, and A. Penner, University of California Press.
2018. “Coming Out of the Penumbras: World Culture and Cross-National Variation in Divorce Rates.” Social Forces, 97(2) 675–704. (C.T. Wang and E. Schofer)
2018. “Labor Unions and Political Participation in Comparative Perspective.” Social Forces, 97, 1:427–464. (J. Kerrissey and E. Schofer)
2018. “International Tests, National Assessments, and Educational Development, 1970–2012.” Comparative Education Review, 62,3:344-364. (F. O. Ramirez, E. Schofer, and J. Meyer)
2018. “Organizing for Education: A Cross-National, Longitudinal Study of Civil Society Organizations and Education Outcomes.” Voluntas, 29:526–540. (P. Bromley, E. Schofer, and W. Longhofer)
2016. “NGOs, INGOs, and Environmental Policy Reform, 1970-2010.” Social Forces, 94, 4:1743-1768. (W. Longhofer, E. Schofer, N. Miric, and D. Frank)
2016. “Political Structures and Political Mores: Varieties of Politics in Comparative Perspective.” Sociological Science,3:413-443. (M. Fourcade and E. Schofer)
2016. “Political Space and the Genesis of Politics: Relationalism and Comparative Political Sociology.” Poetics, 55:1-18. (M. Fourcade, B. Lande, and E. Schofer)
2015. “World Society.” In Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Politics and Governance, edited by P. H. Pattberg and F. Zelli. Cheltenham, England: Edward Elgar. (with David Frank and Ann Hironaka)
2013. “Unions Membership and Political Participation in the United States.” Social Forces, 91, 3:895-928. (J. Kerrissey and E. Schofer)
2012. “Revisiting the Role of Cultural Capital in East Asian Educational Systems: The Case of South Korea.” Sociology of Education. (S. Byun, E. Schofer, and K. Kim)
2012. “Sociological Institutionalism and World Society.” Chapter 6 in Amenta, E., Nash, K, A., and Scott, A. (eds). The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. (E. Schofer, A. Hironaka, D. Frank, and W. Longhofer)
2011. “The Structural Sources of Association.” American Journal of Sociology, 117, 2: 539-585. (E. Schofer and W. Longhofer)
2010. “National and Global Origins of Environmental Association.” American Sociological Review, 75: 505-533. (W. Longhofer and E. Schofer)
2007. “Environmental Policy Reform in Asia: NGOs and the Nation-State.” International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 48:275-295. (D. Frank, W. Longhofer, and E. Schofer)
2007. “Higher Education as an Institution.” In Gumport, P. (ed). The Sociology of Higher Education. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. (J. Meyer, F. Ramirez, D. Frank, and E. Schofer)
2006. “Environmentalism, Globalization, and National Economies, 1980-2000.” Social Forces, 85, 2:965-991. (E. Schofer and F. J. Granados)
2006. “Student Achievement and National Economic Growth?” American Journal of Education, 113 (November):1-29. (F. Ramirez, X. Luo, E. Schofer, and J. Meyer)
2005. “The University in Global Society: Twentieth Century Expansion.” [In German] Die Hochschule, 2/05, 14:81-98. (J. Meyer and E. Schofer)
• In translation: 2006. “La Universidad en Europa y en el mundo: expansión en el siglo xxi.” Revista Espanola de Educacion Comparada, Vol. 13, Madrid, Spain: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.
2005. “The World-Wide Expansion of Higher Education in the Twentieth Century.” American Sociological Review, 70:898-920. (E. Schofer and John Meyer)
2005. “The Effects of World Society on Environmental Protection Outcomes.” Social Forces, 84, 1:25-47. (E. Schofer and A. Hironaka)
2005. “Coup Risk, Counter-Balancing, and International Conflict: Civil-military Relations and International Conflict During the Cold War.” Security Studies, 12, 3. (A. Belkin and E. Schofer)
2005. “Regime Vulnerability as a Cause of Counterbalancing During the Cold War.” Pp. 55-68 (Chapter 4) in A. Belkin. Performing the National Security State: Civil-Military Relations as a Cause of War. SUNY Press. (A. Belkin and E. Schofer)
2004. “Cross-national Differences in the Expansion of Western Science.” Social Forces, 83, 1:215-247. (E. Schofer)
2003. “The Global Institutionalization of Geological Science, 1800-1990.” American Sociological Review, 68 (Dec): 730-759. (E. Schofer)
2003. “Toward a Structural Understanding of Coup Risk: Concepts, Measurement, and Implications.” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 47, 5 (Oct.):594-621. (A. Belkin and E. Schofer)
2002. “Decoupling in the Environmental Arena: The Case of the Environmental Impact Assessment.” Pp. 214-231 in A. Hoffman and M. Ventresca, Organizations, Policy, and the Natural Environment: Institutional and Strategic Perspectives. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. (A. Hironaka and E. Schofer)
2001. “The Structural Contexts of Civic Engagement: Voluntary Association Membership in Comparative Perspective.” American Sociological Review, 66 (Dec): 806-828. (E. Schofer and M. Gourinchas)
2000. “The Effects of Science on National Economic Development, 1970-1990.” American Sociological Review, 65 (Dec): 866-887. (E. Schofer, F. Ramirez, J. Meyer)
2000. “The Nation State and the Natural Environment over the Twentieth Century.” American Sociological Review, 65 (Feb): 96-116. (D. Frank, A. Hironaka, and E. Schofer)
• Reprinted: Pp. 435-55 in New Developments in Environmental Sociology, edited by Michael R. Redclift and Graham Woodgate. Cheltenham, England:
Edward Elgar, 2005.
2000. “Environmentalism as a Global Institution.” American Sociological Review, 65 (Feb): 122-127. (D. Frank, A. Hironaka, and E. Schofer)
• Reprinted: Pp. 461-66 in New Developments in Environmental Sociology, edited by Michael R. Redclift and Graham Woodgate. Cheltenham, England: Edward Elgar, 2005.
1999. “Science Association in the International Sphere 1875-1990: The Rationalization of Science and the Scientization of Society.” Pp. 249-266. In J. Boli and G. Thomas. World Polity in Formation: A Century of International Non-Governmental Organization. Stanford University Press. (E. Schofer)
1999. “The Rationalization and Organization of Nature in World Culture.” p. 81-99. In J. Boli and G. Thomas. World Polity in Formation: A Century of International Non-Governmental Organization. Stanford University Press. (D. Frank, J. Meyer, A. Hironaka, E. Schofer, and N. Tuma)
1997. “The Structuring of a World Environmental Regime, 1870-1990.” International Organization, 51, 4 (Autumn): 623-651. (J. Meyer, D. Frank, A. Hironaka, E. Schofer, and N. Tuma)
• In translation: “Die Entstehung eines globalen Umweltschutzregimes von 1870 bis 1990.” Pp. 235-275 in Meyer, John W. 2005. Weltkultur: Wie die westlichen Prinzipien die Welt durchdringen. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp. Edited by Georg Kruecken.
1994. “Rethinking History: Change in the University History Curriculum, 1910-1990.” Sociology of Education, 67 (October): 231-242. (D. Frank, E. Schofer, and J. Torres)
Selected Conference Presentations And Invited Talks
Lerch, Julia. C., Evan Schofer, David J. Frank, Wesley Longhofer, Francisco O. Ramirez, Christine M. Wotipka, and Kris Velasco. 2020. “Women’s Participation in the Post-Liberal Era: A Global Perspective.” Paper presented at the SCRIPTS conference on “Global Leadership Crisis, Rising Inequalities, and Culture Wars Contestations of the Liberal Script in North America.” University of Montana, September 14-16, 2020.
Schofer, Evan, Julia C. Lerch, and John W. Meyer. 2019. “Illiberal Attacks on the University: Political Repression of Higher Education 1975-2018.” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, August 12, 2019.
“Illiberal Reactions Against Higher Education.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 10-14, 2018. (E. Schofer, J. C. Lerch, and J. W. Meyer)
“Restricting World Culture: The rise of legal limits on foreign funding to NGOs, 1994-2015. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 10-14, 2018. (P. Bromley, E. Schofer and W. Longhofer)
“Universities and the Diffusion of Global Movements: The Cases of Environmentalism and Human Rights.” Seoul Human Rights Conference, May 30, 2017.
High-Stakes Educational Testing, Enrollments, and Academic Achievement: Cross-National Evidence, 1961-2013. (J. Furuta, E. Schofer, and S. Wick.) Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in Seattle, WA, August 20-24.
“World Society from the Other Side: Reflections on Globalization.” Keynote Speaker. Power, Institutions, and Authority Conference 2016, University of Tampere, Finland.
“World society from the other side: Environmental NGOs in global perspective.” (E. Schofer, C.T. Wang, R. Lopez, L. Valkeasuo, T. Ylla-Anttila, and T. Beer.) Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in Seattle, WA, August 20-24.
“The World Society of Social Movements: How INGOs Shape Domestic Environmental Protest.” (E. Evans, A. Hironaka, E. Schofer and S. Xiao) Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in Chicago, IL, August 18-22, 2015.
“World Society and Local NGOs: Rethinking Links and Mechanisms.” (E. Schofer) Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, CA, August 16-19, 2014.
“Societal Effects of Higher Education.” (E. Schofer, F. O. Ramirez, and J. W. Meyer) Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, CA, August 16-19, 2014.
“Methodological Issues in Cross-National Analysis.” Comparative Workshop, School of Education, Stanford University. October 21, 2013.
“The Global Rise of NGOs: Implications for Inequality.” (E. Schofer) Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in New York, NY, August 10-13, 2013.
“World Society, International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs), and Political Participation.” (E. Schofer) Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in New York, NY, August 10-13, 2013.
“World Society, International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs), and Political Participation.” (J. Kerrissey, E. Schofer, and B. Gardner) Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in New York, NY, August 10-13, 2013.
“The Global Rise of NGOs: Thinking About Origins and Consequences.” (E. Schofer) Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, April 5, 2013.
“The Effects of Educational Selectivity and Curricular Differentiation on Income Inequality: Cross-National Evidence, 1970-2002.” (E. Schofer) School of Education, The Pennsylvania State University, April 3, 2013.
“Civic Association and Protest: A Cross-National Comparison” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association in Denver, CO, August 16-20, 2012. (B. Gardner and E. Schofer)
“The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good: Reflections on Cross-national Quantitative Research” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association in Denver, CO, August 16-20, 2012.
“The Origins and Consequences of Association.” SCANCOR, Stanford University, April 9, 2012.
“New Directions in World Society Theory.” Presented at the American Sociological Association meetings in Las Vegas, NV, August 20, 2011.
“Labor Unions, Institutional Context and Political Participation.” Presented at the American Sociological Association meetings in Las Vegas, NV, August 20, 2011. (E. Schofer and J. Kerrissey)
“Unions Membership and Political Participation in the United States.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Atlanta, Ga, August 15, 2010. (J. Kerrissey and E. Schofer)
“The Global Origins of Associational Life.” Institute for Research on World-Systems, University of California, Riverside, October 28, 2009.
“Structural Adjustment and National Income Inequality, 1980-2000.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, San Francisco, CA, August 7-11, 2009. (W. Longhofer, E. Schofer, and E. Sowers)
“The State, World Society, and Associational Life.” Sociology Department Colloquium, Columbia University, September 17, 2008.
“NGOs, INGOs, and Social Change: Environmental Policy Reform in the Developing World, 1970-1995.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Boston, MA, August 1-4, 2008. (W. Longhofer, E. Schofer, and D. Frank)
“The Effects of Educational Selectivity and Curricular Differentiation on National Income Inequality: Cross-National Evidence, 1970-2002.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Boston, MA, August 1-4, 2008. (E. Schofer and S. Wick)
“Higher Education as a Global Institution.” Presented at the Institute for Higher Education Research Forum, University of Georgia, Athens Georgia, May 29, 2008.
“The Structural Sources of Associational Life.” Paper presented at the UCSD Culture Workshop, March 4, 2008. (W. Longhofer and E. Schofer)
“INGOs, NGOs, and Environmental Reform.” Invited talk at the International Studies Public Forum, February 21, 2008.
“Political Space and the Genesis of Politics.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociology Association, New York, August 2007. (B. Lande, M. Fourcade, and E. Schofer)
“World Society and Global Environmental Change.” Risk and Response to Global Warming and Environmental Change Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 26, 2007.
“The Origins of Environmental Association, 1960-1995.” American Sociological Association meetings in Montreal, 2006. (W. Longhofer and E. Schofer)
“The Effects of High-Stakes Educational Testing on Enrollments, Academic Achievement, Inequality, and Economic Growth: Cross-National Evidence, 1985-2003.” American Sociological Association meetings in Montreal, 2006. E. Schofer and S. Wick)
“Cross-National Variation in Civic Engagement.” Center for the Study of the Individual and Society, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, January 24, 2006. (E. Schofer)
“The Multifaceted Nature of Civic Engagement: Forms of Political Activity in Comparative Perspective.” American Sociological Association meetings in Philadelphia, PA, 2005. (M. Fourcade and E. Schofer)
“The Structural Sources of Associational Life: A Cross-National Analysis.” American Sociological Association meetings in Philadelphia, PA, 2005. (E. Schofer and W. Longhofer)
“The Multifaceted Nature of Civic Engagement: Forms of Political Activity in Comparative Perspective.” Presented at the annual conference of the Social Science and History Association, Chicago, November 18, 2004. (M. Fourcade and E. Schofer)
“The World-Wide Expansion of Higher Education in the Twentieth Century.” Paper presented at the conference Toward a Multiversity? Universities Between National Traditions and Global Trends in Higher Education in Bielefeld, Germany, November 13, 2004 (E. Schofer and J. Meyer)
Science in the Modern World Polity: Institutionalization and Globalization. Author-Meets-Critic Session at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, August 2004. Critics: Thomas Gieryn, Michelle Lamont, Karin Knorr Cetina, Peter Weingart. (G. Drori, J. Meyer, F. Ramirez, and E. Schofer)
“When Does Institutionalization Matter? Decoupling and the Consequences of National Environmental Policies, 1950-2000.” SCANCOR Seminar organized by Walter Powell, Stanford University, April 5, 2004. (E. Schofer and A. Hironaka)
“The Multifaceted Nature of Civic Engagement: Forms of Political Activity in Comparative Perspective.” Social Movements Seminar, University of Arizona, March 26, 2004. (M. Gourinchas and E. Schofer)
“The Consequences of Global Environmentalism.” Stanford Comparative Sociology Workshop, Stanford University, February, 2004. (E. Schofer and A. Hironaka)
“Environmental Policies and the National Economies: Theories and Evidence, 1980-2000.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association meetings in Atlanta, GA, 2003. (E. Schofer and F. Granados)
“The Worldwide Expansion of Higher Education, 1950-2000: A Comparative Analysis.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Education, Toronto, Canada, October 16-18, 2002. (E. Schofer)
“World Society, Decoupling, and ‘Recoupling’: International Pressures and National Environmental Protection.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association meetings in Anaheim, CA, 2001. (E. Schofer and A. Hironaka)
“The State and the Expansion of European Science, 1750-1990.” Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Meetings, March 29, 2001. (E. Schofer)
“State Structures and Voluntary Associations in Comparative Perspective.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association meetings in Chicago, 1999. (M. Gourinchas and E. Schofer)
“The Nation State and the Natural Environment.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association meetings in Chicago, 1999. (D. J. Frank, A. Hironaka, and E. Schofer)
“Does Science Achievement Affect National Economic Development?” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Researchers Association, 1998. (F. Ramirez, X. Luo, E. Schofer, and J. Meyer)
“The Spread of Western Science Across the World System.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association meetings in San Francisco, 1998.
“The Globalization of Geological Science.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association meetings in San Francisco, 1998. (H. Moon and E. Schofer.)
“The Structuring of a World Environmental Regime, 1870-1990.” Paper Presented at the American Sociological Association meetings in Los Angeles. (J. Meyer, D. Frank, A. Hironaka, E. Schofer, and N. Tuma)
“The Effects of Science on National Economic Development, 1970-1990.” Paper Presented at the American Sociological Association meetings in Los Angeles. (E. Schofer, F. Ramirez, and J. Meyer)
“Organizational Mortality in the Absence of Economic Competition.” Stanford Center for Organizations Research Conference in Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA, 1996. (E. Schofer, J. Chung, and S. Duncan.)
“The Globalization of Invention: The International Diffusion of the Patent System.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, CA, 1994. (E. Schofer and A. Hironaka.)
“The Rise of an International Organizational Sector: International Science Organizations.” Stanford Center for Organizations Research Conference in Asilomar, 1994. (E. Schofer and P. Mendel.)
“Patterns of United Nations Joining, 1945-1990.” Stanford Center for Organizations Research Conference in Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA, 1993. (E. Schofer)
Teaching Experience
Syllabi for recent courses can be found at: https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/schofer/teaching/
2021-22 Global and Transnational Sociology
2021-22 Classical Sociological Theory (graduate seminar)
2021-22 Graduate Statistics I
2020-21 Advanced Regression Models
2020-21 Graduate Statistics I
2019-20 World Culture and World Society
2019-20 Graduate Statistics I
2019-20 Global and Transnational Sociology
2018-19 Dissertation Proposal Development Seminar
2018-19 Contemporary Sociological Theory
2018-19 Global and Transnational Sociology
2017-18 Global and Transnational Sociology
2017-18 Advanced Regression Models
2017-18 Dissertation Proposal Development Seminar
2016-17 Contemporary Theory (graduate seminar)
2016-17 Global and Transnational Sociology
2016-17 World Culture and World Society
2015-16 Dissertation Proposal Development Seminar
2015-16 Comparative Sociology Research Practicum
2015-16 Global and International Sociology
2014-15 World Culture and World Society
2014-15 Global and International Sociology
2013-14 Global and International Sociology
2013-14 Research Practicum in Globalization & Comparative Sociology
2012-13 Institutional Theories
2012-13 Graduate Proseminar I
2011-12 Research Practicum in Globalization & Comparative Sociology
2011-12 Advanced Regression Models (grad seminar)
2011-12 International Sociology
2011-12 Graduate Proseminar I
2010-11 Institutional Theories
2010-11 International Sociology
2010-11 Graduate Proseminar I
2009-10 Advanced Regression Models (grad seminar)
2009-10 International Sociology
2007-8 Event History Analysis (grad seminar)
2007-8 International Sociology
2006-7 Advanced Social Statistics (grad level)
2006-7 Globalization
2000-5 Intermediate Social Statistics (grad level)
2005 Globalization
2004 Globalization Graduate Seminar
2003 Globalization
2002 Sociology of Education
2001 Political Sociology Graduate Seminar
2000 Introduction to Political Sociology
1999 Sociology of Education (MA/grad level)
1996 Sociological Methods
1993 Introduction to Computer Statistics for Graduate Students
Advising
Completed PhDs (* indicates advisor or co-advisor)
Christopher Gibson 2020 UCI
Brian Wiley 2020 UCI
Tanya Sanabria 2019 UCI
Jared Furuta 2019 Stanford U
Jolene McCall* 2018 UCI
Nolan Phillips 2018 UCI
Ralph Hosoki 2017 UCI
Cheng-Tong Wang* 2017 UCI
Louisa Roberts 2017 Ohio State U
Matthew Pearce* 2016 UCI
Natasha Miric 2016 UCI
Beth Gardner 2016 UCI
Rachael Russell* 2015 UCI
Kristen Shorette* 2013 UCI
Jared Olesen 2013 UCI
Michael Landis 2013 UCI
Mayumi Uno* 2013 U of Minnesota
Shawn Wick* 2013 U of Minnesota
Wesley Longhofer* 2012 U of Minnesota
Jasmine Kerrissey 2012 UCI
Karen Robinson 2012 UCI
Minzee Kim 2012 U of Minnesota
Eric Dahlin 2009 U of Minnesota
Soo-yong Byun* 2007 U of Minnesota
Melissa Weiner 2006 U of Minnesota
Francisco Granados 2005 U of Minnesota
Switbert Kamazima 2004 U of Minnesota
Doctoral Students
Aaron Tester Advisor
Alex Olesen Committee member
Pre-Dissertation Students
Zaoying (Cherry) Ji
Steven Wild
Arman Azedi
2nd Year Paper Reader / MA students
Cherry Ji 2019
Arman Azedi 2019
Rachel Ahrens 2019
Steven Mejia 2018
Alexandra Olsen 2017
Jonathan Gernes 2017
Aaron Tester 2016
Seti Mahmoudi 2016
Jolene McCall 2015
Tanya Sanabria 2014
John McCollum 2014
Nolan Phillips 2013
Lir Wang 2012
Matt Pearce 2011
Ralph Hosoki 2011
Beth Gardner 2010
Rachael Russell 2010
Daisy Carreon 2009
Marianne Navada 2009
Laurie Neighbors 2008
Stefan Malizia 2008
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Laura Yee 2019
Service
Departmental, School, & University Service
2016-20 Chair, Executive Committee, School of Social Sciences
2018-19 Promotion Committee, James Hull (Social Sciences)
2018-19 Merit Committee, Julia Lerch
2018-19 Merit Committee, Jeanette Castellanos (Social Sciences)
2016-18 UCI Sociology Executive Committee
2016-17 Appointment Letter Committee, Julia Lerch
2016-17 Merit Committee, Jennifer Kane
2015-16 Merit Committee, Matthew Huffman
2014-15 Appointment Letter Committee, Jennifer Kane
2014-15 UCI Sociology Colloquium Committee
2007-14 Organizer, Irvine Comparative Sociology Workshop
2013 Merit Committee, Francesca Polletta
2010-13 UCI Sociology Graduate Director
2010-13 UCI Sociology Executive Committee
2008-13 UCI Sociology Graduate Committee
2013 Promotion Committee, Matthew Huffman
2011 Merit Committee, Judy Stepan-Norris
2008 Merit Committee, Susan Brown
2006 U of MN Sociology Executive Committee
2006 U of MN Sociology Search Committee
2005-7 U of MN College Graduate Fellowship Committee
2004 U of MN Search Committee, Dept. of Political Science
2003-5 U of MN Sociology Graduate Committee
2001 U of MN Sociology Graduate Admissions and Awards Committee
2000 U of MN Sociology Qualifying Examination Committee
Professional Service
2017-20 ASA Global Transnational Sociology Section, Council
2019 Conference organizer: The Future of World Society Theory, Columbia U
2016 Conference organizer: The Future of World Society Theory, U of Wash.
2014 Conference organizer: The Future of World Society Theory, Stanford U
2011 ASA Global Transnational Sociology Section, Nominations Committee
2006 ASA Sociology of Education Section, Nominations Committee
2003 ASA Political Sociology Section, Awards Committee
Reviewing
2016- Co-editor, Environment and Society Series, Columbia Press
2018- Advisory Group, Princeton Studies in Global and Comparative Sociology
2014-16 Deputy Editor, Sociology of Education
2009-12 Editorial Board, Sociology of Education
2006-9 Editorial Board, American Sociological Review
Occasional Reviewer: National Science Foundation, American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Sociology of Education, The Sociological Quarterly, Sociological Forum, Sociological Inquiry, Social Problems, Organization Science, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Policy Studies Journal, Research Policy.
References
John W. Meyer Dept. of Sociology, Stanford University.
Francisco Ramirez Graduate School of Education, Stanford University.
Frank Dobbin Dept. of Sociology, Harvard University
Ronald Jepperson Dept. of Sociology, University of Tulsa.