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.