My research was featured in Physics World’s recent article (link) about applying principles from physics to the study of opinion polarization.

My article with Gary Adler and Jane Lankes, entitled “Aesthetic Style: How Material Objects Structure an Institutional Field” (Sociological Theory, 2022), received the Clifford Geertz Prize for Best Article from the ASA Sociology of Culture Section.

My article with Minjae Kim, entitled “The Fickle Crowd: Reinforcement and Contradiction of Quality Evaluations in Cultural Markets” (Organization Science, 2022), received the James S. Coleman Outstanding Article Award from the ASA Rationality and Society Section.

My talk for the Institute for Analytical Sociology, entitled “Why Moderate Voters Choose Extreme Candidates” (based on research with Minjae Kim and Liam Essig), is available to watch on YouTube (link).

My article, entitled “Pluralistic Collapse: The ‘Oil Spill’ Model of Mass Opinion Polarization” (American Sociological Review, 2020), was a co-winner of the Clifford Geertz Prize for Best Article from the ASA Sociology of Culture Section. This article also received the Roy C. Buck Award for best published article by an un-tenured faculty member in the social sciences from the College of Liberal Arts at Penn State.

NBC News produced a wonderful write-up (link) of my research testing the “contact hypothesis” in the context of heterosexuals’ attitudes toward same-sex marriage. This research also received coverage from a number of other media outlets, including here, here, here, here, and here.

My article with Yongren Shi and Michael Macy, entitled “Why Do Liberals Drink Lattes?” (American Journal of Sociology, 2015), received the Outstanding Article Publication Award from the ASA Mathematical Sociology Section.

Along with our article published in the American Journal of Sociology, Yongren Shi, Michael Macy, and I wrote a post for the London School of Economics USAPP blog (link) about the puzzle of lifestyle politics.