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Program in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences


Degree Programs: Full-Time/Part-Time: Free-Standing M.A.

Director (QMSS): Christopher Charles Weiss, Ph.D.
420 West 118th Street, MC 3355 Suite 807, International Affairs Building New York, NY 10027
Tel: 212.854.7559
e-mail:cw2036@columbia.edu


Faculty

Peter Bearman:
Cole Professor of Social Science, Ph.D., Harvard, 1985
Interests: Social networks, comparative historical sociology, theory, adolescent health
Niall Bolger:
Professor (Psychology), Ph.D., Cornell, 1987
Interests: Adjustment processes in close relationships, personality processes in patterns of behavior, emotion, and physiology; statistical methods for analyzing longitudinal and multilevel data
Marianna Colacelli:
Assistant Professor (Economics, Barnard), Ph.D., Harvard, 2005
Interests: Macroeconomics, monetary theory, international trade, development economics
Tanisha Fazal:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Stanford, 2001
Interests: International security, international relations theory, sovereignty, international law, organization theory
Page Fortna:
Associate Professor (Political Science), Ph.D., Harvard, 1998
Interests: International politics, war termination, cooperation and security, and research methods
Andrew Gelman:
Professor, Ph.D., Harvard, 1990
Interests: Public opinion, voting behavior, public policy, public health, statistical methodology
Lucy Goodhart:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Harvard, 2001
Interests: Comparative institutions, W. European and EU politics, monetary policy and technocratic delegation, voting behavior, and political parties
Nicole Marwell:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Chicago, 2000
Interests: Urban sociology, community, latina/o sociology
William McAllister:
Senior Research Fellow (ISERP), Ph.D., Chicago, 1986
Interests: Political elites; methods for analyzing biographical information; homelessness and homeless policymaking; and the importance of time and change in explaining political phenomena
Randall Reback:
Assistant Professor (Economics, Barnard), Ph.D., Michigan, 2003
Interests: Education policy and public finance
Sanjay Reddy:
Assistant Professor (Economics, Barnard), Ph.D., Harvard, 2000
Interests: Development economics, international economics, global poverty and inequality estimates, capability-based inter-country poverty comparisons, and the theory of economic and social measurement generally
Andrew Rundle:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Columbia, 2000
Interests: Physical activity and body weight, sedentary lifestyles and body weight as risk factors for cancer development
Robert Y. Shapiro:
Professor, Ph.D., Chicago, 1982
Interests: Public opinion, political leadership, policy-making, the mass media, political participation
Seymour Spilerman:
Professor of Sociology and Public Health, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1968
Interests: Stratification, social violence, mathematical sociology
Julien Teitler:
Associate Professor of Social Work, Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1996
Interests: Adolescent transitions, social inequality, family policy
Miguel Urquiola:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D, California (Berkeley), 2000
Interests: Economic development, Chile, Bolivia
Bogdan Vasi:
Assistant Professor (Psychology), Ph.D., Cornell, 2005
Interests: Research methods, consumerism, collective action, and social movements; adoption and implementation of local programs to address global climate change; development of the wind energy industry; strategies for coping with tragedies of the commons
Tor Wager:
Assistant Professor (Psychology), Ph.D., Michigan, 2003
Interests: Neural and psychological bases of cognitive and affective control, individual differences in selective attention, inhibition, task switching, and other executive processes, mechanisms of emotion and affect regulation, the relationship between affective regulation and cognitive control
David Weiman:
Professor (Economics, Barnard), Ph.D., Stanford, 1984
Interests: Political economy of the American South to 1945, comparative urban history and regional development, historical development of the banking and telecommunications industries, U.S. postsecondary education with a focus on community colleges, economic and social impacts of mass incarceration, history of economic thought, political economy
Christopher Charles Weiss:
Lecturer and Director, Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Interests: Influence of schools and schooling on adolescents




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