$Expand\Collapse$ Columbia University (CBS)

Organizational Change (MBA level) – This course is focused on the nature and process of organization change, and how to be an effective change agent in an organization.

$Expand\Collapse$ Additional Teaching

Organizational Theory and Entrepreneurship – This course begins with asking, "What is Entrepreneurship and what predicts it?" and then proceeds to address several topics where the sociologically-rooted tradition of organizational theory has made substantial contributions.

$Expand\Collapse$ University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Network Structures of Effective Management (MBA level) – This course explores a manager?s use of social capital as the product of position in a social network of relationships. (1998 – 2010)
Frontiers of Organizational Sociology: Organizations and Environments (Ph.D. level) – This seminar explores the major perspectives in organizational sociology from 1977 to the present, with an emphasis on social structure and network models. (2000 – 2010)
Strategic Leadership (Executive MBA Level) – This course is the capstone for the degree granting executive program. It uses a social capital and networks approach to leadership to synthesize concepts from managerial psychology, competitive strategy, human resources management, organizational strategy, and marketing strategy. (2003 – 2010)

$Expand\Collapse$ Book Projects

“Shaping Jazz: The Sociological Congruence of Firms and Markets in the Global Emergence of Jazz.” Book under contract with Princeton University Press. This book studies the emergence and standardization of the market for recorded jazz to better understand how similar markets rise and crystallize. My focus is on the role of organizations (firms) and geography (cities) in creating the emerging jazz canon of jazz recordings. The book shows how firms and localized communities of musicians shaped and were shaped by the market they created. [Stage: Draft 90% complete]. For correspondence regarding the book, please email shapingjazz@gmail.com

$Expand\Collapse$ Manuscripts Under Preparation for Submission

“A Sociological Approach to Law Firm Market Position: Consequences for Openly Gay Attorney Disclosures” with M. Walker and C. Beckman

$Expand\Collapse$ Projects at Data Coding and Analysis Stage

“Market Identities and Rap Lyrics” with E. Pontikes and G. Negro.
“Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?: The Organization Of Small Worlds In Urban East Africa. With G. Fine And D. Posner.
“Securities Fraud and Law Firm – Corporate Client Ties” with E. Hyun.
“The Social Structure of Interdisciplinary Interaction and Production Among Social Scientists” with W. Powell.

$Expand\Collapse$ Projects at Data Collection Stage

“Choice and Context in Determining First MBA Employment: A Study of Career Choice, Herding, and Gender Differences” with J. Merluzzi.
“Economic Crisis and the Interfirm Mobility of Wall Street Financial Executives”.