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D-Index
66
Citations
27169
World Ranking
942
National Ranking
445

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, American Sociological Association
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Randall Collins is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and conducts research primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including sociology and political science, communication, philosophy, political science and international relations, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Collins has contributed to topics such as the impact of technology on adolescents, focus groups and qualitative methods, public relations and crisis communication, social and cultural dynamics, media, religion, digital communication, social media and politics, and the sociology of Norbert Elias.

Recent papers by Collins include:

  • Social distancing as a critical test of the micro-sociology of solidarity (2020) published in the American Journal of Cultural Sociology
  • Theorizing the time-dynamics of violence (2020) published in Violence An International Journal
  • The future of interaction rituals: an interview with Randall Collins (2024) published in Theory and Society
  • Why Humans Fight: The Social Dynamics of Close-Range Violence (2024) published in Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
  • Domination émotionnelle et résistance aux agressions sexuelles (2021) published in Revue des sciences sociales

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Lars E. F. Johannessen, Alessandro Pratesi, Angela Perulli, Maimuna Jatta, and Hunter Sharp.

Collins has published multiple pieces in notable venues, such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, the American Journal of Cultural Sociology, Theory and Society, Violence An International Journal, and Revue des sciences sociales.

Awards received by Collins include the Distinguished Scholarly Book Award from the American Sociological Association in 2011 and recognition as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Interaction Ritual Chains

    Randall Collins

  • The Credential Society: An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification

    Randall Collins

  • On the Microfoundations of Macrosociology

    Randall Collins

  • The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change

    Randall Collins

  • Functional and Conflict Theories of Educational Stratification.

    Randall Collins

  • Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory

    Randall Collins

  • Conflict Sociology: Toward an Explanatory Science

    Randall Collins;Joan Annett

  • Emotional Energy as the Common Denominator of Rational Action

    Randall Collins

  • Four Sociological Traditions

    Randall Collins

  • Social factors in the origins of a new science: the case of psychology.

    Joseph Ben-David;Randall Collins

  • The sociology of philosophies: A précis

    Randall Collins

  • Weberian Sociological Theory

    Randall Collins

  • Stratification, emotional energy, and the transient emotions.

    Randall Collins

  • Dimensions of Microinteraction

    Theodore D. Kemper;Randall Collins

  • Social Movements and the Focus of Emotional Attention

    Randall Collins

  • Rituals of Solidarity and Security in the Wake of Terrorist Attack

    Randall Collins

  • Situational Stratification: A Micro-Macro Theory of Inequality:

    Randall Collins

  • Is 1980s Sociology in the Doldrums

    Randall Collins

  • The Handbook of Economic Sociology.

    Randall Collins;Neil J. Smelser;Richard Swedberg

  • Four Sociological Traditions@@@Four Sociological Traditions: Selected Readings

    Christine L. Williams;Randall Collins

  • Conflict Sociology: Toward an Explanatory Science.

    Dwight B. Billings;Randall Collins

  • Class, Codes, and Control*

    Randall Collins

  • Sexual PoliticsThe Politics of Reproductive Ritual.Karen Ericksen Paige , Jeffery M. Paige , Linda Fuller , Elizabeth Magnus

    Randall Collins

  • Philosophy Sociologized@@@The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change

    Mario Bunge;Randall Collins

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig Calhoun
Craig Calhoun Arizona State University
Immanuel Wallerstein
Immanuel Wallerstein Yale University
Paula England
Paula England New York University Abu Dhabi
Neil J. Smelser
Neil J. Smelser University of California, Berkeley
Richard Swedberg
Richard Swedberg Cornell University
Steve Fuller
Steve Fuller University of Warwick
Anthony Giddens
Anthony Giddens London School of Economics and Political Science
Jeffrey C. Alexander
Jeffrey C. Alexander Yale University
Peter M. Blau
Peter M. Blau Columbia University
Frederick Grinnell
Frederick Grinnell The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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