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William A. Corsaro

William A. Corsaro

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
43
Citations
18488
World Ranking
4256
National Ranking
2029

Overview

William A. Corsaro is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on psychology, arts and humanities, and health professions.

The main fields of study covered in Corsaro's work include:

  • Psychology
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Health Professions

Within these broad fields, their research further specializes in several subfields, notably:

  • Social Psychology
  • Language and Linguistics
  • General Health Professions

Corsaro's scholarly contributions address specific key topics related to social dynamics, communication, and health, including:

  • Social Representations and Identity
  • Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
  • Community Health and Development

They have published research articles in academic venues with a focus on social psychology. Their documented frequent publication venue is:

  • Social Psychology Quarterly

One of their recent papers is titled Big Ideas from Little People: What Research with Children Contributes to Social Psychology, published in 2020 in the journal Social Psychology Quarterly. This paper has been cited 45 times.

No frequent co-authors or book publications have been identified in the available data.

Best Publications

  • The sociology of childhood

    William A. Corsaro

  • Friendship and peer culture in the early years

    William A. Corsaro

  • Language Socialization across Cultures

    William A. Corsaro;Bambi B. Schieffelin;Elinor Ochs

  • CHILDREN'S PEER CULTURES

    William A. Corsaro;Donna Eder

  • We're Friends, Right? : Inside Kids' Culture

    William A. Corsaro

  • Interpretive reproduction in children's peer cultures

    William A. Corsaro

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Childhood Studies

    Jens Qvortrup;William A. Corsaro;Michael-Sebastian Honig

  • ‘We're friends, right?’: Children's use of access rituals in a nursery school

    William A. Corsaro

  • Entrada no campo, aceitação e natureza da participação nos estudos etnográficos com crianças pequenas

    William A. Corsaro

  • Entering and Observing in Children's Worlds: A Reflection on a Longitudinal Ethnography of Early Education in Italy

    W. Corsaro;Luisa Maria Emilia Edoarda Molinari

  • Theoretical and methodological perspectives in the interpretive study of children

    Suzanne Gaskins;Peggy J. Miller;William A. Corsaro

  • The Sociology of Childhood

    April Brayfield;William A. Corsaro

  • "Discussione" and Friendship: Socialization Processes in the Peer Culture of Italian Nursery School Children.

    William A. Corsaro;Thomas A. Rizzo

  • Language Use and School Performance

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  • Priming Events and Italian Children's Transition from Preschool to Elementary School: Representations and Action*

    William A. Corsaro;Luisa Molinari

  • We're Friends, Right?

    William Corsaro

  • Social-Ecological Constraints on Children's Communicative Strategies

    Jenny Cook-Gumperz;William A. Corsaro

  • ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH Theoretical and Ethical Issues

    Donna Eder;William Corsaro

  • Children's Worlds and Children's Language

    Jenny Cook-Gumperz;William A. Corsaro;Jürgen Streeck

  • The clarification request as a feature of adult interactive styles with young children

    William A. Corsaro

  • The Future of Childhood

    William A. Corsaro

Frequent Co-Authors

Elinor Ochs
Elinor Ochs University of California, Los Angeles
Peter K. Manning
Peter K. Manning Northeastern University
David R. Heise
David R. Heise Indiana University

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