Social Sequence Analysis. New York: Cambridge University Press.Social actors of all kinds – individuals, families, organizations – are connected to each other and to larger society through ordered elements, states, and events. “The Social Structure of Time: Emerging Trends and New Directions.” Annual Review of Sociology 45:301-320.Ĭornwell, Benjamin.
“Homeostasis Revisited: Patterns of Maintenance and Restoration in the Social Connections of Older Adults.” Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences.Ĭornwell, Benjamin, Jonathan Gershuny, and Oriel Sullivan. Norton & Company.Ĭornwell, Benjamin, Alyssa Goldman, and Edward O. The Art and Science of Social Research. New York: W. “The Small World Network of College Classes: Implications for Epidemic Spread on a University Campus.” Sociological Science.Ĭarr, Deborah, Shelley Correll, Robert Crosnoe, Jeremy Freese, Mary Waters, Benjamin Cornwell, and Elizabeth Boyle. The following is a list of some recent publications. SOC 6110 Social Network Theory and Methods This book shows how network analysis techniques that were originally developed in bioinformatics can be used to understand sequenced social phenomena such as real-time social activity and daily routines. His recent book, Social Sequence Analysis (2015, Cambridge University Press), provides a guide for the measurement and representation of ordered social phenomena, such as sequences of real-time social action. He has also discussed this work on radio talk shows and on television. This research has been covered in dozens of media outlets, including CNN, The Huffington Post, MSNBC, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and LA Times. His analysis of these data has provided valuable insight into how social networks change in later life and how such changes relate to social disadvantage. He devised a novel survey technique to collect the first nationally representative data on egocentric network change (as co-investigator on The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project). His most recent research focuses on (1) refining the measurement of egocentric social network change and (2) the application of social network methods to the analysis of ordered or sequenced social phenomena. His work demonstrates how changes in, and the ordering of, social connections affect a variety of phenomena, including the functioning of organizations, the order of inividual routinens, the stress process, and the creation of social networks themselves. Benjamin Cornwell’s research focuses on the implications of social networks and sequence processes for individuals and organizations – in particular, how these processes effect social inequality.