Randall Collins

Randall Collins is the Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts & Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley (1969), an M.A. in Sociology from UC Berkeley (1965), an M.A. in Psychology from Stanford University (1964), and an A.B. from Harvard College (1963).

• Education:
• Ph.D., Sociology, UC Berkeley (1969)
• M.A., Sociology, UC Berkeley (1965)
• M.A., Psychology, Stanford University (1964)
• A.B., Harvard College (1963)

His research focuses on global intellectual networks, macro-historical dynamics (state expansion/breakdown), interaction rituals, and violence micro-processes. Current projects address police violence solutions, charismatic leadership, and creativity mechanisms in science/literature.

Publications:

• Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory (2008)
• Interaction Ritual Chains (2004)
• Macro-History: Essays in Sociology of the Long Run (1999)
• The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change (1998)

Advising/Grants: Details not explicitly listed, but his work has produced influential theoretical frameworks in sociology.