Mark S. Mizruchi

Mark S. Mizruchi serves as the Robert Cooley Angell Collegiate Professor of Sociology, Barger Family Professor of Organizational Studies, and Professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. His distinguished career spans over three decades since joining Michigan as a full Professor in 1991 after rising to Associate Professor at Columbia University.

• Robert Cooley Angell Collegiate Professor of Sociology
• Barger Family Professor of Organizational Studies
• Professor of Management and Organizations
• Former Director of Organizational Studies Program (2012-2021)

His research centers on the economic and political behavior of large American corporations through social network analysis, with current projects examining the changing nature of the American corporate elite, globalization of American banking, and corporate lobbying determinants. Mizruchi's work bridges sociology, organizational studies, and political economy, revealing how corporate networks shape American political life and economic structures.

His publications include four influential books, with The Fracturing of the American Corporate Elite (2013) winning both the George R. Terry Award and the Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award. His research demonstrates significant trends toward corporate elite fragmentation and its political consequences, particularly the decline of corporate moderation in American politics.

• George R. Terry Award from Academy of Management
• Distinguished Contribution Award from ASA Political Sociology Section
• Guggenheim Fellowship (2011)
• National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award
• Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences Fellowship
• Two University of Michigan teaching excellence awards

Mizruchi has advised numerous students through the Organizational Studies Program, securing Barger Leadership Institute funding for student research on corporate elites. His extensive service includes Associate Editorship at Administrative Science Quarterly, Consulting Editorship at the American Journal of Sociology, and reviewing for over 50 scholarly journals and granting agencies. He maintains active research laboratories examining corporate networks and their societal implications, with ongoing projects investigating contemporary corporate political behavior in polarized America.