Andrew Abbott

Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago. Author of nine books and dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles that engage a broad range of social science fields. Has written on the professions, social science methodology, and the history of the academic system and its research practices, among other topics. Pioneered algorithmic analysis of social sequence data. Writes currently on processual social theory and normative problems in sociological work.