Department of SOC/ANT/CRJ - Dr. Roy C. Barnes
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.A., Sociology, Mississippi State University; B.A., Anthropology, Pomona College
Teaching Interests:
Introduction to Sociology, Research Methodology and Statistics, Political Sociology
Research Interests:
Comparative Political Economy, Interlocking Corporate Directorates, Comparative and Historical Analyses, Network Analyses
Recent Publications:
Barnes, Roy C. (2001) "The Rise Of Corporatist Regulation In The English And Canadian Dairy Industries." Social Science History 25: 381-406.
Barnes, Roy C. and Emily R. Ritter (2001) "Networks of Corporate Interlocking: 1962-1995." Critical Sociology 27: 192-220.
Barnes, Roy C. (2000) "The Microfoundations of Market Instability: Dairying's Collective Action Problems in Canada and England during the 1930s Depression." Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 37: 421-41.
Recent Presentations:
Barnes, Roy C. and William K. Carroll. 2008. “Changing Role of Social Clubs in The Global Network of Corporate Interlocks,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, January 24, 2008.
Petts, Leah M., Sarah R. Coughlin, Roy C. Barnes and William K. Carroll. 2007 “Social Ties in Global Corporate Networks: Do They Matter?” Paper presented at the P Annual Meeting of the Michigan Sociological Association, October 27, East Lansing MI.
Barnes, Roy C. 2007. “The Organizational Mosaic of U.S. Corporate Directors,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, May 4, 2007.
Barnes, Roy C. 2006. “The Multiple Affiliations within the Corporate Elite,” Invited paper presented at the conference, “Politics and Interlocking Directorates,” University of Barcelona, September 28-29.
Barnes, Roy C. 2005. “The Multiple Dimensions of the Corporate Elite’s ‘Small World’ from 1962 to 1995.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting, Philadelphia PA.
Barnes, Roy C. 2004. “The Corporate Elite and Cultural Institutions: Patronage or Praxis?” Paper presented at the Southern Sociological Society’s Annual meeting, Atlanta GA.