Albert Bergesen
| Albert Bergesen | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater |
University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A.) Stanford University M.A. Stanford University (PhD) |
| Known for | cultural sociology, organizational sociology, social network analysis, mathematical models |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology |
| Institutions | University of Arizona |
| Doctoral students | Omar Lizardo |
Albert James Bergesen is an American sociologist and Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology at University of Arizona. He is also a Professor of Government and Public Policy, and Professor of Sociology in the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, at the Eller College of Management. He has published three books, edited five anthologies, authored hundreds of articles, and is cited in numerous fields, such as collective violence, international relations, world-systems analysis, environmental sociology, cultural sociology and organizational sociology.
Albert Bergesen attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and received a BA in 1964 in History. He went on to attend Stanford University and completed an M.A. in Education in 1966. Continuing his education at Stanford University, Bergesen completed his M.A. in 1971 and his PhD in 1974, both in Sociology. In 1973, Bergesen took a position as Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona. He advanced to Full Professor in 1987. In 1995, Bergesen was a Fellow at the Udall Center for the Study of Public Policy, and in 2003, he was a Visiting Professor of Sociology at Stanford University.
Bergesen's 1980 publication "Official Violence During the Watts, Newark, and Detroit Race Riots of the 1960s" was awarded an Honorable Mention for the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
His 1992 article “Regime Change in the Semiperiphery: Democratization in Latin America and the Socialists Bloc” and his 1995 article “The rise of Semiotic Marxism" won the Distinguished Contribution Award from the Pacific Sociological Association for best article published in Sociological Perspectives within a two-year period.
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