 Peter Bearman, Ph.D., is the director of the Institute for
Social and Economic Research and Policy and the Paul F.
Lazarsfeld Center for the Social Sciences at Columbia
University. He has been on the faculty of Columbia
University since 1998 when he joined as a professor of
sociology. He is now the Cole Professor of Social
Science, Co-Director of the Health & Society Scholars
Program, and Chair of the Statistics department at
Columbia University. A recipient of the prestigious NIH
Director's Pioneer Award in 2007, Bearman is currently
investigating the social determinants of the autism
epidemic. Current projects also include an ethnographic
study of the funeral industry and, with support from
the American Legacy Foundation, an investigation of the
social and economic consequences of tobacco control
policy.His research cuts across a number of
sub-disciplines within sociology: from historical
sociology, collective action, social networks, and
social theory to problems in population. Among his
recent publications are Relations into Rhetorics: Local
Elite Social Structure in Norfolk, England: 1540–1640
(Rutgers 1993); "Adolescent Suicidality" with James
Moody in American Journal of Public Health (2002);
"Opposite-Sex Twins and Same-Sex Attraction" with
Hannah Bruckner in American Journal of Sociology
(2002); "Class Formation and Localism in an Emerging
Bureaucracy: British Bank Workers, 1880–1960" with
Michael Savage and Katherine Stovel in International
Journal of Urban and Regional Research (2001);
"Promising the Future: Virginity Pledges and the
Transition to First Intercourse" with Hannah Bruckner
in American Journal of Sociology (2001); "Becoming a
Nazi: Models for Narrative Networks" with Katherine
Stovel in Poetics (2000); Doormen (University of
Chicago Press, 2005); and many others.
A specialist in network analysis, Peter Bearman
co-designed the National Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent Health (National Institute for Child Health
and Development,1994) and has used the data extensively
for research on topics including adolescent sexual
networks, networks of disease transmission, and genetic
influences on same-sex preference. He has also been a
coinvestigator or investigator of "Narrative Networks:
Oral Histories of the WTC Disaster," National Science
Foundation (2001); the Health and Society Scholars
Program, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2000);
"Adolescent Social Networks and HIV/STI Transmission,"
National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (1994); and many others. He has received
grants and contracts from various institutions among
which are the Office of Population Affairs, the
National Science Foundation, the National Campaign for
the Prevention of Teen Pregnancy, and the Ford
Foundation among others.
EDUCATION
| Brown
University, Providence, RI |
B.A. |
1978 |
Sociology |
| Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA |
M.A. |
1982 |
Sociology |
| Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA |
Ph.D. |
1985 |
Sociology |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1985-1986 |
Lecturer,
Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard
University, Boston, MA |
| 1986-1991 |
Assistant
Professor of Sociology, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 1991-1996 |
Associate
Professor of Sociology, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 1996-1997 |
Professor of
Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, NC |
| 1997 |
Eric Voegelin
Guest Professor, University of Munich (LMU),
Munich, Germany |
| 1998-2006 |
Professor of
Sociology, Columbia University, New York, NY |
| 1998-2001 |
Adjunct Professor
of Sociology, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, NC |
| 1999-present |
Director, Paul F.
Lazarsfeld Center for the Social Sciences,
Columbia University, New York, NY |
| 2000-present |
Director,
Institute for Social and Economic Research and
Policy, Columbia University, New York,
NY |
| 2001-2005 |
Chair, Department
of Sociology, Columbia University, New York, NY |
| 2002-2003 |
Visiting
Professor of Sociology, DISPOS, University of
Genova, Genova, Italy |
| 2006-present |
Cole Professor of
Social Science, Columbia University, New York,
NY |
HONORS AND AWARDS
| 2004 |
National
Science Foundation (NSF) Human Dynamics Panel:
Social Networks |
| 2004 |
Sociology
Graduate Student Association Teaching Award,
Columbia University |
| 2006 |
National
Science Foundation (NSF) Sociology Panel |
| 2006-07 |
Chair,
Academic Review Committee, Columbia University |
PUBLICATIONS
Bearman, Peter S. "The Social Structure of Suicide."
Sociological Forum. 6:3-91, 1991.
Bearman, Peter S. "AIDS and Sociology." Primis. McGraw
Hill, 1992.
Bearman, Peter S. and Kevin D. Everett. "The Structure
of Social Protest: 1961-1983." Social Networks.
15:171-200, 1993.
Stovel, Katherine W., Michael Savage and Peter S.
Bearman. "Ascription into Achievement: Models of Career
Systems at Lloyds Bank, 1890-1970." American Journal of
Sociology. 102:358-399, 1996.
Resnick, Michael D., Peter S. Bearman, and Robert Wm.
Blum et al. "Protecting Adolescents from Harm: Findings
from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent
Health." Journal of the American Medical Association.
9.10:832-843, 1997.
Bearman, Peter S. "Generalized Exchange." American
Journal of Sociology. 102.5:1383-1415, 1997.
Kim, Hyojoung and Peter S. Bearman. "Who Counts in
Collective Action? The Structure and Dynamics of
Movement Participation." American Sociological Review.
62:70-93, 1997.
Udry, J. Richard and Peter S. Bearman. "New Methods for
New Perspectives on Adolescent Sexual Behavior." In
Richard Jessor (ed). New Perspectives on Adolescent
Sexual Behavior. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Bearman, Peter S., J. Jones, and J. R. Udry.
"Connections Count: Adolescent Health and the Design of
the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health."
(www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth), 1997.
Bearman, Peter S., James Moody, and Katherine Stovel.
"The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health:
Social Networks Codebook." (www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth),
1997.
Bearman, Peter S. and Hannah Brückner. "Peer Effects on
Adolescent Girls' Sexual Debut and Pregnancy Risk."
PPFY Network, Vol2. No3., 1998.
Bearman, Peter S. and Laura Burns. "Adolescents, Health
and School: Early Findings From the National
Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health." NASSP
Bulletin. 82:601-23, 1998.
Ford, Carol, Peter S. Bearman and James Moody. "Health
Care Utilization and Foregone Care Among Adolescents."
Journal of the American Medical Association.
282:2227-2236, 1999.
Bearman, Peter, Robert Faris and James Moody. "Blocking
the Future: New Solutions for Old Problems in
Historical Social Science." Social Science History. 23:
501-533, 1999.
Bearman, Peter S. and Hannah Brückner. Power in
Numbers: Peer Effects on Adolescent Girls' Sexual Debut
and Pregnancy. National Campaign to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy: Research Monographs. Washington, D.C., 1999.
Bearman, Peter S, and Hannah Brückner. "Peer Effects on
Adolescent Girls' Sexual Debut and Pregnancy: An
Analysis of a National Sample of Adolescent Girls." In
Peer Potential: Making the Most of How Teens Influence
Each Other. National Campaign to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy. Washington, D.C., 1999.
Ford CA, Peter S. Bearman, and James Moody. "Access to
Health Care for Adolescents—In Reply" Journal of the
American Medical Association. 283:2101-2102, 2000.
Bearman, Peter S. and Hannah Brückner. "Promising the
Future: Virginity Pledges and the Transition to First
Intercourse." American Journal of Sociology.
106:859-912, 2001.
Bearman, Peter S, and Hannah Brückner. "Opposite-Sex
Twins and Same-Sex Attraction." American Journal of
Sociology. 107:1179-1205, 2002.
Brückner, H and Peter S. Bearman. "Dating Behavior and
Sexual Activity Among Young Adolescents." In Fourteen
and Younger: The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents,
edited by W. Albert, S. Brown, and C. Flanagan.
National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
Washington, D.C., 2003.
Brückner, Hannah, Anne Martin and Peter S. Bearman.
"Ambivalence and Pregnancy: Adolescent Attitudes,
Contraception, and Pregnancy." Perspectives on Sexual
and Reproductive Health. 36(6):248-257, 2004.
Bearman, Peter S., James Moody and Katherine Stovel.
"Chains of Affection: The Structure of Adolescent
Romantic and Sexual Networks." American Journal of
Sociology. 110:44-91, 2004.
Bearman, Peter S., and James Moody. "Suicide and
Friendships among American Adolescents." American
Journal of Public Health. 94:89-96, 2004.
Bearman, Peter S., Katherine Stovel, James Moody, and
Lisa Thalji. "The Structure of Sexual Networks and the
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health." In
Network Epidemiology: A Handbook For Survey Design and
Data Collection, edited by M. Morris. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2004.
Bearman, Peter. Doormen. University of Chicago Press.
Chicago, Ill, 2005.
Brückner, Hannah and Peter S. Bearman. "After the
Promise: The STD Consequences of Adolescent Virginity
Pledges." Journal of Adolescent Health. 36:271-278,
2005.
Erickson, Emily and Peter S. Bearman. "Malfeasance and
the Foundations for Global Trade: The Structure of
English East Indian Trade, 1600-1831." American Journal
of Sociology, 112:195-230, 2006.
Weiss, Christopher and Peter S. Bearman. "Fresh Starts:
School Form and Student Outcomes." American Journal of
Education. In press.
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