Elisabeth S. Clemens
Elisabeth Stephanie Clemens | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA 1980) University of Chicago (MA 1985, PhD 1990) |
| Thesis | Organizing as Interests: The Transformation of Social Politics in the United States, 1890–1920 (1990) |
| Doctoral advisor | Theda Skocpol |
| Other advisors | Wendy Griswold, Edward O. Laumann |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociologist |
| Institutions | University of Arizona (1990–2002) University of Chicago (2002–present) |
Elisabeth Stephanie Clemens is an American sociologist, who is currently the William Rainey Harper Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology and the college at the University of Chicago. Clemens's research is focused on social movements, organizations, and American political development. As of 2016, Clemens has served as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Sociology.