Michael W. Macy is a Cornell University sociologist who is the Director of the Social Dynamics Laboratory and Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Sociology. [1] In his profile in the Information Sciences department, it says he is the Goldwin Smith of Arts and Sciences in Sociology. [2]
Macy was born in 1948 in Clarksville, Tennessee. [3]
He attended Harvard University for his B.A. and Ph.D. and his M.A. was from Stanford University. [2] He was a fellow at the N.I.A.S. ( Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study) from February to June 2002 [3] and at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences from 2011 until 2012. [4]
Using a National Science Foundation grant, he and his team have “used computational models, online laboratory experiments, and digital traces of device-mediated interaction to explore familiar but enigmatic social patterns.” [2] he has also focused on political polarization. He has published in Science, American Journal of Sociology and American Sociological Review. [2]
Students he has supervised include Damon Centola and Arnout van de Rijt (both in sociology) and in, information sciences, Sterling Williams-Ceci. [5]
Michael W. Macy is a Cornell University sociologist who is the Director of the Social Dynamics Laboratory and Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Sociology. [1] In his profile in the Information Sciences department, it says he is the Goldwin Smith of Arts and Sciences in Sociology. [2]
Macy was born in 1948 in Clarksville, Tennessee. [3]
He attended Harvard University for his B.A. and Ph.D. and his M.A. was from Stanford University. [2] He was a fellow at the N.I.A.S. ( Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study) from February to June 2002 [3] and at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences from 2011 until 2012. [4]
Using a National Science Foundation grant, he and his team have “used computational models, online laboratory experiments, and digital traces of device-mediated interaction to explore familiar but enigmatic social patterns.” [2] he has also focused on political polarization. He has published in Science, American Journal of Sociology and American Sociological Review. [2]
Students he has supervised include Damon Centola and Arnout van de Rijt (both in sociology) and in, information sciences, Sterling Williams-Ceci. [5]