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Kieran Healy

Professor of Sociology
Sociology
268 Sociology/Psychology BLD, BOX_90088, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Much of my research has been about exchange in human blood and organs, cultural goods, software, and ideas. My current work focuses on the moral order of market society, the effect of models and measurement on social classification, and the link between those two topics, especially in the consumer credit market. I’m also interested in techniques and methods for data visualization.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Sociology · 2019 - Present Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published December 13, 2022
2022 in Review: Duke Expertise in the Opinion Pages
Published July 20, 2021
Child Protective Services Do Work, But They Are Unevenly Distributed
Published June 13, 2016
Orlando shooting: The key things to know about guns and mass shootings in America

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Recent Publications


The Ordinal Society

Book · April 16, 2024 Full text Cite

Reply to Putnam-Hornstein et al.: On honest mistakes and raceless children.

Journal Article Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · December 2021 Full text Open Access Cite

Erratum: Contact with Child Protective Services is pervasive but unequally distributed by race and ethnicity in large US counties (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2021) 118 (e2106272118) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2106272118)

Journal Article Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · October 19, 2021 The authors wish to note the following: "Shortly after the publication of our article we were contacted by another team of researchers (Emily Putnam-Hornstein, Eunhye Ahn, John Prindle, and DanielWebster) who have access to privately funded data from Calif ... Full text Open Access Cite
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Recent Grants


Credit Markets, Evaluative Technologies, and Social Stratification

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Berkeley · 2018 - 2019

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Education, Training & Certifications


Princeton University · 2001 Ph.D.
Princeton University · 1998 M.A.
University College, Cork (Ireland) · 1994 M.A.
University College, Cork (Ireland) · 1993 A.B.

External Links


Personal Website