John Boli
Professor
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Telephone: 404-727-7509
FAX: 404-727-7532
E-MAIL: jboli@emory.edu
OFFICE: 211 Tarbutton Hall
Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)
Degree: Ph.D., Stanford University, 1976
General Research Area: world culture and international organizations since 1850; Christendom and the origins of transnational culture and organization since 1100; structure and process in the world polity; global civil society and world citizenship
Current Research: World Culture: Origins and Consequences (co-author), Blackwell, 2005; The Globalization Reader, 3rd ed. (co-editor), Blackwell, 2007; Constructing World Culture: International Nongovernmental Organizations since 1875 (co-editor), Stanford University Press, 1999; “Globalization” (co-author) in The International Handbook of Social Problems, 2003; “Globalization” in Education and Sociology: An Encyclopedia, 2002; "World Society and the Nation-State" (co-author), American Journal of Sociology, 1997.
Selected Publications: "Religious Organizations" (co-author) in Globalization, Religion, and Culture, 2007
Selected Courses
- SOC 101 - Introduction to General Sociology
- SOC 190 - Making Sense of Globalization (Freshman Seminar)
- SOC 457 - Development of Sociological Theory
- SOC 525 - Global Structures and Processes
- SOC 540 - Basic Theoretical Problems
- Sociology 741 - Theory Construction
Additional Info:
Recent Books
 | World Culture: Origins and Consequences with Frank J. Lechner. Blackwell Publishing, 2005. |
 | The Globalization Reader, 3rd edition |
 | Constructing World Culture |