Stephen Cole (sociologist)
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Stephen Cole is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at State University of New York, Stony Brook, the brother of Jonathan R. Cole
.
His scholarly work has been on the development of the sociology of science as an academic field. He was a founding member of Columbia's Program in the Sociology of Science, along with Robert K. Merton
, Harriet Zuckerman
, and his brother Jonathan R. Cole
. The project was supported by the National Science Foundation for 20 years, and produced a substantial body of both theoretical and empirical work.
He collaborated with his brother Jonathan Cole on studies of the system of social stratification
in science and on the reward system in science, examining the extent to which the social system of science approximated a meritocracy. culminating in their book, Social Stratification in Science (University of Chicago Press, 1973). In this work, they developed the use of citations as a measure of scientific quality and impact, the first social scientists to do so. Although it met with initial resistance, it is today widely used as a measure of scholarly impact and there is a very substantial literature on it.
He published works dealing with the sociology of education as a profession, with raciall discrimination in science, and several widely used textbooks.
Jonathan R. Cole
Jonathan R. Cole , is an American sociologist, John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University at Columbia University. He is best known for his scholarly work developing the sociology of science and his work on science policy...
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His scholarly work has been on the development of the sociology of science as an academic field. He was a founding member of Columbia's Program in the Sociology of Science, along with Robert K. Merton
Robert K. Merton
Robert King Merton was a distinguished American sociologist. He spent most of his career teaching at Columbia University, where he attained the rank of University Professor...
, Harriet Zuckerman
Harriet Zuckerman
Harriet Zuckerman is an American sociologist who specializes in the sociology of science. She is Senior Vice President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and professor emerita of Columbia University.-Life:...
, and his brother Jonathan R. Cole
Jonathan R. Cole
Jonathan R. Cole , is an American sociologist, John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University at Columbia University. He is best known for his scholarly work developing the sociology of science and his work on science policy...
. The project was supported by the National Science Foundation for 20 years, and produced a substantial body of both theoretical and empirical work.
He collaborated with his brother Jonathan Cole on studies of the system of social stratification
Social stratification
In sociology the social stratification is a concept of class, involving the "classification of persons into groups based on shared socio-economic conditions ... a relational set of inequalities with economic, social, political and ideological dimensions."...
in science and on the reward system in science, examining the extent to which the social system of science approximated a meritocracy. culminating in their book, Social Stratification in Science (University of Chicago Press, 1973). In this work, they developed the use of citations as a measure of scientific quality and impact, the first social scientists to do so. Although it met with initial resistance, it is today widely used as a measure of scholarly impact and there is a very substantial literature on it.
He published works dealing with the sociology of education as a profession, with raciall discrimination in science, and several widely used textbooks.
Books
- Cole, Stephen. The Unionization of Teachers; A Case Study of the UFT. New York: Praeger, 1969.
- Cole, Stephen. The Sociological Method. Chicago: Markham Pub. Co, 1972.
- Cole, Jonathan R., and Stephen Cole. Social Stratification in Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1973.
- Cole, Stephen. The Sociological Orientation: An Introduction to Sociology. Chicago: Rand McNally College Pub. Co, 1975.
- Cole, Stephen, Leonard Rubin, and Jonathan R. Cole. Peer Review in the National Science Foundation: Phase One of a Study : Prepared for the Committee on Science and Public Policy of the National Academy of Sciences. Washington: The Academy, 1978. 2 vol.
- Cole, Stephen, Leonard Rubin, and Jonathan R. Cole. Peer Review in the National Science Foundation: Phase Two of a Study" National Academy of Sciences. Washington: The Academy, 1981
- Cole, Stephen. The Sociological Method: An Introduction to the Science of Sociology. Chicago: Rand McNally Pub. Co, 1980. 3rd ed.
- Cole, Stephen. Making Science: Between Nature and Society. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1992.
- Cole, Stephen. What's Wrong with Sociology? New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publ, 2001.
- Cole, Stephen, and Elinor G. Barber. Increasing Faculty Diversity: The Occupational Choices of High-Achieving Minority Students. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2003. ISBN 9780674009455
- Review: "Liberal Study: Affirmative Action Hurts Blacks" by: Robin Wilson , Chronicle of Higher Education Thursday, January 30, 2003 http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=20071