David R. Heise
  

 









 

 

Heise pictureDavid R. Heise, Rudy Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Indiana University (heise at indiana dot edu), is a past editor of Sociological Methodology and of Sociological Methods & Research. His methodological research ranges from issues in quantitative modeling to computer applications in qualitative research to surveying norms and cultures. His social psychological research focuses on the affective and logical foundations of social interaction - in particular, Affect Control Theory (ACT) and Event Structure Analysis (ESA). Heise has received Distinguished Career awards from three sections of the American Sociological Association - Social Psychology, Sociology of Emotions, and Mathematical Sociology. Also, he received an award for outstanding contributions from the section on Sociology and Computers.

Heise's publications include books:

Causal Analysis (download book: 4.5 MB zipped PDF file),

Understanding Events: Affect and the Construction of Social Action,

With Lynn Smith-Lovin, Analyzing Social Interaction,

Expressive Order: Confirming Sentiments in Social Actions,  recipient of 2010 Harrison White Outstanding Book Award, Mathematical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association,

Surveying Cultures: Discovering Shared Conceptions and Sentiments,

With Neil MacKinnon, Self, Identity, and Social Institutions,

two essays in the Encyclopedia of Sociology:

Affect control theory and impression formation,

Qualitative models,

and an essay in the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Science:

Social measurement, classification and scaling.

Among his recent papers and presentations are:

Project Magellan: Collecting cross-cultural affective meanings via the internet.,

With Kathryn Lively, "Sociological realms of emotional experience." American Journal of Sociology, 109: 1109-36,  recipient of 2004 Outstanding Recent Contribution Award, Sociology of Emotions Section, American Sociological Association,

With Steven Lerner. "Affect control in international interactions." Social Forces, 85: 993-1010.

With Ivan Furre, "Language structuring of religious awareness: A lexicographic approach." Sociological Spectrum 28:421 - 437.

With Abigail Sewell, "Racial differences in sentiments: Exploring variant cultures." International Journal of Intercultural Relations 34:400-412.

 
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