Peter Bearman, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Director of the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Center for the Social Sciences at Columbia University
- Position:
- Con to the question "Is Sexual Orientation Determined at Birth?"
- Reasoning:
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“We also consider and reject a speculative evolutionary theory that rests on observing birth-order effects on same-sex orientation. In contrast, our results support the hypothesis that less gendered socialization in early childhood and preadolescence shapes subsequent same-sex romantic preferences.”
Cowritten with Hannah Brückner, “Opposite-Sex Twins and Same-Sex Attraction,” American Journal of Sociology, 2002
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Jonathan Cole Professor of the Social Sciences, Columbia University, 2006-present
- Director, Mellon Interdisciplinary Training Program in the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2006-present
- Founding Codirector, Global Health Research Center in Central Asia, 2006-present
- External Faculty, Nuffield College (Oxford, United Kingdom), 2005-present
- Codirector, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program, 2001-present
- Director, Paul F. Lazarsfeld Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University, 1999-present
- Founding Director, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University, 2000-2008
- Chair, Department of Statistics, Columbia University, 2007-2008
- Chair, Department of Sociology, Columbia University, 2001-2005
- Visiting Professor of Sociology, DISPOS, University of Genova (Genoa, Italy), 2002-2003
- Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, 1998-2006
- Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNCCH), 1998-2001
- Professor of Sociology, UNCCH, 1996-1997
- Associate Professor of Sociology, UNCCH, 1991-1996
- Assistant Professor of Sociology, UNCCH, 1986-1991
- Education:
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- PhD, Sociology, Harvard University
- MA, Sociology, Harvard University
- BA, Sociology, Brown University, 1978
- Other:
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- Recipient, NIH Pioneer Award to study autism, 2007
- Elected Fellow of the American Association of the Arts and Sciences, 2007