| Prof. Alexandra Marin
Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA - 2007 | |||||||||||||
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| Biographical Overview: Alexandra Marin received her Honours B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1999 before going on to graduate studies at Harvard University. She returned to the University of Toronto in 2006. | |||||||||||||
| Recent Courses Taught: SOC355 - Structural Analysis We’ve all heard it said, “It’s not what you know; it’s who you know.” Structural Analysis, more commonly known as Social Network Analysis, is the study of who you know, who they know, and why it matters. | |||||||||||||
| Selected Publications: Marin, Alexandra and Keith Hampton. 2007. Simplifying the Personal Network Name Generator: An Alternative to Traditional Multiple and Single Name Generators. Field Methods. 19:163-19 Fleming, Lee, Lyra Colfer, Alexandra Marin and Jonathan McPhie. Forthcoming. “Why Valley Went First: Agglomeration and Emergence in Regional Inventor Networks” in Walter Powell and John Padgett (eds.). Market Emergence and Transformation. Cambridge MA: Press. Marin, Alexandra. 2004. “Are Respondents More Likely to List Alters with Certain Characteristics?: Implications for Name Generator Data.” Social Networks 26: 289-307. | |||||||||||||
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