Jonathan Cole
Affiliation
- Faculty Fellow, Department of Sociology
Research
Jonathan Cole, John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University and Provost Emeritus of the University and Dean Emeritus of Faculties, received a B.A. in American History from Columbia in 1964 and the Ph.D. with Honors in Sociology from Columbia in 1969. He has been teaching at Columbia from 1966 to the present time. He served as Director of the Center for the Social Sciences from 1979 to 1987, Vice President for Arts and Sciences from 1987 to 1989, and Provost from 1987 to 2003. Among many award and honors, he has received a Guggenheim Fellowship has been a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has published extensively on historical and social aspects of science, has been a leading international contributor to understanding the opportunities, challenges, and obstacles facing women in the scientific community, has led a National Academy of Sciences evaluation of the peer review system in science, and has published works recently on dilemmas facing American research universities.
Selected Work
- "Paul F. Lazarsfeld: His Scholarly Journey." Keynote address at "An International Symposium in Honor of Paul Lazarsfeld," Brussels, Belgium, June 4-5, 2004.
- "The Patriot Act on Campus: Defending the University Post 9/11." 2003: Boston Review Volume 28, Number 3-4, Summer 2003, 16-18.
- "Two Cultures Revisited." 1996: The Bridge, National Academy of Engineering, Volume 26, Number 3-4, Fall/Winter, pp.16-21. Reprinted in Albert H. Teich, Stephen D. Nelson, Celia McEnaney (editors), AAAS Science and Technology Policy Yearbook, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C.: 89-100. 1997.
- "Balancing Acts: Dilemmas of Choice Facing Research Universities." 1993: Daedalus. Volume 122, Number 4, Fall, pp. 1-36. Lead article in issue entitled "The American Research University."
- "A Theory of Limited Differences: Explaining the Productivity Puzzle in Science." 1991: Jonathan R. Cole and Burton Singer, Chapter 13, pp. 277-310, in The Outer Circle Women in the Scientific Community, Harriet Zuckerman, Jonathan R. Cole and John T. Bruer, editors. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
