Peter Bearman

Peter Shawn Bearman, an American Sociologist, is Jonathan Cole Professor of the Social Sciences in the Department of Sociology at Columbia University and Director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP). He received his Ph.D in sociology from Harvard University in 1985. He has been visiting professor a the University of Genoa, Italy, the University of Munich and was formerly Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Lecturer, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University.

Bearman, along with J. Richard Udry, designed the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), currently the first and only nationally-representative study of adolescent sexuality in the United States, which has yielded over a thousand published research articles.

From these data, Bearman has published seminal articles on the sexual network, virginity pledges, same sex attraction, and adolescent suicidality. He is widely credited with bringing social network analysis methods to the demographic and population research community. Bearman currently directs the Robert Wood Johnson Program in population health at Columbia University. He has received major grants and contracts from the National Science Foundation, the American Legacy Foundation, the Office of Population Affairs National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Child Health and Development, and the Rockefeller Foundation, totaling over $2,000,000 .

Bearman is the author of [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226039692 Doormen] (University of Chicago Press, 2005) an ethnographic study of Doormen in New York City, in addition to numerous articles in historical and general sociology. He has directed over 20 successful Ph.D dissertations.

Awards and Honors

*Awarded Roger V. Gould Prize for his 2004 article in American Journal of Sociology.He is General Editor of the journal Kinship, Networks, and History. and is or has been on the editorial board of the American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, and
Sociological Theory.

* Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Publications

Books

* "Doormen." University of Chicago Press, 2005 ISBN
** Review, "All Visitors Must Be Announced" Judith Martin, New York Times Book Review; Dec 4, 2005;
**Review, Publishers Weekly. New York: Aug 29, 2005. Vol. 252, Iss. 34; p. 51 (1 page)
**Review "Modeling Ethnography" by Harvey Molotch. Contemporary Sociology.: May 2006. Vol.35, Iss. 3; pg. 234, 3 pgs
* "Relations into Rhetorics: Local Elite Social Structure in Norfolk, England: 1540-1640" American Sociological Association, Rose Monograph Series. Rutgers University Press, 1993. ISBN

Peer-Reviewed articles

The most recent among his approximately 20 peer-reviewed articles are:
*Erikson, Emily and Peter S. Bearman. “Routes into Networks: The Structure of English East Indian Trade, 1600-1831”. American Journal of Sociology 112(1):195-230. (2006)
*Brückner, Hannah and Peter S. Bearman. “After the Promise: The STD Consequences of Adolescent Virginity Pledges”. Journal of Adolescent Health 36:271-278
*Bearman, Peter S. and Paolo Parigi. “Cloning Headless Frogs and Other Important Matters: Conversation Topics and Network Structure”. Social Forces. 83 (2): 535-557 (2004)
*Brückner, Hannah, Anne Martin and Peter S. Bearman. “Ambivalence and Pregnancy: Adolescent Attitudes, Contraception, and Pregnancy”. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 36 (6): 248-257 (2004)
*Bearman, Peter S, James Moody and Katherine Stovel. “Chains of Affection: The Structure of Adolescent Romantic and Sexual Networks”. American Journal of Sociology. Vol. 110.1.44-91 (2004) (Awarded Roger V. Gould Prize; AJS 2004-05
*Bearman, Peter S. and Brückner, Hannah. "Promising the Future: Virginity Pledges and First Intercourse" American Journal of Sociology, 106, 4, p.859- (2001)

Popular Articles

* "Hooking Up" Peter Bearman, James Moody, Katherine Stovel. Harper's Magazine. New York: Jun 2005. Vol. 310, Iss. 1861; p. 22-

Major reports from his Longitudinal Studies

*2004 Bearman, Peter, Katherine Stovel, James Moody, and Lisa Thalji. "The Structure of Sexual Networks and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health", in "Network Epidemiology: A Handbook For Survey Design and Data Collection." Martina Morris (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
*2003 Brückner, H and Peter S Bearman . Dating Behavior and Sexual Activity Among Young Adolescents, in Albert, William, Sarah Brown and Christine Flanagan (ed) "Fourteen and Younger: The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents." National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Washington, D.C.
*1999 Bearman, Peter S. and Hannah Brückner. Power in Numbers: Peer Effects on Adolescent Girls’ Sexual Debut and Pregnancy. National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: Research Monographs. Washington, D.C.
*1999 Bearman, Peter S, and Hannah Brückner. “Peer Effects on Adolescent Girls’ Sexual Debut and Pregnancy: An Analysis of a National Sample of Adolescent Girls”, in Peer Potential: Making the Most of How Teens Influence Each Other. National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Washington, D.C.
*1998 Bearman, Peter S. and Hannah Brückner. “Peer Effects on Adolescent Girls’ Sexual Debut and Pregnancy Risk”. PPFY Network, Vol2. No3.
*1998 Bearman, Peter S and Laura Burns. “Adolescents, Health and School: Early Findings From the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.” NASSP Bulletin. Vol. 82:601-23.
*1997 Udry, J. Richard and Peter S. Bearman. “New Methods for New Perspectives on Adolescent Sexual Behavior”. In Richard Jessor (ed). New Perspectives on Adolescent Sexual Behavior. Cambridge University Press.
*1997 Bearman, PS., J. Jones, and J. R. Udry. “Connections Count: Adolescent Health and the Design of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.” [http://www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth]

References

* [http://www.sociology.columbia.edu/fac-bios/bearman/faculty.html Bio on Columbia University Department of Sociology Website]
* [http://www.sociology.columbia.edu/pdf-files/pbearmanCV.pdf full CV] on Columbia University web site.