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Professor of Sociology | University of California, San Diego

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July 31, 2023

Digital Networks: Elements of a Theoretical Framework→

July 31, 2023/ ScienceSites

Kevin Lewis (in press). Social Networks.

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in press, journal article
digital footprints
June 22, 2023

The Elementary Forms of Digital Communication→

June 22, 2023/ ScienceSites

Lauren S. Brown and Kevin Lewis (2022). PLOS ONE, 17:e0273726.

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2022, journal article
miscellaneous
January 05, 2022

Beyond the ‘STEM Pipeline’: Expertise, Careers, and Lifelong Learning→

January 05, 2022/ ScienceSites

John D. Skrentny and Kevin Lewis (2022). Minerva, 60:1-28.

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journal article, 2022
miscellaneous
January 04, 2022

Clarifying What Forward Flow Is (and Isn’t): Reply to Rossiter (2020)→

January 04, 2022/ ScienceSites

Yoed N. Kenett, Stephen Anderson, Eric Chen, John Michael Kelly, Michael Christian, John Patrick, Laura Huang, Kevin Lewis, and Kurt Gray (2020). American Psychologist, 75:727-728.

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2020, journal article
miscellaneous
January 04, 2022

The Duality of Students and Faculty: Illustrating the Sociological Utility of Doctoral Committee Data→

January 04, 2022/ ScienceSites

Kevin Lewis and Jordan Packer (2020). Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 6.

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2020, journal article
scientific collaboration
May 22, 2020

Rules of the Game: Exponential Random Graph Models of a Gang Homicide Network→

May 22, 2020/ ScienceSites

Kevin Lewis and Andrew V. Papachristos (2020). Social Forces, 98:1829-1858.
• Network data: Overall, 96-97, 97-98, 98-99, 99-00
• Attribute data: Size, Race

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journal article, 2020
miscellaneous
September 11, 2018

‘Forward Flow’: A New Measure to Quantify Free Thought and Predict Creativity→

September 11, 2018/ ScienceSites

Kurt Gray, Stephen Anderson, Eric Evan Chen, John Michael Kelly, Michael S. Christian, John Patrick, Laura Huang, Yoed N. Kenett, and Kevin Lewis (2019). American Psychologist, 74:539-554.

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journal article, 2019
miscellaneous
September 14, 2017

The Conversion of Cultural Tastes into Social Network Ties→

September 14, 2017/ ScienceSites

Kevin Lewis and Jason Kaufman (2018). American Journal of Sociology, 123:1684-1742.

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journal article, 2018
friendship formation
August 31, 2017

Agent-Based Modeling: A Guide for Social Psychologists→

August 31, 2017/ ScienceSites

Joshua Conrad Jackson, David Rand, Kevin Lewis, Michael I. Norton, and Kurt Gray (2017). Social Psychological and Personality Science 8:387-395.

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journal article, 2017
miscellaneous
June 30, 2016

Preferences in the Early Stages of Mate Choice→

June 30, 2016/ ScienceSites

Kevin Lewis (2016). Social Forces, 95:283-320.

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journal article, 2016
mate choice
June 27, 2016

Sociology in the Era of Big Data: The Ascent of Forensic Social Science→

June 27, 2016/ ScienceSites

Daniel A. McFarland, Kevin Lewis, and Amir Goldberg (2016). American Sociologist, 47:12-35.

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2016, journal article
digital footprints
November 30, 2015

Three Fallacies of Digital Footprints→

November 30, 2015/ ScienceSites

Kevin Lewis (2015). Big Data & Society, 2.

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journal article, 2015
digital footprints
February 23, 2015

Studying Online Behavior: Comment on Anderson et al. 2014.→

February 23, 2015/ ScienceSites

Kevin Lewis (2015). Sociological Science 2:20-31.

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journal article, 2015
digital footprints
June 03, 2014

The Emergence of ‘Us and Them’ in 80 Lines of Code: Modeling Group Genesis in Homogeneous Populations→

June 03, 2014/ ScienceSites

Kurt Gray et al. (2014). Psychological Science, 25, 4: 982-990

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2014, journal article
miscellaneous
June 03, 2014

The Structure of Online Activism→

June 03, 2014/ ScienceSites

Kevin Lewis, Kurt Gray, and Jens Meierhenrich (2014). Sociological Science, 1:1-9.

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journal article, 2014
online activism
June 03, 2014

The Limits of Racial Prejudice→

June 03, 2014/ ScienceSites

Kevin Lewis (2013). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110:18814-18819.

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journal article, 2013
mate choice
June 03, 2014

Social Selection and Peer Influence in an Online Social Network→

June 03, 2014/ ScienceSites

Kevin Lewis, Marco Gonzalez, and Jason Kaufman (2012). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109:68-72.

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journal article, 2012
friendship formation
June 03, 2014

Beyond and Below Racial Homophily: ERG Models of a Friendship Network Documented on Facebook→

June 03, 2014/ ScienceSites

Andreas Wimmer and Kevin Lewis (2010). American Journal of Sociology, 116:583-642.

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journal article, 2010
friendship formation
June 03, 2014

Tastes, Ties, and Time: A New Social Network Dataset Using Facebook.com→

June 03, 2014/ ScienceSites

Kevin Lewis, Jason Kaufman, Marco Gonzalez, Andreas Wimmer, and Nicholas Christakis (2008). Social Networks, 30:330-342.

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journal article, 2008
friendship formation
June 03, 2014

The Taste for Privacy: An Analysis of College Student Privacy Settings in an Online Social Network→

June 03, 2014/ ScienceSites

Kevin Lewis, Jason Kaufman, and Nicholas Christakis (2008). Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14:79-100.

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2008, journal article
friendship formation
 
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Kevin Lewis

Recent Articles

  • Beyond the ‘STEM Pipeline’: Expertise, Careers, and Lifelong Learning

    Results recommend expanded conceptions of STEM education and careers and contribute to studies of science and engineering workforce transitions and diversity. — Minerva

  • Digital Networks: Elements of a Theoretical Framework

    This paper begins to develop a theoretical framework for understanding how digital interaction is generated. — Social Networks

  • The Elementary Forms of Digital Communication

    We develop an empirically grounded typology of the basic properties of text-based digital communication and we document the distribution of these properties across five common relationship types. — PLOS ONE

In the News

  • Dislike: Facebook Activism Doesn't Actually Translate Into Donations For Causes

    — The Huffington Post
  • Do ‘Save Darfur’ Facebook Members Really Care About Darfur?

    — Pacific Standard
  • From Football Fans to Communist Regimes, It Doesn't Take Much to Form a Group

    — Science

Collaborators

  • Amir Goldberg ➟

  • Kurt Gray ➟

  • Daniel McFarland ➟

  • Jens Meierhenrich ➟

  • Mark Pachucki ➟

  • Jordan Packer ➟

  • Andrew Papachristos ➟

  • John Skrentny ➟

  • Andreas Wimmer ➟

Recommended Sites

  • UCSD Department of Sociology »
  • Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society »
  • Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute »
  • UCSD Computational Social Science »
  • xkcd »

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