Rob clark
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- Ph.D. Indiana University, 2007.
- Assistant Professor
- E-mail: robclark@ou.edu
- Office Phone: (405)325-2566
- Office: Kaufman Hall 317
- Curriculum Vitae:
- Academic Interests and Research: International Development, Globalization, Stratification, Formal Organizations, Democracy and Human Rights, Quantitative Methods
- Courses Taught:
Stratification, Formal Organizations, Research Methods, Introduction to Sociology, and Global Inequality (graduate seminar)
- My current research focuses on macro comparative issues at the nation-state level. In general, I am interested in understanding cross-national variation in economic and social development, exploring a wide range of phenomena, including economic growth, educational expansion, physical welfare, democratization, and human rights. Currently, I am examining state characteristics at the domestic and international level that help explain a nation's human rights performance, including a country's print media system, as well as its level of network integration in international telecommunications. In another study, I consider the role of international organizations in explaining recent declines in child labor across the world. In addition, I continue to develop projects based on my recent network analysis of trade and international organizations across 168 countries during the 1980-2000 period. Finally, I am investigating world health trends during the post-WWII era, tracking convergence and divergence in cross-national welfare, and developing a narrative to help explain these patterns.
