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Rory McVeigh | |
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Born | 1959 |
Alma mater | University of Arizona (B.A.) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Ph.D.) |
Known for | social movements, political sociology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Sociology |
Institutions | University of Notre Dame |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Bearman |
Notable students | Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick |
Rory M. McVeigh is an American sociologist, Nancy Reeves Dreux Chair professor of sociology and director of the Center for the Study of Social Movements[1] and former chair (2007-2016) of the department of sociology at the University of Notre Dame. From 2015 through 2020 he served as one of the lead editors of the American Sociological Review,[2] the flagship journal of the American Sociological Association. He is widely cited in the field of social movements,[3] particularly right-wing movements. He also edited the academic journal Mobilization[4] from 2008 through 2015 and is the current the co-editor of the academic blog Mobilizing Ideas.[5]