John Skvoretz
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USF College of Arts & Sciences
CPR 107
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL 33620
Phone: 813-974-0853
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John Skvoretz joined the University of South Florida as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in February 2005. He received a B.A. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Sociology in 1969 from Lehigh University where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa . He was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh where he earned a Ph.D. in Sociology in 1976. He joined the faculty of the Department of Sociology at the University of South Carolina in 1975 as an instructor, was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1976, Associate Professor in 1980, and Professor in 1986. I chaired the Department of Sociology for ten years between 1984 and 1994 and then for the academic year 2000-2001. He served as Associate Dean for Financial Affairs and Undergraduate Programs in the College of Liberal Arts during 2002-2003 and then as Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts from July 2003 to January 2005.
He has published over 70 research articles, edited books, and book chapters. He has also authored several computer programs used in network research and analysis. Since 1979 he has received several grants from the National Science Foundation in support of my research. He has contributed to several areas in sociology: stratification and mobility, social network theory, group processes, power in exchange networks and the structure of social action systems. His work is characterized by the innovative use of mathematics to formulate theory and analyze data.
In 1994 he won the University of South Carolina 's Educational Foundation Award for Research in Humanities and Social Sciences. In 1995 he was appointed a Carolina Distinguished Professor, the highest honor the University of South Carolina accords any faculty member and awarded in a university-wide competition only after rigorous review of a nominee's record of continuing scholarship and general achievement. In 1995, he was also elected by my disciplinary colleagues to join them as a member of the prestigious Sociological Research Association.
