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James Kitts
Professor of Sociology
Social Networks, Computational Social Science, Social Movements, Social Psychology, Organizations, Public Health, Medical Sociology
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jkitts [at] soc [dot] umass [dot] edu
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Selected Publications
- Kitts, James A. and Diego Leal. (2021). "What Is(n't a Friend: Dimensions of the Friendship Concept Among Adolescents" Social Networks. 66: 161-170.
- Kitts, James A. and Eric Quintane. (2020). "Rethinking Social Networks in the Era of Computational Social Science" In Light, Ryan and James Moody (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Social Networks. pp 71-97. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Kitts, James A. and Yongren Shi. (2018). "Toward an Analytical Framework of Social Influence: Behavioral Diffusion" National Academy of Sciences Report: Exploring the Development of Analytic Frameworks.
- Kitts, James A., Lomi, Alessandro, Mascia, Daniele, Pallotti, Francesca, and Eric Quintane. (2017) “Investigating the Temporal Dynamics of Interorganizational Exchange: Patient Transfers Among Italian Hospitals.” American Journal of Sociology. 123(3): 850-910.
- Kitts, James A. (2014) “Beyond Networks in Structural Theories of Exchange: Promises from Computational Social Science.” Advances in Group Processes. 31: 263-98.
- Wyatt, Danny, Choudhury, Tanzeem, Bilmes, Jeff, and James A. Kitts. (2011). “Inferring Colocation and Conversational Networks Using Privacy-Sensitive Audio" ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology, 2(1).
- Kitts, James A. (2009). “Paradise Lost? Age Dependent Mortality of American Communes.” Social Forces 87(3):1193-1222.
- Goodreau, Steven, Kitts, James A., and Martina Morris. (2009). “Birds of a Feather or Friend of a Friend? Using Exponential Random Graph Models to Investigate Adolescent Friendship Networks.” Demography 46(1):103-125.
- Wyatt, Danny, Choudhury, Tanzeem, Bilmes, Jeff, and James A. Kitts. (2008). “Towards the Automated Social Analysis of Situated Speech Data.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing.
- Kitts, James A. (2006). “Collective Action, Rival Incentives, and the Emergence of Antisocial Norms.” American Sociological Review 71(2): 235-259.
- Kitts, James A. (2003). “Egocentric Bias or Information Management? Selective Disclosure and the Social Roots of Norm Misperception.” Social Psychology Quarterly 66(3):222-237.