Karen Cook (sociologist)

Karen Schweers Cook (born July 25, 1946, in Austin, Texas) is an American sociologist and the Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology at Stanford University.

Karen S. Cook
Born (1946-07-25) July 25, 1946
Alma materStanford University
AwardsCooley-Mead Award (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington, Duke University, Stanford University

In 2004 Cook received the Cooley-Mead Award for Distinguished Scholarship from the American Sociological Association. In 2007 Cook was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for her work on social exchange theory, social networks and trust.

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