Biography

University of Toronto St. George Campus - Social Science

Professor of Sociology at University of Toronto
Higher Education
Barry
Wellman
Toronto, Canada Area
Barry Wellman directs NetLab as the S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. His areas of research are community sociology, the Internet, human-computer interaction and social structure, as manifested in social networks in communities and organizations. His overarching interest is in the paradigm shift from group-centered relations to networked individualism. He has written more than 300 articles, chapters, reports and books. Many have been co-authored, with students comprising about half of his nearly 100 co-authors.

Specialties: social networks; internet and society; community