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David Peterson

Associate Professor // Sociology | Associate Professor //Cornerstone · College of Liberal Arts · Purdue University

Quick answer: David Peterson is Associate Professor // Sociology | Associate Professor //Cornerstone at Purdue University. David Peterson shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.

⭐ David Peterson received his PhD from Northwestern University and was a postdoc at UCLA before joining the sociology department at Purdue. He studies the nexus of scientific practice, emerging technologies, and expert authority. Currently, his work focuses on two topics. First, he studies how the organizations of science are evolving to meet a variety of threats including political pressure, intens

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David Peterson received his PhD from Northwestern University and was a postdoc at UCLA before joining the sociology department at Purdue. He studies the nexus of scientific practice, emerging technologies, and expert authority. Currently, his work focuses on two topics. First, he studies how the organizations of science are evolving to meet a variety of threats including political pressure, intensifying global competition, new communications and machine learning technologies, and emerging regulatory and managerial bodies. Second, he investigates the production of science in areas that have had chronic legitimacy problems (like the social sciences) to shed light on the complex interactions between politics, expertise, and authority. Specializations: Science and technology, expertise, metascience, data and society, qualitative methods
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Is David Peterson hiring PhD students at Purdue University?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, David Peterson's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: David Peterson received his PhD from Northwestern University and was a postdoc at UCLA before joining the sociology department at Purdue. He studies the nexus of scientific practice, emerging technolo.
What does David Peterson research?
David Peterson received his PhD from Northwestern University and was a postdoc at UCLA before joining the sociology department at Purdue. He studies the nexus of scientific practice, emerging technologies, and expert authority. Currently, his work focuses on two topics. First, he studies how the org

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