Edward Crenshaw
Associate Professor
Sociology
116A Mershon Center
614.292.0730
crenshaw.4@sociology.osu.edu
Education
B.A., History and Religion, Oklahoma City University (1980)
M.A., Sociology, University of Oklahoma (1986)
Ph.D., Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1990)
Teaching/Research
Dr. Crenshaw’s areas of interest include the structural and ideological determinants of international terrorism, democratization, civil war and political sociology, the influence of globalization on social change, the role of demography in international development, environmental sociology, and macrosocial theory. His current research focuses on characteristics of the state and their influence on terrorism, the global spread of mass media, and the role of population growth and composition on economic development.
Selected Publications
"Political Violence as an Object of Study: the Need for Taxonomic Clarity," in The Handbook of Politics, with Kristopher Robinson, ed. by Kevin Leict and J. Craig Jenkins (Springer Publishers, 2009)
"World Economy and the Digital Divide," in The Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy, ed. by R. Rajan and K. A. Reinert (Princeton University Press, 2008)
"Ideologies of Violence: The Social Origins of Islamist and Leftist Transnational Terrorism," with Kristopher K. Robison and J. Craig Jenkins (Social Forces, 2006)
"Globalization and the Digital Divide: The Roles of Structural Conduciveness and Global Connection in Internet Diffusion, with Kristopher K. Robison (Social Science Quarterly, 2006)
"Jump-Starting the Internet Revolution: How Global Connections Help Diffuse the Internet," with Kristopher K. Robison (Journal of The Association for Information Systems, 2006)
"Explaining Variations in Sex-Differentials in Infant Mortality: A Cross-National Study," with Kana Fuse (Social Science and Medicine, 2006)
"Cyber-space and Post-Industrial Transformations: A Cross-National Analysis of Internet Development," with Kristopher K. Robison (Social Science Research, 2002)
"Deforestation and the Environmental Kuznets Curve: A Cross-National Investigation of Intervening Mechanisms," with Karen Ehrhardt Martinez and J. Craig Jenkins (Social Science Quarterly, 2002)
"Demographic Transition in Ecological Perspective," with Matthew Christenson and Doyle Ray Oakey (American Sociological Review, 2000)
"Democracy's Handmaiden: Educational Constraints on Political and Economic Modernization," with Matthew Christenson, in Comparative Perspectives on the Role of Education in Democratization: Transitional States and States of Transition, ed. by N.F. McGinn and E.H. Epstein (Peter Lang, 1999)
"Jump-Starting Development: Hyperurbanization as a Long-Term Economic Investment," with Doyle Ray Oakey (Sociological Focus, 1998)
"Population Dynamics and Economic Development: The Differential Effects of Age-Specific Population Growth Rates on Per Capita Economic Growth in Developing Countries, 1965-1990," with Ansari Ameen and Matthew Christenson (American Sociological Review, 1997)
Honors and Awards
National Science Foundation grant for "The Ecology of Terrorist Organizations," with Johnathan Wilkefeld, Gary LaFree, V. Subrahamian, and Victor Asal (2008-11)
National Science Foundation grant for "Collaborative Research: Terrorism as Theater: Political Violence as Communication," with J. Craig Jenkins and Kristopher Robison (2009-10)
National Science Foundation grant for "Ideology and International Terrorism: Types of Terrorism and Their Structural External Determinants," with J. Craig Jenkins (2006-07)
National Science Foundation grant for "Globalization and Westernization: Theory and Measurement," with Pamela Paxton (2003-04)
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant for "The Ecology of Internal War (1999-2001)
National Science Foundation grant for "The Globalization of Environmental Degradation: Social Structural Sources of Global Environmental Problems," with J. Craig Jenkins (1993-96)
Mershon Projects
The Ecology of Terrorist Organizations (2007-08)
If it Bleeds, It Leads: Assessing Media Effects on Transnational Terrorism (2007-08)
Rentier States and International Terrorism in Ecological Focus (2006-07)
Terror’s Fourth Wave (2005-06)
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