Sarah A. Soule is the Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior, a Professor of Sociology (by courtesy), and the School of Humanities and Sciences James and Doris McNamara Faculty Fellow (2011-2012). Her research examines state and organizational-level policy change and diffusion, and the role social movements have on these processes. Current projects include an NSF-funded analysis of advocacy group effects on environmental legislation in the US; an analysis of how protest impacts multi-national firm-level decisions regarding divestment in Burma; a study of how protest affects the outcomes of shareholder resolutions; and an analysis of how protest affects stock prices of targeted firms.
