holds a Ph.D. is sociology from Northwestern University and is currently on leave from the University of Iowa, where he is an associate professor in the Sociology Department. His research interests include quantification, organizational evaluation, and status. He is currently completing a project that explores the effects of public rankings on higher education. Ongoing research includes a study of how children’s hospitals use rankings, awards, and certifications to establish organizational identity and an investigation of how physician groups respond to patient experience surveys.