Carol Heimer

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Carol Heimer
Born1951  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Occupation Sociologist   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Spouse(s) Arthur Stinchcombe   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Carol Anne Heimer (born 1951) is Professor of Sociology Emerita at Northwestern University and a research professor at the American Bar Foundation. She is known for her research on the sociology of risk and responsibility, and on the connections between regulation, ethics, and law in medical practice. [1] As of November 2023, Heimer became the editor of the Annual Review of Law and Social Science . [2]

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Career and personal life

Heimer received her B.A. from Reed College (1973), and her M.A. (1976) and Ph.D. (1981) from the University of Chicago. [3] [4] Her dissertation committee included Charles Bidwell, Edward Laumann, Paul Hirsch, Donald Levine, and Michael Schudson. Her dissertation was later printed as Reactive Risk and Rational Action (1985). [5]

Heimer married prominent sociologist Arthur Stinchcombe [6] and with him co-authored the essay "Love and irrationality: It's got to be rational to love you because it makes me so happy" (1980) [7] [8] and the books Crime and punishmentchanging attitudes in America (1980) [9] and Organization theory and project management: administering uncertainty in Norwegian offshore oil (1985). [10]

Heimer's book Reactive Risk and Rational Action (1985) examined issues of fixed risk and reactive risk and their implications for policy-making in all areas of social life. Her choice of insurance as a model that could have broader application was hailed as "brilliant" by reviewer Margaret Levi. [11] The book was reprinted in 2020 as part of UC Press's Voices Revived program. [12]

Heimer's book For the Sake of the Children (1998), co-authored with Lisa Staffen, examined the organization of neonatal intensive care units in United States hospitals. The book won awards from both the Theory Section and the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. [3] [13] [14]

Heimer has examined the delivery of AIDS drugs in clinics in South Africa, Uganda, Thailand and the United States. [15] [16] She writes extensively on the connections between health and law. [17] [1]

As of November 2023, Heimer became the editor of the Annual Review of Law and Social Science . [2]

Awards

Selected publications

Books

Papers

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Carol Heimer". Sociology Department -- Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University.
  2. 1 2 "Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Current Editorial Committee". Annual Reviews Directory. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Carol A. Heimer, Research Professor". American Bar Foundation. May 11, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  4. "CAROL A. HEIMER Curriculum Vitae 2019" (PDF). Northwestern University. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  5. Heimer, Carol A. (April 28, 2023). Reactive Risk and Rational Action: Managing Moral Hazard in Insurance Contracts. Univ of California Press. p. viii. ISBN   978-0-520-31846-5.
  6. "Art Stinchcombe, Professor Emeritus and Legendary Sociologist, Dies at 85". Department of Sociology - Northwestern University. July 9, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  7. Heimer, Carol A.; Stinchcombe, Arthur L. (August 1980). "Love and irrationality: It's got to be rational to love you because it makes me so happy" . Social Science Information. 19 (4–5): 697–754. doi:10.1177/053901848001900403. ISSN   0539-0184. S2CID   144646936.
  8. "Carol A. Heimer". scholar.google.com. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  9. Stinchcombe, A L; Adams, R G; Heimer, Carol A; Scheppele, K L; Smith, T W; Taylor, D G (1980). Crime and punishmentchanging attitudes in America (1st ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. ISBN   9780875894720.
  10. 1 2 Healy, Kieran (1999). "The emergence of HIV in the U.S. blood supply: organizations, obligations and the management of uncertainty" (PDF). Theory and Society. 28 (4): 529–558. doi:10.1023/A:1007011517612. S2CID   154866497.
  11. 1 2 Levi, M. (December 1, 1987). "Reactive Risk and Rational Action: Managing Moral Hazard in Insurance Contracts. By Carol Heimer, University of California Press, 1985. 273 pp. $30.00" . Social Forces. 66 (2): 583–584. doi:10.1093/sf/66.2.583.
  12. 1 2 Heimer, Carol A. (September 2020). Reactive Risk and Rational Action: Managing Moral Hazard in Insurance Contracts. University of California Press. ISBN   9780520318458 . Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  13. 1 2 3 "Theory Award Recipient History". American Sociology Association.
  14. 1 2 "Congratulations to 2000 Section Award Winners!" (PDF). Footnotes. 28 (8): 6. November 2000.
  15. Heimer, Carol A. (December 1, 2013). "'Wicked' ethics: Compliance work and the practice of ethics in HIV research" . Social Science & Medicine. 98: 371–378. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.10.030. ISSN   0277-9536. PMID   23312301.
  16. Cloatre, E. (August 6, 2013). Pills for the Poorest: An Exploration of TRIPS and Access to Medication in Sub-Saharan Africa. Springer. ISBN   978-1-137-31327-0.
  17. Hall, Mark A.; Schneider, Carl E.; Shepherd, Lois L. (June 2, 2006). "Rethinking Health Law". Wake Forest Law Review. 41: 341. SSRN   905887.
  18. "Members". Sociological Research Association.