Dr. Willie Pearson, Jr.

Professor of Sociology Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Willie Pearson, Jr.

Inauguration of Gilda A. Barabino - May 5, 2022

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Dr. Willie Pearson, Jr. (Professor) is a professor of sociology in the School of History and Sociology at Georgia Institute of Technology. He specializes in the sociology of science and technology and sociology of the family. Prior to joining the faculty at Georgia Tech as Chair in 2001, he held a distinguished appointment as Wake Forest Professor of Sociology at Wake Forest University and adjunct in Medical Education at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He has held postdoctoral fellowships at the Educational Tesing Service (ETS) and the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), Congress of the United States. In 1993, he received Southern Illinois University's College of Liberal Arts' Alumni Achievement Award. In 2001, he was elected a National Associate (lifetime appointment) of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.