Gilbert W Merkx
  • Gilbert W Merkx

  • Vice Provost For Int'l Affairs and Professor Of The Practice
  • Sociology
  • 123 John Hope Franklin Center
  • Campus Box 90402
  • Phone: (919) 684-5830
  • Fax: (919) 668-0764
  • Research Description

    I received my A.B. from Harvard University and my M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from Yale University. I have been a Fulbright scholar at the Universidad Nacional San Cristó bal de Huamanga in Ayacucho, Perú; a visiting scholar at the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina; and a visiting scholar at the Latin Amerika Institutet, Stockholms Universität, in Stockholm, Sweden. I have taught on the faculties of Yale University; Göteborgs Universität, in Gothenburg, Sweden; and the University of New Mexico, where I was Professor of Sociology and Director of the Latin American and Iberian Institute. At Duke University I am Professor of the Practice of Sociology, Director of the Center for International Studies, and Vice Provost for International Affairs and Development. As Vice Provost, I am responsible for general oversight of Duke's numerous international and foreign language and area studies programs, development of Duke's programs and partnerships abroad, and furtherance of the internationalization of the University as a whole.
  • Areas of Interest

    Comparative/Historical Sociology,
    Economy and Society,
    Theory
  • Recent Publications

      • A. Bejan and G.W. Merkx.
      • (August, 2007).
      • Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics.
      • Springer.
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