Expertise
David Heise is a past editor of Sociological Methodology and of Sociological Methods & Research. His methodological research ranges from issues in quantitative modeling to computer applications in qualitative research. His social psychological research focuses on the affective and logical foundations of social interaction - in particular, the perspectives that he founded: Affect Control Theory and Event Structure Analysis. Heise's publications include the books: Causal Analysis, Understanding Events, and Analyzing Social Interaction. He has written encyclopedia articles on Affect Control Theory and Impression Formation, Qualitative Models, and Theories of Social Measurement.

David Heise is a past editor of Sociological Methodology and of Sociological Methods & Research. His methodological research ranges from issues in quantitative modeling to computer applications in qualitative research. His social psychological research focuses on the affective and logical foundations of social interaction - in particular, the perspectives that he founded: Affect Control Theory and Event Structure Analysis. Heise's publications include the books: Causal Analysis, Understanding Events, and Analyzing Social Interaction. He has written encyclopedia articles on Affect Control Theory and Impression Formation, Qualitative Models, and Theories of Social Measurement.
Heise's Java programming is on the web at http://www.indiana.edu/~socpsy/ACT/interact/JavaInteract.html.
Affective Development, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Simulation, Culture, Cybernetics, Modeling
Past Affiliations

Rudy Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, Social & Historical Sciences (past)

Communities
Sociology
Degrees
PhD, University of Chicago, Sociology, 1964
B.J., University of Missouri-Columbia, Journalism, 1959
BA, University of Missouri-Columbia, Mathematics, 1958
Keywords
culture qualitative methods (social sciences) social psychology sociology belief or knowledge systems sociology of language collective behavior social structure affective development artificial intelligence or cybernetics computer simulation or modeling
Honors

Lifetime Achievement Award, Sociology of Emotions Section (American Sociological Association), 2002

Cooley-Mead Award for lifetime contributions to distinguished scholarship (Social psychology), Social Psychology Section (American Sociological Association), 1998

Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computing (Computational sociology.), Sociology and Computers Section (American Sociological Association), 1995

Research Fellow (Sociology.), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1990

Fellow (Sociology.), John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, 1977