Patrick S. Rafail
psr139_@_psu_._edu
211 Oswald Tower
Department of Sociology
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
16802-6207

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I'm currently a doctoral candidate in the sociology department at Penn State University. I completed my B.A. (Hons.) in sociology in 2004, and my M.A. in sociology and social statistics in 2005, both at McGill University.

My research interests are social movements and collective behavior, social theory, and statistics. My dissertation examines the policing of protest in 30 American municipalities between 1996 and 2006. I am particularly interested in potential variation in protest policing patterns due to the intersection of time, place, and meso-level political economy. Please see the links above for more detail on my research and feel free to get in touch using the information above if you have any comments or questions.