Areas of expertise: Governance, state administration, international comparative sociology, development, elite migration, classical social theory

Erin McDonnell (Ph.D. Sociology, Northwestern University) is a Kellogg Assistant Professor of Sociology and a concurrent assistant professor in the Keough School of Global Affairs. She is a theorist whose research engages organizational, political, cultural, and economic sociology.

McDonnell’s work focuses on how social organization affects economic outcomes, from consumer groups to administrative capacity in African states.