林 南

    Telephones: (919) 660-5610
    Fax:  (919) 660-5623
    E-Mail:  nanlin duke.edu

Current Positions:
    Oscar L. Tang Family Professor of Sociology
     of the Trinity College
    Department of Sociology, 1990-present
    Duke University
   
 Education:   Ph.D. - 1966, Michigan State University
    M.A. - 1963, Syracuse University
    B.A. -  1960, Tunghai University

Positions Held:  
    Director, Asian/Pacific Studies Institute 1990-2002
    Professor, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany, 1976-89
    Chair, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany, 1979-82
    Acting Director of Planning, State University of New York at Albany, 1977-1978
    Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany, 1971-1976
    Assistant Director, Center for Research in Scientific Communication, The Johns Hopkins University, 1968-1971
    Assistant Professor, Department of Social Relations, The Johns Hopkins University, 1966-1971
    Instructor, Department of Communication and Institute for International Studies in Education, Michigan State University, 1965-1966

Honors    
Honorary Doctorate Degree, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, 2008.
    Vice President, American Sociological Association, 1999-2000
Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 1998 –
Member, Sociological Research Association, 2003-
    Member, International Curatorium, Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS), the Netherlands, 2005-
    Council, American Sociological Association, 2003-2006
    Central Advisory Committee, Academia Sinica, 2002-2004
    
PUBLICATIONS

Books:
 
Forth- Lin, Nan.  Social Capital and the Labor Market: Transforming Urban China.  NY:
coming Cambridge University Press. 

Forth- Lin, Nan, editor.  Social Capital: Critical Concepts in Social Sciences.  4 volumes. 
coming London: Routledge.

Forth- Hsung, Raymay; Lin, Nan; Breiger, Ronald, editors.  Contexts of Social Capital:
coming Social networks in Communities, Markets and Organizations.  London: Routledge.

2008 Lin, Nan; Erickson, Bonnie, editors.  Social Capital: an International Research Program.
  Oxford: Oxford University Press

2001 Lin, Nan.  Social Capital: A Theory of Social Structure and Action.  NY: Cambridge
  University Press.
  Chinese version (simplified characters): Horizon Press, Shanghai,2004.
  Chinese version (traditional character): Hong Chi Press, Taiwan, 2005
  Japanese version, Minerva Shobo Publishing Co, 2007
  Korean version, Communication Books, 2007
  
2001 Lin, Nan; Cook, Karen; Burt, Ronald S., editors.  Social Capital: Theory and Research.  NY: Aldine-de Gruyter
 
2001 So, Alvin; Lin, Nan; Poston, Dudly, eds.   The Chinese Triangle of Mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong:   Comparative Institutional Analysis.  Westport, CT: Greenwood.
 
1992 Lin, Nan.  The Struggle for Tiananmen: Anatomy of the 1989 Mass Movement.  NY: Praeger.
 (Review in: Contemporary Sociology 23-1: 63-64, January 1994)

1986  Lin, Nan, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel.  Social Support, Life Events, and Depression. FL: Academic Press.
  

1982  Marsden, Peter, and Nan Lin.  Social Structure and Network Analysis. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
  
 1976 Lin, Nan.  Foundations of Social Research.  NY: McGraw-Hill. 

1976 Lin, Nan, Ronald S. Burt, and John Vaughn.  Conducting Social Research.  NY: McGraw-Hill. 

1973 Lin, Nan.  The Study of Human Communication.  Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill. 

Book Chapters:

Forthcoming  Lin, Nan; Ao, Dan; Song, Lijun.  “Production and Return of Social Capital in Urban China.”  In Ray-may Hsung, Nan Lin and Ronald Breiger, editors, Contexts of Social Capital: Social Networks in Communities, Markets and Organizations.  London: Routledge.

2008 Lin, Nan and Erickson, Bonnie.  “Theory, Measurement and the Research Enterprise on Social Capital.”  Pp. 1-24 in Nan Lin and Bonnie Erickson, editors, Social Capital: An International Research Program. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2008.  Lin, Nan; Ao, Dan.  “The Invisible Hand of Social Capital.”  Pp. 107-132 in Nan Lin and Bonnie Erickson, editors, Social Capital: An International Research Program. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2008 Jennifer Moren-Cross and Nan Lin, Access to Social Capital and Status Attainment in the United States: Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences." Pp. 364-379 in Nan Lin and Bonnie Erickson, editors, Social Capital: An International Research Program. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2008 Lin, Nan.  “A Network Theory of Social Capital,” Pp. 50-59 in the Handbook of Social Capital, edited by Dario Castiglione, Jan van Deth and Guglielmo Wolleb, Oxford University Press.    

2006   Jennifer Moren-Cross and Nan Lin, "Social Networks and Mental Health" in Handbook of Mental Health and Aging, pp. 111-126, Binstock, Robert K.; George, Linda K., editors. NY: Elsevier.

2005 Lin, Nan.  “Social Capital,” Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology, edited by Jens Beckert  and Milan Zagiroski, Rutlege Ltd.

2003 Lin, Nan.  “Job Search in Urban China: Gender, Network Chains, and Embedded Resources,” pp. 145-171, in Henk Flap and Beate Volker, eds., Creation and Return to Social Capital.  NY: Praeger.
  
2002 Lin, Nan.  “Social Forces: The Powerful Engine in the Transforming China.” Pp. 355-403 in Tzong-ho Bau, ed., The Political and Economic Reforms of Mainland China in a Global Society.  Taipei, Taiwan: College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University. 

2000 Lin, Nan “Understanding the Social Inequality System in China,  pp. 284-294 in Barbara Entwisle and Gail Henderson, eds., Re-Drawing Boundaries.  Berkeley: University of California Press.

1999 Lin, Nan; Chen, Jay Chih-jou.  ALocal Elites as Official and Owners: Shareholding and Property Rights in Daqiuzhuang Industry.   Pp. 145-170, Chapter 7 in Jean C. Oi and Andrew G. Walder, eds., Property  Rights and Economic Reform in China.  Palo Alto: Stanford University Press.

1999 Lin, Nan, and Kristen Peek. ASocial Networks and Mental Health.   In Allan V. Horwitz and   Teresa Cheid, eds., The Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health and Illness, Cambridge University Press.

1997 Lin, Nan, Walter M. Ensel, and Won-foon Gina Lai.  AConstruction and Use of the Life History Calendar: Reliability and Validity of Recall Data.   Pp. 249-272, in Ian H. Gotlib and Blair Wheaton, eds., Stress and Adversity Over the Life Course: Trajectories and Turning Points, Cambridge University Press.

1997 Lin, Nan.  APersistence and Erosion of Institutional and Cultural Capital: Stratification and Mobility in Taiwan,  in Taiwanese Society in 1990s: Taiwan Social Change Survey Symposium Series II, Ly-yun Chang, Yu-hsia Lyu, and Pu-chang Wang (eds.) Institute of Sociology Preparatory Office, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

1994 Lin, Nan, "Action, Social Resources and the Emergence of Social Structure," in Advances in Group Processes, edited by Barry Markovsky, Jodi O"Brien and Karen Heimer.  Volume 11:67-85.

1992 Lin, Nan."Social Resources: Theory and Research."  Pp. 1936-1942, in Edgar F. Borgatta (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Sociology Vol 4.  NY: Macmillan.

1992 Lin, Nan.  "Stress."  Pp. 2096-2101, in Edgar F. Borgatta (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Sociology Vol 4. NY: Macmillan.

1991 Lin, Nan, and Jeanne Westcott.  "Social Networks, Social Support, and Marital Engagement/Disengagement Process."  In John Eckenrode (ed.), The Social Context of Coping, Plenum Press.

1990 Lin, Nan.  "Social Resources and Social Mobility: A Structural Theory of Status Attainment."  In Ronald Breiger (ed.), Social Mobility and Social Structure, Cambridge University Press, pp. 247-271.

1989 Lin, Nan.  "The Small World Technique as a Theory-Construction Tool."  Pp. 231- 238 in Manfred Kochen (ed.), The Small World, Ablex.

1986 Lin, Nan.  "Conceptualizing Social Support."  Pp. 17-29 in Nan Lin, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel (eds.), Social Support, Life Events, and Depression, FL: Academic Press.

1986 Lin, Nan.  "Modeling the Effects of Social Support."  Pp. 173-209 in Nan Lin, Alfred Dean and Walter M. Ensel (eds.), Social Support, Life Events and Depression, FL: Academic Press.

1986 Lin, Nan.  "Epilogue: In Retrospect and Prospect."  Pp. 333-342 in Nan Lin, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel (eds.), Social Support, Life Events, and Depression, FL: Academic Press.

1986 Lin, Nan, Mary Y. Dumin, and Mary Woelfel.  "Measuring Community and Network Support."  Pp. 153-170 in Nan Lin, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel (eds.), Social Support, Life Events, and Depression, FL: Academic Press.

1986 Lin, Nan, Walter M. Ensel, and Alfred Dean.  "The Age Structure and the Stress Process." Pp. 213-230 in Nan Lin, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel (eds.), Social Support, Life Events, and Depression, FL: Academic Press.

1986 Lin, Nan, Mary Woelfel, and Mary Y. Dumin.  "Gender of the Confidant and Depression." Pp. 283-306 in Nan Lin, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel (eds.), Social Support, Life Events, and Depression, FL: Academic Press.

1982 Lin, Nan.  "Social Resources and Instrumental Action."  Pp. 131-145 in P. Marsden and N. Lin (eds.), Social Structure and Network Analysis, Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

1981 Dean, Alfred, Nan Lin, and Walter M. Ensel.  "The Epidemiological Significance of Social Support Systems in Depression."  Pp. 77-109 in Roberta Simmons (ed.), Research in Community and Mental Health, Vol. 2, Greenwood, CT: JAI Press.

1977 Lin, Nan.  "Communication Effects: Review and Commentary."  Pp. 55-72 in Brent D. Ruben (ed.), Communication Yearbook, Vol. 1, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.

1977 Lin, Nan, Paul W. Dayton, and Peter Greenwald.  "The Urban Communication Network and Social Stratification: A 'Small World' Experiment."  Pp. 107-119 in Brent D. Ruben (ed.), Communication Yearbook, Vol. 1, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.

1977 Burt, Ronald S., and Nan Lin.  "Network Time Series from Archival Records."  Pp. 224-254 in David R. Heise (ed.), Sociological Methodology, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

1975 Lin, Nan.  "Analysis of Communication Relations."  Pp. 237-251 in G.J. Hanneman and W.J. McEwen (eds.), Communication and Behavior, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

1973 Lin, Nan, and Gerald Zaltman.  "Dimensions of Innovations."  Pp. 93-115 in G. Zaltman (ed.), Process and Phenomena of Social Change, NY: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

1972 Lin, Nan, and William D. Garvey.  "Information Needs and Uses."  Pp. 5-37 in C.A. Cuadra (ed.), Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, Vol. 7.

1971 Lin, Nan.  "Process and Effects of Scientific Communication Surrounding a National Sociological Meeting."  Pp. 410-427 in Edward A. Tiryakian (ed.), The Phenomenon of Sociology, Appleton-Century-Crofts.

1970 Lin, Nan, William D. Garvey, and Carnot E. Nelson.  "A Study of the Communication Structure of Science."  Pp. 23-60 in C.E. Nelson and D.K. Pollock (eds.), Communication Among Scientists and Engineers, Lexington, MA: Heath Lexington Books.

1970 Garvey, William D., Nan Lin, and Carnot E. Nelson.  "Some Comparisons of Communication Activities in the Physical and Social Sciences."  Pp. 61-84 in C.E. Nelson and D.K. Pollock (eds.), Communication Among Scientists and Engineers, Lexington, Heath Lexington Books.

1968 Lin, Nan.  "Innovative Methods for Studying Innovation in Education."  In Research Implications for Educational Diffusion, Michigan State Department of Education, pp. 104-151.

Journal Articles:

2008 Son, Joon-mo; Lin, Nan; George, Linda K.  “Cross-National Comparison of Social Support {Son et al. 2008 b}Structures between Taiwan and the United States,”  Journal of Health and Social Behavior 49-1: 104-117.

2008 Son, Joon-mo; Lin, Nan.  “Social Capital and Civic Action: A Network-based Approach,” Social Science Research. 37 (March): 330-349.

2004.    Ensel, Walter M.; Lin, Nan.  “Physical Fitness and the Stress Process,” Journal of Community Psychology 32-1: 81-101.

2002 Lin, Nan.  “How the East and the West Shall Meet?”  Development and Society December 31-2: 211-244.

2001 Lin, Nan.  ASocial Capital: Contending Paradigms and Empirical Evidence.  (In Chinese)  Hong Kong Journal of Sociology Number 2: 1-38.

2000 Yen, Shirley; Robins, Clive J.; Lin, Nan.  AA Cross-Cultural Comparison of Depressive Symptom Manifestation: China and the United States.   Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 68-6: 993-999.
  
2000 Lin, Nan; Ye, Xiaolan; Ensel, Walter M.  ARevisiting Social Support: Integration of Its Dimensions.   Formosa Journal of Mental Health 13-2 (June): 37-64.

2000 Ensel, Walter M.; Lin, Nan.  ADistal Stressors, Proximal Stressors, Social Resources and the Stress Process.   Formosa Journal of Mental Health 13-2 (June): 83-108.

2000 Lin, Nan.  AInequality in Social Capital.   Contemporary Sociology.  29-6 (November): 785-795.

2000 Ensel, Walter M.; and Lin, Nan.  AAge, the Stress Process, and Physical Distress: The Role of distal Stressors.   Journal of Aging and Health 12-2 (May): 139-158.

1999 Lin, Nan; Ye, Xiaolan; Ensel, Walter M.  ASocial Support and Depressed Mood: A Structural Analysis.   Journal of Health and Social Behavior 40-4 (December): 344-359.

1999 Peek, Kristen; and Lin, Nan.  AAge Differences in the Effects of Network Composition on Psychological Distress.   Social Science and Medicine 49:621-636.

1999 Lin, Nan.  ASocial Networks and Status Attainment,  Annual Review of Sociology 25:467-88.
 
1999 Lin, Nan.  ABuilding a Network Theory of Social Capital,  Connections 22-1, 28-51.

1998 Lin, Nan; Xiaolan Ye.  AChinese Rural Enterprises in Transformation: The End of the Beginning.  Issues and Studies 34-11/12 (November-December).

1998 Lai, Gina; Nan Lin; and Shu-yin Leung,.  "Network Resources and Contact Resources: Structural and Action Effects of Social Resources"  Social Networks 20: 159-178.

 1996 Ensel, Walter M.; M. Kristen Peek; Nan Lin; and Gina Lai.  AStress in the Life Course: A Life History Approach,  Journal of Aging and Health 8-3 (August): 389-416.
 
 1996 Ensel, Walter M.; and Nan Lin.  ADistal Stressors and the Life Stress Process,  Journal of Community Psychology, 24 (January): 66-82.

 1995 Lin, Nan.   ALes Ressources Sociales: Une Theorie Due Capital Social   (Social Resources: A Theory of  Social Capital.    Revue Francaise de Sociologie XXXVI-4 (Octobre-Decembre): 685-704.

 1995 Lin, Nan, Chinchun Yi, Yinghwa Chang, Yungmei Tsai. 1995.  ASociocultural Regime in Institutional Development: The Family Enterprise of Private Colleges in Taiwan.   Asiatische Studien/Etudes Asiatiques (Switzerland)  Special issue on Chinese Societies at the Dawn of the Third Millennium. XLIX-1: 173-195

 1995 Lin, Nan, "Local Market Socialism: Rural Reform in China," in Theory and Society, 24:301-354.

 1995 Lin, Nan, and Gina Lai, "Stress in Urban China," in Social Science and Medicine, 41-8: 1131 - 1146.

1991 Ensel, Walter and Nan Lin.  "The Life Stress Paradigm and Psychological Distress."  Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 32 (December): 321-341.

1991 Lin, Nan and Yanjie Bian.  "Getting Ahead in Urban China: Work-unit Sector and Gender in the Status Attainment Process."  American Journal of Sociology 97-3 (November): 657-88.

1989 Lin, Nan.  "Chinese Family Structure and Chinese Society."  Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, 65:59-129  (issued in June, 1989).

1989 Lin, Nan, and Walter M. Ensel.  "Life Stress and Health: Stressors and Resources."  American Sociological Review, 54:382-399.

1989 Lin, Nan.  "Measuring Depressive Symptomatology in China."  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 177(3):121-131.

1989 Lin, Nan, and Hanlong Lu.  "Models of Social Indicators and Quality of Life:  A Study of  Urban Life in Shanghai."  Social Sciences in China (Zhongguo Shehui Kexue) 4 (July):75-97. An abbreviated version also appears in:  Sociology 1989-2:26-28 (Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences).

1988 Lin, Nan, and Wen Xie.  "Occupational Prestige in Urban China."  American Journal of Sociology, 93(4):793-832.

1987 Lin, Nan.  "The Sinicization of Sociology."  Revue Europeene des Sciences Sociales, XXV, 76:127-139.

1987 Pan, Yunkang, and Nan Lin.  "Family Models in Contemporary Urban China."  Sociological Studies (Shehuixue Yanjiu), Beijing, 3:54-67.

1986 Lin, Nan, and Mary Dumin.  "Access to Occupations Through Social Ties."  Social Networks, 8 (1986):365-385.

1985 Lin, Nan, and Ling Wang.  "Social Support, Life Events and Depression: Models and Evidence."  Proceedings for Social Support and Health:  New Directions for Theory Development and Research, April 1985, University of Rochester Continuing Professional Education.

1985 Lin, Nan, Mary Woelfel, and Stephen C. Light.  "The Buffering Effect of Social Support Subsequent to an Important Life Event."  Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 26:247-263.

1984 Lin, Nan, and Walter M. Ensel.  "Depression-Mobility and Its Social Etiology:  The Role of Life Events and Social Support."  Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 25:176-188.

1984 Lin, Nan, and Alfred Dean.  "Social Support and Depression: A Panel Study."  Social Psychiatry 19:83-91.

1983 Lin, Nan, and Alfred Dean.  "Social Support in the Etiology of Depression: A Panel Study." Proceedings of the World Congress of Psychiatry, December 1983, NY: Plenum.

1983 Lin, Nan.  "Social Resources and Social Actions: A Progress Report."  Connections, 6(2):10-16.

1983 Hingson, Ralph W., Norman Scotch, Thomas Mangione, Allan Meyers, Leonard Glantz, Timothy Heeren, Nan Lin, Marc Mucatel, and Glenn Pierce.  "Impact of Legislation Raising the Legal Drinking Age in Massachusetts from 18 to 20."  American Journal of Public Health, 73 (2):163-170.

1981 Lin, Nan, Walter M. Ensel, and John C. Vaughn.  "Social Resources and Strength of Ties:  Structural Factors in Occupational Status Attainment."  American Sociological Review, 46(4):393-405.

1981 Lin, Nan, John C. Vaughn, and Walter M. Ensel.  "Social Resources and Occupational Status Attainment."  Social Forces, 59(4):1163-1181.

1981 Lin, Nan, and Walter M. Ensel.  "Causal Interpretation of Interaction Effect (Reply to Boyce)." Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 22(2):195- 196.

1981 Lin, Nan, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel.  "Social Support Scales: A Methodological Note." Schizophrenia Bulletin, 7(1):73-89.

1979 Lin, Nan, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel.  "Development of Social Support Scales."  In NCHSR Research Proceedings Series, Seymour Sudman (ed.), Health Survey Research Methods, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

1979 Kuo, Wen H., and Nan Lin.  "Locus of Control and Symptoms of Psychological Distress Among Chinese-Americans."  International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 25(3):176-187. 

1979 Lin, Nan, Ronald Simeone, Walter Ensel, and Wen Kuo.  "Social Support, Stressful Life Events, and Illness: A Model and an Empirical Test."  Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 20(2):108-119.

1978 Lin, Nan, Paul Dayton, and Peter Greenwald.  "Analyzing the Instrumental Uses of Relations in the Context of Social Structure."  Sociological Methods and Research, 7(2):149-166.

1977 Kuo, Wen H., and Nan Lin.  "Assimilation of Chinese-Americans in Washington, D.C."  Sociological Quarterly, 18:340-352.

1977 Dean, Alfred, and Nan Lin.  "The Stress-Buffering Role of Social Support."  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 165(6):403-417.

1977 Hingson, Ralph, Nan Lin, and R. A. Hingson.  "Achieving Higher Immunization Receptivity." Public Health Reviews VI-1 and 2:93-117.

1977 Lin, Nan, and Daniel Yauger.  "Reply to Hansen and Haller."  American Journal of Sociology, 82(4):857-862.

1975 Lin, Nan, and Daniel Yauger.  "The Process of Occupational Status Achievement:  A Preliminary Cross-national Comparison."  American Journal of Sociology, 81(3):543-562.

1975 Lin, Nan, and Ronald S. Burt.  "Differential Effects of Information Channels in the Process of Innovation Diffusion."  Social Forces, 54:256- 274.

1975 Lin, Nan.  "The McIntire March:  A Study of Recruitment and Commitment."  Public Opinion Quarterly, Winter 1974-1975, 38(4):562-573.  Reprinted:  In Louis E. Genevie (ed.), Collective Behavior and Social Movements, Itasca, IL: Peacock Publishers, 1978.

1974 Lin, Nan.  "Stratification of the Formal Communication System in American Sociology."  The American Sociologist, 9:199-206.

1974 Lin, Nan, and Ralph Hingson.  "Diffusion of Family Planning Innovations: Theoretical and Practical Issues."  Studies in Family Planning, 5(6):189- 195.  Reprinted and Abstracted in:  The Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature, 1976, Vol. 4. Health Education Monographs, Winter 1974, Vol. 2(4).

1973 Hingson, Ralph, and Nan Lin.  "Communication Participation and Individual Receptivity to Health Innovations."  International Journal of Health Education, 16(1):5-14.  Abstracted in:  Health Education Monographs, Summer 1974, 2(2).

1972 Garvey, William D., Nan Lin, and Kazuo Tomita.  "Research Studies in Patterns of Scientific Communication: III.  Information-exchange processes associated with the production of journal articles."  Information Storage and Retrieval, 8(5):207-221.

1972 Garvey, William D. Nan Lin, Carnot E. Nelson, and Kazuo Tomita.  "Research Studies in Patterns of Scientific Communication: II.  The role of the national meeting in scientific and technical communication."  Information Storage and Retrieval, 8(4):159-169.

1972  Garvey, William D., Nan Lin, Carnot E. Nelson, and Kazuo Tomita.  "Research Studies in Patterns of Scientific Communication: I.  General description of research program."  Information Storage and Retrieval, 8(3):111-122.

1972 Lin, Nan.  "A Comparison Between the Scientific Communication Model and the Mass Communication Model."  Professional Communication, 15(2):34-39.

1971 Lin, Nan, Ralph Hingson, and Juan Allwood-Paredes.  "Mass Immunization Campaign in El Salvador, 1969."  HSMHA Health Reports, 86:1112-1121.  Reprinted in: Ekistics: Reviews of the Problems and Science of Human Settlements September 1972, 34(202).

1971 Garvey, William D., Nan Lin, and Carnot E. Nelson.  "A Comparison of Scientific Communication Behavior of Social and Physical Scientists."  International Social Science, 23(2):256-272.

1971 Zaltman, Gerald, and Nan Lin.  "On the Nature of Innovations."  The American Behavioral Scientist, 14(5):651-673.

1971 Lin, Nan.  "Information Flow, Influence Flow and the Decision-Making Process." Journalism Quarterly, 48:33-40.

1970 Garvey, W.D., C.E. Nelson, and N. Lin.  "A Preliminary Description of Scientific Information Exchange in Educational Research."  In R.A. Dershimer (ed.), The Educational Research Community:  Its Communication and Social Structure, Washington D.C.: American Educational Research, 98-140.

1970 Garvey, William D., Nan Lin, and Carnot E. Nelson.  "Communication in the Physical and the Social Sciences."  Science, 170:1166-1173.

1970 Nelson, Carnot E., William D. Garvey, and Nan Lin.  "Scientific Information Exchange Surrounding the 1968 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association."  American Educational Research Journal, March 1970, 169-188.

1970 Lin, Nan, William D. Garvey, and Carnot E. Nelson.  "Publication Fate of Material Presented at an Annual ASA Meeting:  Two Years After the Meeting."  The American Sociologist, 5:22-25.

1969 Hanneman, Gerhard J., Tom W. Carroll, Everette M. Rogers, J. David Stanfield, and Nan Lin.  "Computer Simulation of Innovation Diffusion in a Peasant Village."  American Behavioral Scientist, 12(6):36-45.