Dr. Edward Bell

Division of Sociology and Family Studies
Office: BR 213
Email: eabell@uwo.ca
Telephone: 519 4328353 ext 28236

Academic Background

B.A., University of Victoria
M.A., University of Alberta
Ph.D., McGill University

Research and Scholarly Interests

Political Sociology
Behaviour Genetic Study of Politics
Social Movements
Social Change

Teaching

Statistics for Sociology (Sociology 2205A/B)
Research Methods in Sociology (Sociology 2206A/B)
Investigating the Social World: Quantitative Research (Sociology 3306A/B)

My teaching philosopy: "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire" (William Butler Yeats, with apologies to Plutarch).

Representative Publications

Woodley, Michael A. and Edward Bell (2013). “Consanguinity as a Major Predictor of Levels of Democracy: A Study of 70 Nations.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 44(2): 263-280.
Bryman, Allan, Edward Bell and James J. Teevan (2012). Social Research Methods (Third Canadian Edition). Don Mills: Oxford University Press.
Bell, Edward, Michael A. Woodley, Julie Aitken Schermer and Philip A. Vernon (2012). “Politics and the General Factor of Personality.” Personality and Individual Differences 53: 456-551.
Woodley, Michael A. and Edward Bell (2011). "Is collective intelligence (mostly) the General Factor of Personality? A comment on Woolley, Chabris, Pentland, Hashmi and Malone." Intelligence 39: 79-81.
Bell, Edward, Julie Aitken Schermer and Philip A. Vernon (2009). “The Origins of Political Attitudes and Behaviours: An Analysis Using Twins.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 42 (4): 855-879.
Bell, Edward (2008). “Catholicism and Democracy: A Reconsideration.” Journal of Religion & Society 10: 1-22.
Bell, Edward, Harold Jansen and Lisa Young (2007). “Sustaining a Dynasty in Alberta: The 2004 Provincial Election.” Canadian Political Science Review 1 (2): 27-49.
Bell, Edward (2007). “Separatism and Quasi-Separatism in Alberta.” Prairie Forum 32(2): 335-55.
Bell, Edward (2004). “Ernest Manning.” In Bradford J. Rennie, ed., Alberta Premiers of the Twentieth Century, 147-82. Regina: University of Regina, Canadian Plains Research Center.
Bell, Edward (2002). "Prairie Politics: Why 'Right' in Alberta but 'Left' in Saskatchewan?" In Douglas Baer, ed., Political Sociology: An Introduction, 202-17. Toronto: Oxford University Press Canada.
Bell, Edward (2001). “Social Change.” In James J. Teevan and W.E. Hewitt, eds., Introduction to Sociology: A Canadian Focus (Seventh Edition), 430-55. Toronto: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Bell, Edward (1993). Social Classes and Social Credit in Alberta. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press.