Denis Trapido

Profile | Curriculum Vitae

Education

2008 Ph.D. in Sociology, Stanford University
2003 M.A. in Sociology, Stanford University
2002 M.A. in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Tartu
2001 B.A. in Sociology (minors in Economics and Political Science), University of Tartu

Areas of Expertise

Organization Theory, Social Networks, Economic Sociology, Creativity and Innovation, Social Inequality in Markets

Positions Held

2023 to present – Associate Professor, School of Business, UW Bothell
2015-2023 – Assistant Professor, School of Business, UW Bothell
2008-2015 – Assistant Professor of Organization and Management at the Paul Merage School of Business and Assistant Professor (by courtesy) of Sociology, UC Irvine

Selected Publications

Trapido, Denis and Sharon Koppman. 2023. “Creativity as Privilege.” Research in Organizational Behavior, 43.

Trapido, Denis. 2022. “The Female Penalty for Novelty and the Offsetting Effect of Alternate Status Characteristics.” Social Forces 100(4): 1592-1618.

Pechmann, Cornelia, Kelly E. Yoon, Denis Trapido, and Judith J. Prochaska. 2021. “Perceived Costs versus Actual Benefits of Demographic Self-Disclosure in Online Support Groups.” Journal of Consumer Psychology 31(3):450-477.

Trapido, Denis, Francesca Pallotti, and Alessandro Lomi. 2020. “Client’s outcomes from providers’ networks: the role of relational exclusivity and complementary capabilities.” Connections 40(1):31-46.

Trapido, Denis. 2015. “How Novelty in Knowledge Earns Recognition: The Role of Consistent Identities.” Research Policy 44(8):1488-1500.

Trapido, Denis. 2013. “Counterbalances to Economic Homophily: Microlevel Mechanisms in a Historical Setting.” American Journal of Sociology 119(2):444-485.

Trapido, Denis. 2013. “Dual Signals: How Competition Makes or Breaks Interfirm Social Ties.” Organization Science 24(2):498-512.

Trapido, Denis. 2012. “Performance Implications of Syndication Networks.” Pp. 401-420 in The Oxford Handbook of Venture Capital, edited by D. Cumming. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Trapido, Denis and Henning Hillmann. 2010. “Relational Counterbalances to Economic Endogamy: A Theory and a Historical Example.” Academy of Management Proceedings.

Trapido, Denis. 2007. “Competitive Embeddedness and the Emergence of Interfirm Cooperation.” Social Forces 86(1):165-191.

Trapido, Denis. 2007. “Gendered Transition: Post-Soviet Trends in Gender Wage Inequality among Young Full-Time Workers.” European Sociological Review 23(2):223-237.

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate

Managing Organizational Behavior
Management of Organizations
Managing Innovation

Masters

Management of Innovative Organizations
Organizational Analysis for Management
Managing Organizational Effectiveness

Ph.D.

Organization Theory