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Curriculum Vitae

Background

��Tom R. Leppard is a sociologist who studies social capital and social networks. His work focuses��on the confluence of relational and structural factors that drive people’s life outcomes,��highlighting inequalities in access to influential resources. Specifically, he has published on these��dynamics across settings such as the family, emerging adulthood, and cultural industries. This��research deploys an array of methodological approaches, including advanced statistical��regression techniques and computational methods such as network and text analysis. His work is��published in peer-reviewed journals across sociological subfields as well as generalist social��science—among them the British Journal of Sociology, Poetics, Journal of Marriage and��Family, Social Currents, and Emerging Adulthood.��Tom earned his PhD in sociology from North Carolina State University where he also served as a��postdoctoral scholar in the Data Science and AI Academy. His work has been awarded by the��North Carolina Sociological Association and received support from various funders, including��the National Science Foundation. ��In addition to his research, he is dedicated to open-science education and dynamic data��visualisation, authoring practical open-access coursebooks for social network analysis and��computational methods. ��More information about Tom’s research, teaching, and other activities is��available on his website �� ��

Selected Works

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS – ARTICLES

Leppard, Tom R., Andrew P. Davis. 2026. “The Ties that Rhyme: Duality in Symbolic and Structural Networks of Grime Music.” British Journal of Sociology.

Leppard, Tom R. 2026. “’Culture Vultures’ and ‘Pagans’: Culture, Networks, and Boundary Work of Grime Overtime.” Sociation, 25(2), 1-18.

Leppard, Tom R., Anna Manzoni. 2025. “Bonding Ties That Get Ahead: Family Social Capital and Early Occupational Attainment.” Journal of Youth Studies.

Leppard, Tom R., and Mikaela J. Dufur. 2025. “Family Ties and Young Adult Career Goals: Does Family Social Capital Stretch into Emerging Adulthood?” Emerging Adulthood, 13(5):1219-1227. ��

DeMarco, Laura M., Tom R. Leppard, and Sadé L. Lindsay. 2024. “Intersectional Bonds: Delinquency, Arrest, and Changing Family Social Capital during Adolescence.” Journal of Marriage and Family 87(2):505–526.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS – BOOK CHAPTERS

Dufur, Mikaela J., Tom R. Leppard, Brianna K. Moodie. 2024. “The Ties That Bond?: Social Capital in Families.” Pp 271 -86 in Handbooks on Inequality, Handbook on Inequality and Social Capital, edited by Steve McDonald, Rochelle Côté, and Jing Shen. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.

Leppard, Tom R., Mikaela J. Dufur. 2023. “Exploring Gendered Stereotypes: Sports Participation and Adolescent Closeness to Mothers.” Pp. 25–42 in Family and Sport. Vol. 19, Research in the Sociology of Sport, edited by S. M. Ortiz. Emerald Publishing Limited.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS – TEACHING PUBLICATIONS

Leppard, Tom R. 2025. “The Magic of Duality: Mapping Individuals and Groups Using Harry Potter Networks”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, August. Washington DC: American Sociological Association.

ONLINE TEACHING RESOURCES

Leppard, Tom R. “Social Network Analysis: A Guide Using Principles of the ADAPT Model.” 2025. Available at:

Leppard, Tom R. “Introduction to Data Visualisation.” 2025. Available at: