Karen Schweers Cook (born July 25, 1946, in Austin, Texas) is an American sociologist[1] and the Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology at Stanford University.
[7] There she collaborated with Richard Marc Emerson and developed the first computer-based laboratory for the study of social exchange.
[7] Cook joined the faculty of Stanford University in 1998 as the Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology.
[2] Cook was the founding director of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS),[2] which was formed at Stanford in 2004.
[6] In 2010 Cook was appointed as the vice provost for faculty development and diversity (VPFDD) at Stanford, serving in the role until September 30, 2019.