Terence Kilbourne Hopkins (1928 – January 3, 1997) was an American historical sociologist who collaborated with Immanuel Wallerstein, Giovanni Arrighi and others on world systems theory.
Among world systems scholars, he was "considered the specialist [...] on all methodological questions".
[1] Hopkins gained a PhD in sociology in Columbia University, where he taught from 1958 to 1968.
In 1970, he founded a graduate program in sociology at Binghamton University and taught there until retirement in 1995.
[1] On the occasion of his retirement, his students came from all over the world to hold a celebration conference; it was published as Mentoring, Methods, and Movements, highlighting his central contributions.