Dr. John Skvoretz is Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at USF and Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus from the University of South Carolina. He is past-president of the International Network for Social Network Analysis. Trained as a mathematical sociologist, he has contributed to several areas in sociology: stratification and mobility, social network analysis, group processes, power in exchange networks and the structure of social action systems. His work is characterized by the innovative use of mathematics to formulate theory and analyze data. An invited member of the Sociological Research Association since 1994, he received the James S. Coleman Distinguished Career Award from the Mathematical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association in 2012. He joined USF in 2005 as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, moving from the University of South Carolina where he was interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts. He currently co-PI on grants funded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Office of Naval Research, and National Science Foundation.