His research and teaching focus on mathematical and computational modeling of complex networks as applied to problems in social network theory, contagion, computation, and the theory of the organization. Dr. Watts is the author of Small Worlds: The Dynamics of Networks Between Order and Randomness; Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age; and more than 20 peer-reviewed articles, including “The ‘new’ science of networks.” He received a B.S. in physics from the University of New South Wales, Australia, and a Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics from Cornell University. Dr. Watts has expertise in sociological networks.