From 1972 to 1995, Cook was a professor of sociology at the
University of Washington (UW) in
Seattle, Washington. She was promoted from acting assistant professor to become a full professor in 1985, There she collaborated with
Richard Marc Emerson and developed the first computer-based laboratory for the study of
social exchange. From 1995 to 1998 Cook was the James B. Duke Professor of Sociology and director of the Laboratory for Social Research at
Duke University. She also served as senior associate dean for the social sciences from 2001 to 2005, and as chair of the sociology department from 2005 to 2010. the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007), and the
National Academy of Sciences (2007). She was elected to the
American Philosophical Society in 2018. Cook is a past president of the
Pacific Sociological Association (1990–1991) and a former vice president of the
International Institute of Sociology (1992–1993) and the
American Sociological Association (1994–1995). She has edited or co-edited a number of books in the Russell Sage Foundation Trust Series including
Trust in Society (2001),
Trust and Distrust in Organizations: Emerging Perspectives (2004),
eTrust: Forming Relations in the Online World (2009), and
Whom Can Your Trust? (2009). She is a co-author of
Cooperation without Trust? (2005). Cook is a
co-editor of the
Annual Review of Sociology. She is also a co-chair of the
Annual Reviews Board of Directors. Cook received the Cooley-Mead Award for Distinguished Scholarship from the
American Sociological Association in 2004. ==References==