William Sims Bainbridge

William Sims Bainbridge
Award ceremony for William Sims Bainbridge held by the CITASA section of ASA. 2008 in Boston.
Born	(1940-10-12) October 12, 1940 (age 83)
Nationality	American
Academic background
Alma mater	Harvard University (Ph.D)
Academic work
Discipline	Sociologist

William Sims Bainbridge (born October 12, 1940) is an American sociologist who currently resides in Virginia. He is co-director of Cyber-Human Systems at the National Science Foundation (NSF).^[1] He is the first Senior Fellow to be appointed by the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Bainbridge is most well known for his work on the sociology of religion. Beginning in the 2010s he has published work studying the sociology of video gaming.