Chase-Dunn mendapat gelar Ph.D. pada tahun 1975 dari Universitas Stanford[2] (di bawah bimbingan John W. Meyer) dan menjadi dosen di Universitas Johns Hopkins (1975–2000) dan Universitas California, Riverside (2000-sekarang). Ia merupakan anggota American Association for the Advancement of Science dan menjabat sebagai Presiden Komite Penelitian 02 (Ekonomi dan Masyarakat) International Sociological Association pada tahun 2002–06. Ia juga pernah menjadi Kepala Seksi Ekonomi Politik Internasional di International Studies Association tahun 1984–86, dan Kepala Seksi Ekonomi Politik Sistem Dunia di American Sociological Association tahun 1982. Ia mendirikan Institute for Research on World-Systems di Universitas California, Riverside. Ia juga merupakan redaktur pendiri Journal of World-Systems Research, jurnal resmi Seksi Ekonomi Politik Sistem Dunia di American Sociological Association.[butuh rujukan]
Chase-Dunn adalah penulis dan penyunting sejumlah buku, termasuk Global Formation: Structures of The World-Economy, sintesis teori dan pernyataan ulang pendekatan sistem dunia terhadap kajian perubahan sosial.[3]
Chase - Dunn Ch. K. (1975), 'The Effects of International Economic Dependence on Development and Inequality: a Cross - national Study' American Sociological Review, 40: 720 - 738.
Chase - Dunn Ch. K. (1983), 'The Kernel of the Capitalist World Economy: Three Approaches' in 'Contending Approaches to World System Analysis' (Thompson W.R. (Ed.)), pp. 55 – 78, Beverly Hills: Sage.
Chase - Dunn Ch. K. (1984), 'The World - System Since 1950: What Has Really Changed?' in 'Labor in the Capitalist World - Economy' (Bergquist Ch. (Ed.)), pp. 75 – 104, Beverly Hills: Sage.
Chase - Dunn Ch. K. (1991), 'Global Formation: Structures of the World Economy' London, Oxford and New York: Basil Blackwell.
Chase - Dunn Ch. K. (1992a), 'The National State as an Agent of Modernity' Problems of Communism, January - April: 29 - 37.
Chase - Dunn Ch. K. (1992b), 'The Changing Role of Cities in World Systems' in 'Waves, Formations and Values in the World System' (Bornschier V. and Lengyel P. (Eds.)), pp. 51 – 87, New Brunswick and London: Transaction Publishers.
Chase - Dunn Ch. K. (Ed.), (1982), 'Socialist States in the World System' Beverly Hills and London: Sage.
Chase - Dunn Ch. K. and Babones S. B. (2006), ‘Global Social Change. Historical and Comparative Perspectives’ Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Chase - Dunn Ch. K. and Grimes P. (1995), ‘World - Systems Analysis’ Annual Review of Sociology, 21: 387 - 417.
Chase - Dunn Ch. K. and Hall Th. D. (1997), ‘Rise and Demise. Comparing World - Systems’ Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.
Chase - Dunn Ch. K. and Podobnik B. (1995), ‘The Next World War: World - System Cycles and Trends’ Journal of World Systems Research 1, 6 (unpaginated electronic journal at world - wide - web site of the World System Network: http://jwsr.ucr.edu/).
Chase-Dunn, Ch. (2010) Globalization from Below: Toward a Democratic Global Commonwealth. Journal of Globalization Studies. Volume 1, Number 1 / May 2010. pp. 46–57 [1]