People

Dr. Christian Smith

William R. Kenan Professor of Sociology

Interests: religion in modernity, adolescents,

evangelicalism, culture

816 Flanner Hall

574-631-4531

chris.smith@nd.edu

Dr. David Sikkink
Associate Professor of Sociology

Interests: religion, education, civic engagement

814 Flanner Hall
574-631-2736

dsikkink@nd.edu

Dr. Mary Ellen Konieczny
Assistant Professor of Sociology

Interests: religion, family life, American democrac

815 Flanner Hall
574-631-2781
mkoniecz@nd.edu

Dr. Jessica Collett
Assistant Professor of Sociology

Interests: religion, social psychology (group processes, identity, interaction), methods and measurement

736 Flanner Hall
574-631-5076
jlcollett@nd.edu

Dr. Michael Welch
Professor of Sociology

Interests: religion, social trust, social capital, crime

745 Flanner Hall
574-631-5081
michael.r.welch.1@nd.edu

Dr. Kevin Christiano
Associate Professor of Sociology

Interests: American and Canadian religion, comparative-historical, culture, Canadian politics

443 Decio Hall
574-631-7371
kevin.j.christiano.1@nd.edu

Dr. Andrew Weigert
Professor of Sociology

Interests: religion, social psychology, theory, environment, modern identity

442 Decio Hall
574-631-7408
andrew.j.weigert.1@nd.edu

Dr. Atalia Omer
Assistant Professor of Religion, Conflict, and Peace Studies

Interests: religion, nationalism, citizenship, peacebuilding, justice, multiculturalism, ethnoreligious national conflicts

303 Hesburgh Center
574-631-7121
aomer1@nd.edu

Dr. Jason A. Springs
Assistant Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Peace Studies

Interests: religious pluralism, secularization in Europe & N. America, multiculturalism, postliberal theology, human rights & restorative justice, contemporary pragmatism

305 Hesburgh Center
574-631-0931
jspring1@nd.edu

Dr. Sharon Erickson Nepstad
Professor of Sociology, University of New Mexico

Interests: social movements, religion, nonviolence, comparative sociology, peace studies

310A Hesburgh Center
574-631-4571
Sharon.E.Nepstad.1@nd.edu

Dr. Grace Dave
Professor of Sociology, University of Exeter, UK

Interests: religion in Britain/Europe; religion in the modern world; establishing an agenda for the sociology of religion

Amory Building, Exeter EX4 4RJ
+44 1392 263302
G.R.C.Davie@exeter.ac.uk

Patricia Snell
Programs & Research Specialist

Interests: religion, inequality, community & urban, youth

811 Flanner Hall
574-631-2695
psnell@nd.edu

Katie Spencer
Research Assistant

812 Flanner Hall
574-631-9786
Katherine.D.Spencer.33@nd.edu

Rae Hoffman
Senior Staff Assistant

812 Flanner Hall
574-631-9786
rhoffma4@nd.edu

Jonathan Hill
Postdoctoral Fellow

Interests: religion and higher education, life course, quantitative methods

817 Flanner Hall
574-631-8517
Jonathan.Hill.76@nd.edu