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. Kraig Beyerlein

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Interests: religion, social movements, civic engagement, U.S.-Mexico border

817 Flanner Hall

574-631-8517

kbeyerl1@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. 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. Edwin Hernández
Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Latino Religion and Research Director for the DeVos Family Foundations

Interests: Latino religious experience, theological education, congregational studies, evaluation, education initiatives

206 McKenna Hall
616.643.4737
Edwin.I.Hernandez.77@nd.edu

Dr. Mary Ellen Konieczny
Assistant Professor of Sociology

Interests: religion, family life, American democracy

815 Flanner Hall
574-631-2781
mkoniecz@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. David Sikkink
Associate Professor of Sociology

Interests: religion, education, civic engagement

814 Flanner Hall
574-631-2736

dsikkink@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. 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. 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. Ines Jindra
Visiting Scholar

Interests: religious conversion, comparative religion, spiritual development and transformation, gender and religion, qualitative research methods, biographical trajectories

936 Flanner Hall
574-631-5953
Ines.W.Jindra.3@nd.edu

Dr. Michael Jindra
Visiting Scholar

Interests: religion and popular culture, cultural diversity,inequality, religious and cultural change in Africa

936 Flanner Hall
574-631-5953
jindra.4@nd.edu

Dr. Grace Davie
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

Dr. Keith Meador
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center

Interests: religion, spirituality, theology and health; aging; clergy health; caring communities; and mental illness

Amory Box 3825 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
919-660-3488
keith.meador@duke.edu

Dr. Stephen Warner
Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Illinois, Chicago

Interests: religion in the U.S., congregational studies, immigration, race, intergenerational transmission

1007 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60607
312-996-0593
rswarner@uic.edu

Patricia Snell
Assistant Director

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

Robert Brenneman
Postdoctoral Fellow

Interests: religion, Central America, globalization, violence, and masculinity

835 Flanner Hall
574-631-1739
rbrennem@nd.edu