Meet the Professor
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Ashland University
Major: Religion
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Ashland University
Major: Marketing; Minor: Radio/TV
Associate of Arts, Lorain County Community College
Major: General Studies
Emphases: Business; Language and Humanities; Social Science/ Public Service
Ph.D., Drew University
Major: Sociology of Religion
Dissertation Topic: Religious Identity: A Micro-Level Sociological Study of Faith, Religion, and Spirituality in the Lives of Women in a Domestic Violence Shelter
Master of Philosophy, Drew University
Major: Sociology of Religion
Master of Arts, Ashland Theological Seminary
Major: Biblical Studies
Emphasis: Jewish-Christian Relations
Publications
Books
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(Forthcoming) Sociology: Conversations with the World. E-book, co-authored with David A. Rausch.
Chapters and Articles
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“The Domestic Violence Shelter and Alternation: The Importance of Socialization on the Victim-Survivor’s Religion.” In Lived Religion, Conversion and Recovery: Negotiating of Self, the Social, and the Sacred, edited by Srdjan Sremac and Ines W. Jindra. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Teaching Materials
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“Prison Educational Programs Activity.” TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington DC: American Sociological Association, July 2023. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/prison-educational-programs-activity
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Book Reviews
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Review of A Sociology of Mormon Kinship: The Place of the Family Within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by Kristeen Lee Black. Reading Religion 2, no. 3 (2017). http://readingreligion.org/books/sociology-mormon-kinship
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Review of Alternative Sociologies of Religion: Through Non-Western Eyes by James V. Spickard. Reading Religion 2, no. 11 (2017). http://readingreligion.org/books/alternative-sociologies-religion
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Review of Sociology of Religion: A Critical Primer by Walter A. Jensen. Reading Religion 2, no. 13 (2017). http://readingreligion.org/books/sociology-religion
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Review of Inventing American Religion: Polls, Surveys, and the Tenuous Quest for a Nation’s Faith by Robert Wuthnow. Reading Religion 2, no. 19 (2017). http://readingreligion.org/books/inventing-american-religion
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Review of Religion, Gender, and Family Violence: When Prayers Aren’t Enough by Catherine Holtmann and Nancy Nason-Clark. Reading Religion 3, no. 18 (2018). http://readingreligion.org/books/religion-gender-and-family-violence
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Review of Always with Us? What Jesus Really Said About the Poor by Liz Theoharis. Reading Religion 4, no. 1 (2019). http://readingreligion.org/books/always-us
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Review of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores by Dominique DuBois Gilliard. Reading Religion 4, no. 14 (2019). http://readingreligion.org/books/rethinking-incarceration
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Review of Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States by Andrew L. Whitehead and Samuel L. Perry. Reading Religion 6, no. 2 (2021). https://readingreligion.org/books/taking-america-back-god
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Review of The Bible Told Them So: How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy by J. Russell Hawkins. Reading Religion 8, no. 2 (2023). https://readingreligion.org/9780197571064/
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Review of White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones. Reading Religion 8, no. 6 (2023). https://readingreligion.org/9781982122867/