ISABELLA KASSELSTRAND

Associate Professor of Sociology California State University, Bakersfield - Antelope Valley 43909 30th St W, Lancaster, CA 93536 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION

2014 Ph.D., Sociology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

2009 M.A., Sociology, California State University, Bakersfield

2008 B.S., (summa cum laude) Economics, California State University, Bakersfield

2006 Commercial Law and Economics (with a concentration in French), Linköping University, Sweden

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

California State University, Bakersfield Associate Professor of Sociology (with tenure) 2019-present Assistant Professor of Sociology 2016-2019 Lecturer in Sociology 2010, 2013-2014

Colorado Mesa University Assistant Professor of Sociology 2014-2016

University of Edinburgh Research Assistant and Part-Time Lecturer 2012-2013 Lab and Seminar Tutor 2010-2012

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

(Forthcoming) Kasselstrand, Isabella and Setareh Mahmoudi. “Secularization among Immigrants in Scandinavia: Religiosity across Generations and Duration of Residence.” Accepted for publication in Social Compass.

(Forthcoming) Dell’Amico, Carol and Isabella Kasselstrand. “Per Petterson’s Out Stealing Horses: On World Literature and the Logic of the Beneficiary.” Accepted for publication in The CEA Critic. 2019. Kasselstrand, Isabella. “Secularity and Irreligion in Cross-National Context: A Nonlinear Approach.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 58(3):626-642.

2018. Kasselstrand, Isabella. “‘We Still Wanted That Sense of Occasion:’ Traditions and Meaning-Making in Scottish Humanist Marriage Ceremonies.” Scottish Affairs, 27(3):273-293.

2018. Kasselstrand, Isabella, Phil Zuckerman, Robert Little, and Donald Westbrook. 2018. “Nonfirmands: Danish Youth Who Choose Not to Have a Lutheran Confirmation.” Journal of Contemporary Religion, 33(1):87-105.

2017. Sanchez, Shanell and Isabella Kasselstrand. “Provide All Women a Voice: A Qualitative Study of First-Generation Mexican Immigrant Women's Experiences with Midwives in the United States.” Women’s Reproductive Health, 4(3):169-184.

2017. Kasselstrand, Isabella, Tiana Couse, and Shanell Sanchez. 2017. “Institutional Confidence in the United States: Attitudes of Secular Americans.” Secularism and Nonreligion, 6(6):1-11.

2015. Kasselstrand, Isabella. “Nonbelievers in the Church: A Study of Cultural Religion in Sweden.” Sociology of Religion, 76(3):275-294.

2013. Kasselstrand, Isabella and Mor Kandlik Eltanani. “Church Affiliation and Trust in the State: Survey Data Evidence from Four Nordic Countries.” Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, 26(2):103-119.

2013. Grammy, Abbas and Isabella Kasselstrand. 2013. “Factors Hindering Religious Freedom: International Evidence.” International Journal of Business and Social Science, 4(13):44-49.

Book Chapters

2019. Kasselstrand, Isabella. “Statistical Approaches.” In Handbook of Leaving Religion, edited by Daniel Enstedt, Göran Larsson, and Teemu Mantsinen. 278-291. Brill Publications. ISBN: 978-90-04-33147-1.

2017. Kandlik Eltanani, Mor and Isabella Kasselstrand. “Academic Friendships: How Working with Fellow Students Can Improve Your Postgraduate Experience.” In Postgraduate Study in the United Kingdom: Surviving and Succeeding, edited by Chris McMaster, Caterina Murphy, Sue Cronshaw, and Natasha Codiroli-McMaster. Libri Publishing. ISBN: 978-1911450030.

2016. Kasselstrand, Isabella. “Lived Secularity: Atheism, Indifference, and the Social Significance of Religion.” In Beyond Religion, edited by Phil Zuckerman. 37-52. MacMillan Publications. ISBN: 978-0028663548.

Book Reviews

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(Forthcoming). Kasselstrand, Isabella. “The Varieties of Nonreligious Experience,” by Jerome Baggett. Sociology of Religion.

2018. Kasselstrand, Isabella. “Religious Indifference: New Perspectives from Studies on Secularization and Nonreligion,” by Johannes Quack and Cora Schuh, eds. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 33(1): 139-140.

2016. Kasselstrand, Isabella. “New Religiosity in Contemporary Sweden: The Dalarna Study in National and International Context,” by Liselotte Frisk and Peter Åkerbäck. Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, 28(1): 73-75.

2012. Kasselstrand, Isabella. “Secularization and Its Discontents,” by Rob Warner. Secularism and Nonreligion, 1:iii-iv.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Courses Taught as Instructor

California State University, Bakersfield SOC 1008: Introduction to Sociology Spring 10, Summer 17, Spring 18, Fall 20 SOC 2208: Statistics for Sociology Fall 16 SOC 3000: Research Methods Spring 14, Fall 18, Fall 19 SOC 3050/RS 3350: Sociology of Religion Winter 14, Spring 17, Fall 18, Fall 19 SOC 3100: Classical Sociological Theory Fall 13, Fall 16, Fall 17, Fall 18, Fall 19, Fall 20 SOC 3300: Social & Cultural Geography Fall 13, Winter 14, Spring 14, Summer 18, Summer 19, Summer 20 SOC 3340: Diversity in US Education Fall 13, Winter 14 SOC 4050: Secularity & Nonreligion Spring 19 SOC 4200: Quantitative Analysis Winter 10, Fall 16, Spring 17, Fall 17, Spring 18, Fall 18, Spring 19, Summer 19, Fall 19, Spring 20, Summer 20 SOC 4700: Sociology of Secularity Fall 17 SOC 4900: Directed Research in Sociology Fall 20 SOC 4940/5940: Directed Teaching in Sociology Spring 10, Fall 13, Spring 14, Spring 17 Fall 17, Spring 18, Fall 18, Spring 19, Spring 20, Fall 20 SOC 4988: Senior Seminar in Sociology Spring 19, Spring 20

Colorado Mesa University SOCO 202: Sociological Inquiry Spring 15, Fall 15 SOCO 260: General Sociology Spring 15, Summer 15, Spring 16 SOCO 264: Social Problems Fall 14, Fall 15, Summer 16 SOCO 303: Research Methods (Quantitative) Spring 15, Spring 16 SOCO 310: Sociology of Religion Fall 15

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Courses Taught as Lab and Seminar Tutor

University of Edinburgh SCIL 07001: Statistical Literacy (lectures and tutor) Fall 12 SCIL 08004: The Sociological Imagination Fall 10, Fall 11 SCIL 11009: Core Quantitative Analysis (graduate) Fall 10, Fall 11, Fall 12 Secondary Data Analysis (graduate) Summer 12 Intermediate Quantitative Analysis (graduate) Summer 12

Supervision of Student Research

California State University Bakersfield Thesis committee member for three master’s students in Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies and faculty advisor for two independent research students in Sociology

Colorado Mesa University Faculty advisor for three independent research students in Sociology and Criminal Justice

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2019. “Secularization & Gender: The Effects of Women’s Employment on Religious Disaffiliation.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. St Louis, MO.

2019. “Becoming Secular in the United States: Revisiting the Effects of Women’s Employment.” International Society for the Sociology of Religion. Barcelona, Spain.

2018. “‘Spiritual but Not Religious?’ A Mixed-Methods Study of Trends and Conceptions of Spirituality in Northern Europe.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Las Vegas, NV.

2018. “Secularization in the United States: The Effects of Women’s Employment.” Pacific Sociological Association. Long Beach, CA.

2017. “Generational Trends of Religiosity, Church Attendance, and Religious Belonging among Immigrants in Scandinavia.” International Society for the Sociology of Religion. Lausanne, Switzerland.

2017. “Nonfirmands: Danish Youth Who Choose Not to Have a Lutheran Confirmation” (with Phil Zuckerman). Pacific Sociological Association. Portland, OR.

2017. “Religious Salience among Children of Immigrants in Secular Scandinavia” (with Setareh Mahmoudi). Pacific Sociological Association. Portland, OR.

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2016. “Understanding Advanced Secularity: Non-Belief, Atheism, and Church Confidence in Cross-National Context.” Pacific Sociological Association. Oakland, CA.

2015, “Church Attendance and Generational Shifts: Patterns and Experiences in Scotland and Sweden” (with Mor Kandlik Eltanani). International Society for the Sociology of Religion. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

2014. “Belonging without Believing: Secular Functions of Churches in Northern Europe.” Non- Religion and Secularity Research Network. Claremont, CA.

2014. “Spirituality as a Secular Matter: Meanings and Trends from Northern Europe.” Pacific Sociological Association. Portland, OR.

2012. “‘I’m Protestant, but I Don’t Believe in God’: The Church as Cultural Identity in Sweden." Pacific Sociological Association. San Diego, CA.

2012. “The Fluidity of Meanings and the Study of Religion: Integrating Social Constructionist Ideas in Quantitative Research.” Pacific Sociological Association. San Diego, CA.

2009. “Becoming an Atheist: The Process of Reconstructing a Religious Identity in Sweden.” California Sociological Association Conference. Berkeley, CA.

INVITED TALKS AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS

2019. “Early Secularization in Sweden: 19th Century Social Changes and the Decline in Religious Participation.” History Department Research Group at California State University, Bakersfield.

2019. “Secularization and Gender” (with Brooke Whitehead). Sociology Seminar Series at California State University, Bakersfield.

2017. “Balancing Research and Teaching.” Faculty Teaching and Learning Center at California State University, Bakersfield.

2017. “Lived Secularity: The Paradox of Advanced Secularity.” Bakersfield Skeptics Society. Bakersfield, CA.

2017. “Institutional Confidence in the United States: Attitudes of Secular Americans.” Poster Presentation at CSU Bakersfield Research Excellence Day.

2016. “Religion in the United States” Guest lecture in Religious Behavioral Science: Why is there Religion in Present-Day Sweden? at Lund University, Sweden.

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2014. “Atheism and Religious Indifference.” Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers. Grand Junction, CO.

2014. “Secularity in Northern Europe.” Humanists Doing Good. Grand Junction, CO.

2014. “Cultural Religion in Sweden.” Bakersfield Skeptics Society. Bakersfield, CA.

2013. “Non-Attendance and Generational Shifts: Diverse Patterns of Secularization in Scotland and Sweden.” New Directions at the University of Edinburgh.

2012. “Secularization in Protestant Europe.” New Directions at the University of Edinburgh.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

2020. Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Competitive funding awarded for teaching release time for research from the Research Council at California State University, Bakersfield.

2019. Interfaith Youth Core Innovation Grant “Can We Talk? Welcoming Religious Diversity; Building Pluralism on Campus.” Institute for Religion, Education, and Public Policy.

2015. Research Travel Grant Competitive grant awarded for research travel expenses at Colorado Mesa University.

2014. Research Travel Grant Competitive grant awarded for research travel expenses at Colorado Mesa University.

2014. Quarter to Semester Curriculum Transformation Course and curriculum transformations for the Department of Sociology at California State University Bakersfield.

2012-2013. Research Assistant, Quantitative Curriculum Innovation Project ESRC funded project at the University of Edinburgh.

2012. Graduate School of Social and Political Science Conference Grant Grant awarded for research travel expenses at the University of Edinburgh.

2011-2013. School of Social and Political Science Graduate School Scholarship Competitive grant awarded for doctoral research expenses at the University of Edinburgh.

2009-2010. First 5 Kern Evaluation Team Research Associate on an evaluation grant for programs that provide services to children.

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Editorial Board Membership Sociology of Religion 2020-present

Reviewer for Journal Manuscripts, Textbooks, and Book Chapters Evaluation and Program Planning; Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion; Journal of Church and State; Nordic Academic Press; Norton; Religion and Popular Culture; Religion, Brain, and Behavior; Review of Religious Research; SAGE; SAGE Open; Scottish Affairs; Social Compass; Sociology of Religion

Conference Committee Membership Organizer of the Religion Sessions for the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association in Portland, Oregon in April 2017.

California State University, Bakersfield CSU Bakersfield Academic Senate (elected) 2018-2020 California Faculty Association Chapter Delegate At-Large (elected) 2017-present Institute for Religion, Education, and Public Policy Board Member 2016-present Phi Beta Delta Honor Society, Executive Board Member 2018-2019 California Faculty Association Chapter Membership Chair 2016-2017 Runner Ambassador Program Advisory Committee Member 2016-2019

Colorado Mesa University Distance Learning and Technology Committee Member 2015-2016 Quantitative Literacy Committee Member 2015 Search Committee Member (Sociology and English) 2014-2015 Sociology Club Faculty Advisor 2014-2016 Financial Literacy Committee Member 2014-2015 Social and Behavioral Sciences Scholarship Committee Member 2014-2016

University of Edinburgh Facilitator for End of First Stage Review Course 2012 Facilitator for Sociology Widening Participation Workshops 2010-2013

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

International Society for the Sociology of Religion Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network Pacific Sociological Association Religionssociologiska Föreningen i Sverige Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Sociology of Religion Study Group - British Sociological Association

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