University of Southern California Fax: 213-740-3535

Bradly Nabors Department of Sociology Phone: 310-614-2228 University of Southern California Fax: 213-740-3535 Kaprielian Hall 352 Email: [email protected] Los Angeles, CA 90089-2539

Education

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Southern California, Sociology Qualifying Exams: Cultural Sociology, Religion in Public Life Dissertation: Prospectus in Progress, “The Making of American Atheism” Committee: Paul Lichterman (chair), Nina Eliasoph, Randall Lake

M.A., University of Southern California, Sociology 2009 Empirical Paper: The Changing Forms of Organized Nonbelief: The Case of the Pacific City Atheists Signators: Paul Lichterman, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo

M.A., Graduate Theological Union, Ethics and Social Theory 2004 Thesis: Identity Construction and Maintenance in the Christian Motorcyclists Association Committee: Jerome Baggett (chair), Naomi Seidman, Bruce Grelle

B.A., California State University, Chico, Religious Studies 2001

Areas of Interest

Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Sociological Theory

Publications

Forthcoming. “Book Note: The Ethics of Human Rights: Contested Doctrinal and Moral Issues, by Esther D. Reed.” Religious Studies Review.

2008. “Book Review: Awesome Families: The Promise of Healing Relationships in the International Churches of Christ, by Kathleen E. Jenkins.” Sociology of Religion 69:359-360.

Teaching Experience

Soci 370: Intro to Social Theory, Teaching Asst., University of Southern California Fall 2008, Spring 2010 Soci 351: Juvenile Delinquency, Teaching Asst., University of Southern California Spring 2010 Soci 475: Medical Sociology, Teaching Asst., University of Southern California Spring 2009 Soci 420: Sociology of Violence, Teaching Asst., University of Southern California Spring 2009 Rel 121: The World of the New Testament, Teaching Asst., University of Southern California Fall 2006 Phil 18: Eastern Religions, Instructor, Butte College, Chico, CA Spring 2005-Fall 2005 Soc C112: Sociology of Religion, Teaching Asst., University of California, Berkeley Summer 2002

Work in Progress

2010. “The Conditioning of Organized Irreligion: The Case of the Pacific City Atheists.”

2010. “In the City, but not of the City: Place, Myth Maintenance, and Experience at the Dream Center” with Richard Flory.

of 2 Conference Presentations

2009. “The Dream Center as an Expression of 'Godly Love': Preliminary Findings from a Qualitative Analysis.” With Richard Flory. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. San Francisco, CA.

2009. “Rethinking Secularism: How Organized Atheism Makes a Problem out of Religion.” Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. San Francisco, CA.

2008. “Constructing Atheist Identity.” Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association. Portland, OR.

Research Experience

2009 Research Assistant for Richard Flory, USC Center For Religion and Civic Culture Ethnographic research of Pentecostal ministries at Los Angeles Dream Center.

2008 Research Assistant for Paul Lichterman, University of Southern California Ethnographic research and literature search on homeless organizations.

2007 Research Assistant for Paul Lichterman, University of Southern California Literature search on homeless organizations, work on NSF grant application.

2003 Research Assistant for Jerome Baggett, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA Literature search on religion and community. Scheduled interviews of, and processed survey data on, Bay Area parishioners.

Awards and Fellowships

2001 Kurt Stai Memorial Scholarship, California State University, Chico 2001 Outstanding Religious Studies Student Award, California State University, Chico

Professional Memberships

American Sociological Association, 2006 to present Association for the Sociology of Religion, 2006 to present

References

Paul Lichterman, Associate Professor of Sociology and Religion, University of Southern California. Phone: (213) 740-3533. Email: [email protected].

Richard Flory, Senior Research Associate, USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture. Phone: (213) 740-8562. Email: [email protected].

Jerome Baggett, Professor of Religion and Society, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. Phone: (510) 549- 5060. Email: [email protected].