ELAINE HOWARD ECKLUND Rice University Sociology Department, MS-28 P.O. Box 1892 Houston, TX 77251-1892 Phone: 713-348-6761 Email: [email protected] August 1, 2019
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
2013-Present Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences, Rice University.
2013-Present Professor, Department of Sociology, Rice University.
2011-2013 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Rice University.
2008-2011 Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Rice University.
2006-2008 Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, University at Buffalo, SUNY.
2004-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology Department, Rice University.
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP
2018-2019 President, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
2010-Present Founding Director, Religion and Public Life Program, Rice University.
2017-Present Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, Rice University.
2013-2015 Director, Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, Rice University.
2011-2014 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, Rice University.
2008-2009 Associate Director, Center on Race, Religion, and Urban Life, Rice University.
AFFILIATE ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND HONORS
2018 Gifford Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
2018-Present Faculty Affiliate, Chao Center for Asian Studies, Rice University.
2014-Present Faculty Affiliate, Department of Religion, Rice University.
2010-Present Rice Scholar, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.
EDUCATION
2001-2004 Ph.D., Sociology, Cornell University, August, 2004.
2001-2002 Visiting Graduate Student Fellow, Princeton University.
1998-2001 MA, Sociology, Cornell University, January, 2001.
1991-1995 BS, Human Development, Cornell University, May, 1995.
MAJOR GRANTS
2018-2020 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI (Christopher P. Scheitle, Co-PI), “Religion-Related Bias Victimization: Addressing a Blind-Spot,” National Science Foundation ($249,998, Grant #1753972).
2017-2021 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI (Denise Daniels, Co-PI), “Faith at Work: An Empirical Assessment,” Lilly Endowment, Inc. ($1,500,000, Grant #2017 0021).
2017-2020 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI, “Reaching Evangelical American Leaders to Change Hearts and Minds (REAL CHANGE),” Templeton Religion Trust ($216,155, Grant #TRT0191).
2017-2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI (David R. Johnson, Co-PI), “Communicating Outlooks for a New Global Religion and Science Synergy: The Interpretive Challenge (CONGRESS I),” Templeton Religion Trust ($233,766, Grant #TRT0157).
2012-2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI, (Kirstin R.W. Matthews, Steven Lewis, Co-PIs), “Ethics among Physicists in Cross-National Context (EASIC),” National Science Foundation ($299,688, Grant #1237737).
2012-2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI, “Religious Understandings of Science (RUS),” John Templeton Foundation ($1,087,000, Grant #38817).
2012-2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI (Kirstin R.W. Matthews, Steven Lewis, Co-PIs), “Religion among Scientists in International Context (RASIC) – A Supplement Request for Including Scientists in India,” Templeton World Charity Foundation ($366,714).
2012-2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI, (Kirstin R.W. Matthews, Steven Lewis, Co-PIs), “Religion among Scientists in International Context (RASIC),” Templeton World Charity Foundation ($2,057,000, Grant #TWCF0033/AB14).
2009 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI (Anne E. Lincoln, Southern Methodist University, Co-PI), “Perceptions of Women in Academic Science,” National Science Foundation ($55,154, Grant #GSE0920837), additional competitive grant in support of existing research.
2007-2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI (Anne E. Lincoln, Southern Methodist University, Co-PI), “Perceptions of Women in Academic Science,” National Science Foundation ($299,334, Grant #GSE0920837).
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2007-2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI, (Michael O. Emerson, Rice University, Co-PI) “Religion and the Changing Face of American Civic Life,” Russell Sage Foundation ($190,149, Grant #88-07-10).
2006 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI, “Religion among Academic Scientists,” The John Templeton Foundation ($10,000), additional merit-based grant made in support of existing research.
2005-2009 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI, “Religion and Spirituality among Natural and Social Scientists at Elite Research Universities,” The John Templeton Foundation ($283,549).
BOOKS
2019 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, David R. Johnson, Brandon Vaidyanathan, Kirstin R. W. Matthews, Steven W. Lewis, Robert A. Thomson Jr., and Di Di, Secularity and Science: What Scientists Around the World Really Think About Religion, Oxford University Press.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Christopher Scheitle, Religion Vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think, Oxford University Press (Reviews in Publishers Weekly, Patheos, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Theos Think Tank, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, Sociology of Religion).
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Anne E. Lincoln, Failing Families, Failing Science: Work- Family Conflict in Academic Science. New York: New York University Press (Reviews in Times Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, PsycCRITIQUES, Social Forces, Sociologie du Travail, Sex Roles, American Journal of Sociology).
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Science Vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press (Reviews in Publisher’s Weekly, Discover Magazine, Chronicle of Higher Education, The Washington Post, Books and Culture, Times Higher Education, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Review of Religious Research, Beliefnet, New York Journal of Books, Library Journal, Christianity Today, Social Forces, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith).
2006 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Korean American Evangelicals: New Models for Civic Life. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press (Reviews in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Review of Religious Research, Sociology of Religion, Christian Century, Evangelical Studies Journal, Journal of Asian American Studies, and American Journal of Sociology).
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
2019 Sorrell, Katherine, Simranjit Khalsa, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Michael O. Emerson, “Immigrant Identities and the Shaping of a Racialized American Self,” forthcoming, Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World.
2019 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Sharan Kaur Mehta, and Daniel Bolger, “A Way Forward for Sociological Research on Science and Religion: A Review and A Riff,” forthcoming, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science.
2019 Bolger, Daniel, Robert A. Thomson Jr., and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Selection Versus Socialization? Interrogating the Sources of Secularity in Global Science,” Sociological
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Perspectives, published online: https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/iZQGAXeHmeefkAWJtdDy/full.
2019 Sorrell, Katherine, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “How UK Scientists Legitimize Religion—and Science—Through Boundary Work,” Sociology of Religion, published online: https://academic.oup.com/socrel/advance-article/doi/10.1093/socrel/sry047/5253740.
2019 Peifer, Jared L., David R. Johnson, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “The Moral Limits of the Market: Science Commercialization and Religious Traditions,” Journal of Business Ethics 157(1):183-197.
2018 Tinsley, Cleve IV, Pamela J. Prickett, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Black Protestant Views of Science,” Du Bois Review 15(2):533-546.
2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Christopher P. Scheitle, and Jared Peifer, “The Religiosity of Academic Scientists in the United Kingdom: Assessing the Role of Discipline and Department Status,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 57(4):743-757.
2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, and Christopher P. Scheitle, “Scientists” in The Warfare between Science and Religion, The Johns Hopkins University Press.
2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, and Di Di, “Global Spirituality Among Scientists” in Being Spiritual but Not Religious: Past, Present, Future(s), edited by William B. Parsons, Routledge.
2018 Scheitle, Christopher P., and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Perceptions of Religious Discrimination among U.S. Scientists,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 57(1):139-155.
2018 Vaidyanathan, Brandon, Simranjit Khalsa, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Naturally Ambivalent: Religion’s Role in Shaping Environmental Action,” Sociology of Religion 79(4):472-494.
2018 Scheitle, Christopher P., David R. Johnson, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Scientists and Religious Leaders Compete for Cultural Authority of Science,” Public Understanding of Science 27(1):57-75.
2018 Johnson, David, Brandon Vaidyanathan, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Structural Strain in Science: Organizational Context, Career Stage, Discipline, and Role Composition,” Sociological Inquiry 88(1):5-31.
2018 Bolger, Daniel, Cleve Tinsley IV, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Heaven and Health: How Black, Latino, and Korean Christians View the Relationship between Faith and Health,” Review of Religious Research 60(3):389-402.
2018 Bolger, Daniel, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Whose Authority? Perceptions of Science Education in Black and Latino Churches,” Review of Religious Research 60(1):49-70.
2018 Johnson, David, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Di Di, and Kirstin Matthews, “Responding to Richard: Celebrity and (Mis)representation of Science,” Public Understanding of Science 27(5):535-549.
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2017 Di, Di, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Producing Sacredness and Defending Secularity: Faith in the Workplace of Taiwanese Scientists,” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 3:1-15.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Di Di, “A Catholic Science? Italian Scientists Construct Religious Identity During Religious Shifts,” Philosophy, Theology, and the Sciences 4(1):94-114.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Sarah Damaske, Anne Lincoln, and Virginia White, “Strategies Men Use to Negotiate Family and Science,” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 3:1-12 (one of the top 5 most-read articles from Socius in January 2017).
2017 Lewis, Steven W., Di Di, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “The Double-Edged Sword: Guanxi and Science Ethics in Academic Physics in the People’s Republic of China,” Journal of Contemporary China 26(107):726-740.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Jared L. Peifer, Virginia White, and Esther Chan, “Moral Schemas in Articulation and Intuition: How Religious People Evaluate Human Reproductive Genetic Technologies,” Sociological Forum 32(2):277-297.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Di Di, “A Gendered Approach to Science Ethics for US and UK Physicists,” Science and Engineering Ethics 23(1):183-201.
2017 Scheitle, Christopher P., and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Examining the Effects of Exposure to Religion in the Workplace on Perceptions of Religious Discrimination,” Review of Religious Research 59:1-20.
2017 Scheitle, Christopher P., and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Recommending a Child Enter a STEM Career: The Role of Religion,” Journal of Career Development 44(3):251-265.
2017 Scheitle, Christopher P. and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “The Influence of Science Popularizers on the Public’s View of Religion and Science: An Experimental Assessment,” Public Understanding of Science 26(1):25-39.
2016 Di, Di, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Steven W. Lewis, “Women’s Underrepresentation in Academic Physics in the People’s Republic of China,” Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 22(4):329-348.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Christopher P. Scheitle, Jared Peifer, and Dan Bolger, “Examining Links between Religion, Evolution Views, and Climate Change Skepticism,” Environment and Behavior 49(9):985-1006 (Environment and Behavior’s “Most Read” article in October 2016).
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, David R. Johnson, Christopher P. Scheitle, Kirstin R.W. Matthews, and Steven W. Lewis, “Religion among Scientists in International Context: A New Study of Scientists in Eight Regions,” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 2:1-9.
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2016 Vaidyanathan, Brandon, David Johnson, Pamela Prickett, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Rejecting the Conflict Narrative: American Jewish and Muslim Views on Science and Religion,” Social Compass 63(4):478-496.
2016 Vaidyanathan, Brandon, Simranjit Khalsa, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Gossip as Social Control: Policing Informal Ethical Violations in Scientific Workplaces in the US, UK, and India,” Social Problems 63(4):554-572.
2016 Johnson, David R., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Conservative Protestantism and Anti-Evolution Curricular Challenges Across States,” Social Science Quarterly 97(5):1227-1244.
2016 Peifer, Jared, Simranjit Khalsa, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Political Conservatism, Religion and Environmental Consumption in the United States,” Environmental Politics 25(4):661-689.
2016 Chan, Esther and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Narrating and Navigating Authorities: Understandings of the Bible and Science Among Evangelical and Mainline Protestants,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 55(1):54-69.
2015 Johnson, David and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Ethical Ambiguity in Science,” Science and Engineering Ethics, 22:989-1005.
2015 Korver-Glenn, Elizabeth, Esther Chan, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Perceptions of Science Education Among African American and White Evangelicals: A Texas Case Study,” Review of Religious Research, 57(1):131-148.
2015 Johnson, David R., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Individual Religiosity and Orientation towards Science: Reformulating Relationships,” Sociological Science, 2:106-124.
2014 Damaske, Sarah, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Anne E. Lincoln, and Virginia J. White, “Male Scientists’ Competing Devotions to Work and Family: Changing Norms in a Male- Dominated Profession,” Work and Occupations, 41(4):477-507.
2014 Peifer, Jared, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Cara Fullerton, “How Evangelicals from Two Churches in the American Southwest Frame Their Relationship with the Environment,” Review of Religious Research, 56(3): 373-397.
2014 Johnson, David R., Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Anne E. Lincoln, “Narratives of Science Outreach in Elite Contexts of Academic Science,” Science Communication, 36(1):81-105.
2013 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Celina Davila, Michael O. Emerson, Samuel Kye, and Esther Chan, “Motivating Civic Engagement: In-Group versus Out-Group Service Orientations among Mexican Americans in Religious and Nonreligious Organizations,” Sociology of Religion 74(3):370-391.
2013 Toumey, Chris, John Besley, Meg Blanchard, Mark Brown, Michael Cobb, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Margaret Glass, Thomas Guterbock, A. Eamonn Kelly, and Bruce Lewenstein, “Rethinking Public Knowledge of Science: The Process of Crafting the Concept of ‘Science
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in the Service of Citizens and Consumers,’” in Knowledges in Publics, edited by L. Locke and S. Locke (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing), 16-34.
2013 Smith, Christian, Brandon Vaidyanathan, Nancy Tatom Ammerman, José Casanova, Hilary Davidson, Elaine Howard Ecklund, John H. Evans, Philip S. Gorski, Mary Ellen Konieczny, Jason A. Springs, Jenny Trinitapoli, and Meredith Whitnah, “Roundtable on the Sociology of Religion: Twenty-Three Theses on the Status of Religion in American Sociology—A Mellon Working-Group Reflection,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 81(4):903-938.
2012 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Eva Shih, Michael O. Emerson, and Samuel Kye, “Rethinking the Connections between Religion and Civic Life for Immigrants: The Exploratory Case of the Chinese Diaspora,” Review of Religious Research, 55:209-229.
2012 Jeremy R. Porter and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Missing Data in Sociological Research: An Overview of Recent Trends and an Illustration for Controversial Questions, Active Nonrespondents and Targeted Samples,” The American Sociologist, 43(4):448-468.
2012 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Anne Lincoln, and Cassandra Tansey, “Gender Segregation in Elite Academic Science,” Gender and Society, 26(5):693-717.
2012 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Sarah James, and Anne E. Lincoln, “How Academic Biologists and Physicists View Science Outreach,” PLoS ONE, 7(5):e36240 (among the top 25% most cited PLoS ONE articles as of June 2017).
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Kristen Schultz Lee, “Atheists and Agnostics Negotiate Religion and Family,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 50(4):728-743.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Jerry Z. Park, and Katherine L. Sorrell, “Scientists Negotiate Boundaries Between Religion and Science,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 50(3):552-569.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Anne E. Lincoln, “Scientists Want More Children,” PLoS ONE, 6(8):e22590.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Elizabeth Long, “Scientists and Spirituality,” Sociology of Religion, 72(3):253-274 (ranked 270 in Sociology for 2010 to 2014).
2011 Luo, Jingyuan, Jesse M. Flynn, Rachel E. Solnick, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Kirstin R.W. Matthews, “International Stem Cell Collaboration: How Disparate Policies between the United States and the United Kingdom Impact Research,”PLoS ONE, 6(3): e17684.
2010 Gorman, Bridget, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Holly Heard, “Nativity Differences in Mental and Physical Health: The Roles of Emotional Support, Family, and Social Integration,” Sociological Spectrum, 30(6): 671-694.
2009 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Jerry Z. Park, “Conflict between Religion and Science among Academic Scientists?” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 48(2):276-292.
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2009 Cadge, Wendy, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Nicholas Short, “Constructions of Religion and Spirituality in the Daily Boundary Work of Pediatric Physicians,” Social Problems, 56(4):702-721.
2009 Cadge, Wendy and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Prayers in the Clinic: How do Pediatric Physicians Respond?” Southern Medical Journal, 102(12): 1218-1221.
2008 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Jerry Z. Park, and Phil Todd Veliz, “Secularization and Religious Change among Elite Scientists: A Cross-Cohort Comparison,” Social Forces, 86(4): 1805-1840.
2008 Catlin, Elizabeth A., Wendy Cadge, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “The Spiritual and Religious Identities, Beliefs, and Practices of Academic Pediatricians in the United States,” Academic Medicine, 83: 1146-1152.
2008 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Religion and Spirituality among Scientists” Contexts: Understanding People in their Social Worlds, 7(1):12-15.
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Wendy Cadge, Elizabeth A. Gage, Elizabeth A. Catlin, “The Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Practices of Academic Pediatric Oncologists in the U.S.,” Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 29(11): 746-742. (Reply Commentary, “Religion, Spirituality, and the Practice of Pediatric Oncology,” by Gary A. Walco, 29(11): 733-735).
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Christopher Scheitle, “Religion among Academic Scientists: Distinctions, Disciplines, and Demographics,” Social Problems, 54(2):289-307. *Portions re-printed with permission in Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction, 2nd Edition. University of California Press, by Eugenie C. Scott.*
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Jerry Z. Park, “Religious Diversity and Community Volunteerism among Asian Americans,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 46(2): 233-244.
2007 Cadge, Wendy and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Religion and Immigration: Current Research and Future Directions,” Annual Review of Sociology, 33: 17.1-17.21. *Re-printed in Sociology of Religion: A Reader (2nd Edition) Allyn and Bacon.*
2007 Park, Jerry Z. and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Negotiating Continuity: Family and Religious Socialization for Asian Americans,” Sociological Quarterly, 48(1): 93-118.
2006 Cadge, Wendy, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Religious Service Attendance among Immigrants: Evidence from the New Immigrant Survey-Pilot,” American Behavioral Scientist, 49(11): 1-22.
2006 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Organizational Culture and Women’s Leadership: A Study of Six Catholic Parishes,” Sociology of Religion, 67(1): 81-98.
2005 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Different Identity Accounts for Catholic Women,” Review of Religious Research 47(2): 135-149.
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2005 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Jerry Z. Park, “Asian American Community Participation and Religion: Civic ‘Model Minorities?’” Journal of Asian American Studies, 8(1): 1-22 (lead article for issue).
2005 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “‘Us’ and ‘Them:’ The Role of Religion in Mediating and Challenging the Model Minority and Other Civic Boundaries,” Ethnic and Racial Studies, 28(1): 132-150.
2005 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Models of Civic Responsibility: Korean Americans in Congregations with Different Ethnic Compositions,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 44(1): 15-28.
2003 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Catholic Women Negotiate Feminism,” Sociology of Religion, 64(4): 515-524. *Re-printed in Sociology of Religion: A Reader (2nd Edition) Allyn and Bacon.*
SCHOLARLY MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW AND IN PROGRESS
Johnson, David R., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Beyond the In- Person Interview? How Interview Quality Varies across In-Person, Telephone, and Skype Interviews,” revise and resubmit, Social Science Computer Review.
Di, Di, Simranjit Khalsa, Robert A. Thomson Jr., and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Alternative Spirituality among Global Scientists,” revise and resubmit, The Sociological Quarterly.
Peifer, Jared, David R. Johnson, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Is the Market Perceived to be Civilizing or Destructive? Scientists’ Moral Values and their Attitudes towards Patents,” under review.
Mehta, Sharan, Bob Thomson, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “The Politicization of Science and Religion among US Scientists,” under review.
Sanchez Salazar, Esmeralda, Brandon Vaidyanathan, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Challenging Evolution in Public Schools: Race, Religion and Attitudes Toward Teaching Creationism,” under review.
Thomson, Robert A. Jr., Sharan Mehta, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Doing Gender and Doing Religion in Science: A Cross-National Examination,” under review.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Bob Thomson, Sharan Mehta, Dan Bolger, and Di Di, “Global Science, Global Discrimination? Perceptions of Discrimination among Scientists in Different National Contexts,” under review.
Unsworth, Amy, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Evangelicals, Evolution and Inerrancy: A Comparative Study of Congregational Boundary Work,” under review.
Thomson, Robert A. Jr., Esmeralda Sanchez Salazar, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “The Very Ivory Tower: Pathways Reproducing Racial-Ethnic Stratification in US Science,” in progress.
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Thomson, Robert A. Jr., Dan Bolger, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “A Tale of Two Populisms: Divergent and Convergent Correlates of Trust in Congress and Corporations,” in progress.
Khalsa, Simranjit, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Indian Scientists Definitions of Religion and Spirituality,” in progress.
Khalsa, Simranjit, Brandon Vaidyanathan, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Beyond Gould: The Tenuous Separation of Science and Religion in India,” in progress.
Di, Di, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Bob Thomson, “Parenting, Publishing, and Perishing: A Cross-National Comparison of Gender Gaps in Science,” in progress.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Di Di, and Katherine Sorrell, “Negotiating Change Identities Within Institutional Settings,” in progress.
Johnson, David R., Jared Peifer, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Gender Inequality, Academic Capitalism, and the Global Good: Sex Disparities in Patenting in Eight Nations,” in progress.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Christopher P. Scheitle, Di Di, and David R. Johnson, “Gender Discrimination in Science Across National Contexts,” in progress.
Scheitle, Christopher P., Sharan Kaur Mehta, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Can Religiosity Be Explained By ‘Brain Wiring’? An Analysis of US Adults’ Opinions,” in progress.
OPINION EDITORIALS, ESSAYS, AND SCHOLARLY REPORTS
2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, and Denise Daniels, “A Groundbreaking Study of Faith and Work in the United States,” FULLER Magazine Issue #10, February.
2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, and Christopher P. Scheitle, “Elaine Howard Ecklund and Christopher P. Scheitle’s ‘Religion vs. Science,’” The Page 99 Test, February, https://page99test.blogspot.com/2018/02/elaine-howard-ecklund-and-christopher-p.html.
2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, and Christopher P. Scheitle, “How to Get Evangelicals to Care about Climate Change,” Nautilus, January, http://nautil.us/blog/how-to-get-evangelicals-to- care-about-climate-change.
2018 Scheitle, Christopher P., and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Evangelicals’ Surprising View of Science and What It May Mean,” Religion News Service, January, http://religionnews.com/2018/01/02/evangelicals-surprising-view-of-science-and-what-it- may-mean/.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, and Christopher P. Scheitle, “What Do Religious People in the US Really Think about Science?,” BioLogos, December, https://biologos.org/blogs/guest/what-do-religious-people-in-the-us-really-think-about- science.
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2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Hayley Hemstreet, Cleve V. Tinsley IV, and Pamela Prickett, “Faith Communities Should Lead on Path to Hospitality,” San Antonio Express News, July, http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/Faith-communities-should-lead- on-path-to-11306213.php?cmpid=twitter-desktop.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “The March for Science Isn’t Anti-Religion. Most Scientists Aren’t Either,” Christianity Today, April, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2017/april- web-only/march-for-science-isnt-anti-religion-just-like-most-scienti.html.
2017 Prickett, Pamela, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Study People, Not Numbers, for Truth Post Trump’s Election,” Times Higher Education, January, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/comment/study-people-not-numbers-truth-post- trumps-election.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Academic Science Isn’t Friendly to Fathers, Either,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, January, http://www.chronicle.com/article/Academic- Science-Isn-t/238799.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “A Radical Dialogue,” Inside Higher Ed, December, https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2016/12/13/after-election-academics-should-pursue- form-radical-dialogue-essay.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “A Sociological Look at the Role of Religion in the 2016 Election,” Speak for Sociology: A Blog by the American Sociological Association, November, http://speak4sociology.org/2016/11/28/a-sociological-look-at-the-role-of- religion-in-the-2016-election/.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, David R. Johnson, and Kirstin R. W. Matthews, “Opinion: The Persecution of Turkey’s Scientists,” The Scientist, September, http://www.the- scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/47044/title/Opinion--Turkey-s-Scientists-Under- Pressure/.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Falling Stereotypes Open Up Paths to Cooperation among Science, Religion,” for GlobalPlus: Exploring Critical Issues in International Religion, May, http://globalplus.thearda.com/globalplus-religion-and-science/.
2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Jeff Smith, “Congregational Conversations” for Christian Century 132(16):26-29, August 5.
2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, David R. Johnson, and Kirstin R. W. Matthews, “Commentary: Study highlights ethical ambiguity in physics,” for Physics Today 68(6):8-9, June.
2012 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science and Religion Do Mix – Sometimes,” Comment for Earth Magazine 57(2):71.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Some Atheists Scientists With Children Embrace Religious Traditions,” for Huffington Post, December.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science on Faith, for Chronicle Review, February 11.
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2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Why University Scientists Do Not Discuss Religion,” for Huffington Post, January.
2010 Toumey, C., J. Besley, M. Blanchard, M. Brown, M. Cobb, E.H. Ecklund, M. Glass, T.M. Guterbock, A.E. Kelly, & B. Lewenstein, “Science in the Service of Citizens & Consumers: The NSF Workshop on Public Knowledge of Science,” Report to NSF, November.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Religion, Science, and the Academy: Should Universities Work to Keep Religion Away from Science—Or to Bring Them Closer?” for Templeton Big Questions Online, September.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Abandoning Disciplines,” for The Chronicle of Higher Education, August.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Why Aren’t There More Discussions about Religion among Scientists?” for Science and Religion Today, May.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Myths Widen the Science-Religion Divide,” for USA Today, June.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Houston Should Lead Talks, Science and Religion,” for The Houston Chronicle, April.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Scientists in the Pews,” for The Washington Post, April.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Conrad Hackett, “But for the Grace of Genes,” The Scientist, 24(4):29.
2009 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Translation Problems: How Scientists Misunderstand Religious People,” for Science and Religion Today, Fall 2009, Religion and Science Series.
2009 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Translation Problems: How Religious People ‘Misunderstand’ Scientists,” for Science and Religion Today, Summer 2009, Religion and Science Series.
2008 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Beyond the God Delusion,” as part of web forum on “Immanent Frame,” Social Science Research Council, Winter 2008.
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Invited essay, “Religion and Spirituality among Elite University Scientists,” as part of web forum on “Religious Engagements of American Undergraduates,” Social Science Research Council, Spring 2007 (See http://religion.ssrc.org/reforum/Ecklund/).
2006 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Initial Findings from the Study of Religion among Academic Scientists,” Chronicle of Higher Education, web essay, appeared Tuesday October 31, 2006.
2004 Hall Tanni, Wai-Kwong Wong, with Elaine Howard Ecklund, Victoria Blodgett, Jennifer Fang, Michelle Wong, Derek Chang et al. 2004. “Asian and Asian American Campus Climate Task Force Progress Report, November 2002-June 2003.” Report #1, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
HONORS AND AWARDS
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Major Honors and Awards
2018 Gifford Lecturer, University of St. Andrews.
2016- Fellow, International Society for Science and Religion.
2014-2016 Appointed Fellow, Executive Committee, International Society for Science and Religion.
2013 Winner of the Charles O. Duncan Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Rice University (Major University Award).
2004 Cornell University, Class of 2004, Baccalaureate Award, (One of two university-wide graduate student awards for academic excellence and community service).
1998-2001 Sage Fellowship, Cornell University ($12,500 each year).
2001 Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Sociology, Cornell University.
Minor Honors and Awards
2019 “Giving a Voice to Victims of Religious Bias and Hate Crimes in Houston and Beyond,” Faculty Initiatives Fund, Rice University ($43,855).
2018 Nominee, “Faculty Award for Excellence in Professional Service and Leadership,” Rice University.
2015 “Religion, Inequality, and Science Education (RISE),” Faculty Initiatives Fund, Rice University ($38,000).
2013-2015 Recipient, “Best Professor” award (Baker College 2013, Baker College 2014, Will Rice College 2015), (nominated by undergraduate student).
2012 Grants Review Board, Uses and Abuses of Biology, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge University.
2012 Senior Scholar, Mellon Foundation, Sociology and Religion Working Group, University of Notre Dame, 2012-2013.
2011 Finalist, W.R. Brown Teaching Award for Rice University Faculty (top 5 percent of junior faculty teachers at Rice University).
2011 “The Changing Scientific Landscape: Men, Women, and the Scientific Career,” Social Sciences Research Institute Professorship, Rice University, Semester Leave, Spring 2012.
2010 “Understanding Religious Views on Environmental Care,” (with Katherine Sorrell), Shell Center for Sustainability, Rice University ($15,000).
2010 “An Interdisciplinary Approach to Science in Society,” Rice University Brown Teaching Grant,” Rice University ($1,500).
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2010 “How Religious People View Science,” Jack Shand Research Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion ($3,000).
2009 “Diversity in Science in International Perspective,” Social Sciences Research Institute Grant,” Rice University ($14,373).
2008 “Diversity in Science in International Perspective,” Rice University International Collaboration Grant, ($5,000).
2008 “The Contribution of Religion to Civic Life on Buffalo’s East Side,” University at Buffalo- East Side Neighborhood Transformation Partnership Grant, ($3,000).
2006 “The Changing Face of US Religion and Civic Life,” Jack Shand Research Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion ($3,000).
2004 “How Religion Shapes Gender and Ethnic Identities,” (with Jerry Park), research award from the Association for the Sociology of Religion ($1,300).
2004 Invited Participant, Social Science Research Council/UCLA Summer Institute on International Migration.
2003 Albert S. Roe Graduate Student Research Award, Cornell University ($500).
2003 Erasmus Institute, Dissertation Writing Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, alternate.
2003 Selected for Teaching Fellow, fall semester, Gender Studies, Cornell University ($7,765).
2002 “A Comparison of Korean and Multiethnic Churches,” research award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion ($2,000).
2002 Graduate School Student Research Award, Cornell University ($600).
2001 “Ethnic Negotiation among Korean and Black Churches,” Religious Research Association, Jacquet Research Award ($1,000).
2001 Robin Williams Jr. Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Department of Sociology, Cornell University ($250).
2000-2003 Pew Mentoring Program, Mentor: Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University, Pew Charitable Trusts ($3000).
1999-2001 Sage Fellowship, summer funding, Cornell University ($7,500 total for three summers).
REVIEWS
2019 Ferguson, Jauhara, Sharan Kaur Mehta, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Review of Being Muslim: A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam by Sylvia Chan-Malik,” for Gender & Society, forthcoming.
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2017 Di, Di, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Review of The Spirit Moves West: Korean Missionaries in America by Rebecca Y. Kim,” for Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 56(3):690-691.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, and Sharan Mehta, “Review of Seeking Good Debate: Religion, Science, and Conflict in American Public Life by Michael S. Evans,” for Sociology of Religion, 78(2):235-236.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Review of Contested Reproduction: Genetic Technologies, Religion and Public Debate by John H. Evans,” for Sociology of Religion, 72(4):491-493.
2009 Desai, Sarah, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Review of Reason to Believe: Cultural Agency in Latin American Evangelicalism By David Smilde,” for Social Forces, 88(1):464- 465.
2008 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Review of God’s New Whiz Kids? By Rebecca Kim” for Journal of Asian American Studies, 11(1):118-122.
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Review of Handbook of Religion and Social Institutions, edited by Helen Rose Ebaugh” for Contemporary Sociology, 36 (1):49-51.
2006 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Review of A Mosaic of Believers: Diversity and Innovation in a Multiethnic Church by Gerardo Marti,” for Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 45(3):467-468.
2005 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Review of Religion and Immigration, edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, and John L. Esposito,” for Sociology of Religion, 66(1):86- 87.
2005 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Review of Revealing the Sacred in Asian and Pacific America, edited by Jane Iwamura and Paul Spickard,” for Amerasia Journal, 30(3):124-127.
2004 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Review of People of Faith: Religious Conviction in American Journalism and Higher Education by John Schmalzbauer,” for Sociology of Religion, 65(1): 98-100.
INVITED LECTURES AND CONFERENCES
2019 Mehta, Sharan Kaur, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “International and Intersectional Perspectives of the Global Study of Religion and Science,” Consultation on Contextuality and Universality in Science and Religion, University of Oxford, May.
2019 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Tales from the Field: A Sociological Approach,” Consultation on Contextuality and Universality in Science and Religion, University of Oxford, April.
2019 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Myths Christians Believe about Science and Scientists,” Lipscomb University, Nashville, April.
2019 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Scientists and Christianity: What Christians Need to Know,” Lipscomb University, Nashville, April.
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2019 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “What Religious People Think about Science and Scientists,” California State University, Chico, January.
2019 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “What Scientists Think About Religion and Religious People,” California State University, Chico, January.
2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science and Religion Converging on the Body: A Conversation with Elaine Ecklund,” Theology Medicine and Culture Initiative, Duke Divinity School, September.
2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “What University Scientists Really Think about Religion,” Duke University, September.
2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Religion Vs. Science: What Religious People and Scientists Really Think About One Another and Why It Matters,” University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, September.
2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Failing Families, Failing Science,” Mary Thomas Lecture, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, April.
2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, and Christopher P. Scheitle, “Religion vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think,” Department of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, April.
2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Chris Scheitle, and Jenny Trinitapoli, “A GlobalPlus Conversation: How Religion and Science Can Work Together for the Common Good,” the Association of Religion Data Archives and the International Association of Religion Journalists, Pennsylvania State University, March.
2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “What Religious People Think About Science and Scientists Think About Religion,” Society for the Study of Religion Harshbarger Lecture Series, Pennsylvania State University, March.
2018 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Christian Scholarship in a Social Scientific Context,” Invited Conference Speaker, Directions in the Sociological Study of Religion Conference, The Veritas Forum, Rice University, February.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “A Sociologist Looks at Science and Faith,” Invited Speaker, Northwestern University, November.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “What Do Scientists Think About Religion?,” Invited Speaker, James Gregory Lecture on Science, Religion and Human Flourishing, Scientists in Congregations, Scotland, October.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science and Religion: A Cultural Problem?,” Invited Keynote Speaker, New Perspectives on Science and Religion in Society Conference, Newman University, July.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “What Did I Learn About Science and Religion From Other Countries,” Invited Conference Speaker, Conference on Science, Religion, and Intercultural Theology, Vrije University, April.
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2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science and Religion: A Cultural Problem?,” Invited Conference Speaker, Science and Religion: Beyond a Western Problem?, Forum C, Protestant Theological University, April.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Failing Families, Failing Science: Work-Family Conflict in Academic Science,” Invited Speaker, Gender Center, University of Amsterdam, April.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Failing Families, Failing Science: Work-Family Conflict in Academic Science,” Invited Speaker, CERN, April.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “A Sociologist Looks at Science and Faith,” Invited Conference Plenary Speaker, 2017 BioLogos Conference: Christ and Creation, BioLogos Foundation, March.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science Vs Religion? What Scientists From Seven Different Nations Really Think,” Invited Speaker, University of Bern, December.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Do Scientists Believe in God?,” Invited Speaker, Impington College, November.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Do Scientists Believe in God?: Results from an Eight-Nation Study,” Invited Lecturer, Christians in Science Lecture, The Faraday Institute, University of Cambridge, November.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Scientists and Faith Around the World: A Social Scientific Perspective,” Invited Speaker, Seminar on Science and Religion, University of Oxford, July.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “What Scientists Believe: Global Perspectives on Science and Faith,” Invited Speaker, The Faraday Institute Summer Course, University of Cambridge, July.
2016 Scheitle, Christopher P., and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Recommending a Child Enter a STEM Career: The Role of Religion,” Invited Conference Presentation, Public Perceptions of Science and Religion Conference, University of California San Diego, May.
2016 Johnson, David R., Elaine Howard Ecklund, Kirstin R.W. Matthews, and Di Di, “Responding to Richard: Celebrity and (Mis)representation of Science,” Invited Conference Presentation, Public Perceptions of Science and Religion Conference, University of California San Diego, May.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “A Global Lab: Religion among Scientists in International Context and New Approaches to the Study of Religion and Science,” Invited Keynote Lecturer, Public Perceptions of Science and Religion Conference, University of California San Diego, May.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Balancing a Career in Science with Family,” Invited Lecturer, North Park University, April.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “The Truths of Science and Religion: What Scientists Really Believe,” Invited Lecturer, North Park University, April.
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2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “New Directions in the Science and Religion Relationship: Lessons From Across the Globe,” Grad Christian Fellowship Roundtable, Cornell Graduate Christian Fellowship, Cornell University, April.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “A Global Lab: Religion among Scientists in International Context,” Invited Lecturer, The Religious Studies Program, University of Minnesota, March.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Teaching about Religions in Public: Considering Positionality and Social Location in order to Create Space Spaces for Discussion,” Invited Speaker, The Religious Studies Program Roundtable, University of Minnesota, March.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Spirituality and Science,” Invited Speaker, Spiritual but Not Religious Conference, Department of Religion, Rice University, March.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Myths and Realities at the Faith and Science Interface,” Invited Speaker, College of the Bahamas, March.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science, Religion and Medicine in a Global and Local Perspective,” Invited Keynote Speaker, Conference on Medicine and Religion, Institute for Spirituality and Health, March.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “A Global Lab: Religion among Scientists in International Context,” Invited Speaker, Faculty Roundtable, Rivendell Institute at Yale University, February.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Failing Families, Failing Science: Work-Family Conflict in Academic Science,” Invited Speaker, Medical School Fellowship and Health Care Professionals Fellowship, Yale School of Medicine, February.
2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Invited Keynote Speaker, International Congress on Science and/or Religion: A 21st Century Debate, Sigmund Freud University, August.
2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Scientists, Religion, and the Conflict Thesis,” Invited Speaker, The Idea that Wouldn’t Die: The Warfare between Science and Religion conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May.
2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Towards Civil Discourse and Intellectual Humility in the Science and Religion Debates,” Invited Keynote Speaker, Intellectual Virtue and Civil Discourse Conference, Center for Christian Thought, Biola University, May.
2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “What Religious Americans Think about Science: Beyond Myths,” Invited Presenter, Perceptions: Science and Religious Communities Conference, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), March.
2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Ethical Ambiguity in Science,” Invited Speaker, American Physical Society, March.
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2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “What People of Faith Think about Science, Scientists Think about Faith, and Why We Should Care,” Distinguished Pascal Lecture, Westmont College, February.
2014 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Boundaries Between Science and Religion in the UK and India,” Invited Speaker, Houston Science and Religion Discussion Group, November.
2014 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Religion and Ethics for UK Biologists,” Invited Presenter, Uses and Abuses of Biology Conference, The Faraday Institute, University of Cambridge, September.
2014 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Barriers from and Bridges to Religion for UK Scientists,” Invited Speaker, The Faraday Institute, University of Cambridge, July.
2013 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Polls, Surveys, and the Shaping of American Religion,” Invited Respondent, The Danforth Lecture in the Study of Religion, Princeton University, December.
2012 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “The Ethical and Spiritual Beliefs and Practices of Scientists in Different National Contexts,” Invited Speaker, The Faraday Institute Summer Course, University of Cambridge, July.
2012 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “How Scientists View Religion: A US and UK Comparison,” Invited Speaker, The Faraday Institute, University of Cambridge, March.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science, Atheism, and People of Faith: The Need for Dialogue,” Co-Sponsored by Department of Sociology, Department of Biology, and Department of Physics, Calvin College, December.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Can Religion and Science Get Along in the Scientific Community,” Invited Keynote Speaker, Forum C, November.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “How the Social Sciences Can Inform and Be Informed by the Humanities and Natural Sciences,” Invited University Lecturer, Florida State University, October.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science and Religion among Scientists and Religious People,” Department of Religion, Florida State University, October.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “How Scientists Explain Differences in Proportion of Women in Academic Physics and Biology,” Department of Sociology, Florida State University, October.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Material Views of the Human Person,” Laity Lodge, July.
2011 Anne E. Lincoln and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Persisting and Switching in Academic Science Careers,” Gender, Work and Organization Conference, June.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Definitions of Religion and Spirituality among Scientists,” Trinity University, March.
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2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Data on Scientists Views on Religion,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology Faculty Club, April.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “What Scientists Really Think about Religion,” Harvard University Faculty Club, April.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Forging Dialogue Between Religious and Scientific Communities,” Wheaton College, February.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Katherine Sorrell, “Identities and Social Change,” Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia, February.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “A Way Forward for Intelligent Dialogue Between Religious and Scientific Communities,” Invited Lecturer, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), December.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science Vs. Religion: Reporting on Religion for the 21st Century,” Invited Lecturer, Faith Angle Journalism Conference, November.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science Vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think,” Campus Lecture, Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University, November.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Author Meets Critic Session on Science Vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting, October.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “A Way Forward for Dialogue between Religious and Scientific Communities,” Beggs Endowed Lecture on Science and Spirituality, Cornell University, October.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “NSF Workshop on Lay Public Knowledge of Science,” Invited Scholar Participant, National Science Foundation, October.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science Vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think,” Colloquium on the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion, University of Notre Dame, September.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “The Religious and Ethical Beliefs of Scientists,” Invited Speaker, The Faraday Institute, University of Cambridge, July.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “What Scientists Think About Religion,” Bethe House Lecture, Cornell University, April.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “The Religious Identities (and Lack Thereof) of Scientists,” Chesterton House, Cornell University, April.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “How Scientists Understand Religion,” CURA, Boston University, CURA.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Waging Peace on the Science and Religion Battleground,” Faculty Forum, Gordon College, March.
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2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science Vs. Religion,” Department of Sociology, Baylor University, March.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “The Complexity of Scientists’ Religious and Spiritual Identities,” Invited Lecturer, Louisiana State University.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Invited Moderator, “Public Role of Women Around the World” panel, Dialog of Civilizations Platform, The Gulen Institute.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science Vs. Religion,” Presentation to ADVANCE Group, Rice University.
2009 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Michael Emerson, “Are Immigrants ‘Good’ Americans? Initial Results from the Religion, Immigrant, Civic Engagement (R.I.C.E.) Study,” Center for Immigration Studies, University of Houston, April.
2008 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Invited Participant, Religion on the Edge, Princeton University, October.
2008 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “The Irrelevance and Relevance of Religion among Elite US Scientists,” Invited Speaker, The Faraday Institute, University of Cambridge, August.
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “What Scientists Really Think About Religion: A Portrait of Research,” Undergraduate Research Seminar in the Sciences, University at Buffalo, October.
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “God in the Laboratory? What Scientists Really Think about Religion and Spirituality,” University-wide lecture, Baylor University, September.
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Scientists Respond to Religion: The Process of Creating and Crossing Boundaries,” Sociology Department, Northwestern University, January.
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Religion in Asian America: A Focus on Korean Americans,” Asian American Studies Program, Northwestern University, January.
2003 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Religion and Civic Identities for Korean Americans,” Sociology Department, University of Southern California, December.
2003 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “The Process of Doing Fieldwork,” Seminar Speaker, Department of Sociology, Princeton University, April.
2003 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, respondent to “Relational Theory and Ethnographic Method in the Study of Lived Religion” by Courtney Bender, Sociology of Religion seminar, Princeton University, May.
2002 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “How Do Diverse Forms of Religious Participation Influence Conceptions of Citizenship among Korean Americans?,” Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University, February.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS (PEER-REVIEWED)
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2019 Thomson, Bob, Esmeralda Sanchez Salazar, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Race, Religion, and Education Policy: Examining Attitudes Toward Educational Spending and Local School Issues,” American Sociological Association, New York City, August.
2019 Thomson, Bob, Dan Bolger, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “A Tale of Two Populisms: Divergent and Convergent Correlates of Trust in Congress and Corporations,” American Sociological Association, New York City, August.
2019 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Jauhara Ferguson, and Sharan Mehta, “Muslim Scientists’ Perceptions of Inclusion in the Scientific Workplace: A Cross-national Study,” Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York City, August.
2019 Bolger, Dan, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Seeing is Achieving: Religion, Embodiment, and Explanations of Racial Inequality in STEM,” Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York City, August.
2018 Khalsa, Simranjit, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Indian Scientists’ Understanding of Religion and Spirituality,” American Academy of Religion, Denver, November.
2018 Mehta, Sharan, Esther Chan, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Fertilizing Morality: The Role of Religion in Shaping Moral Attitudes on In-Vitro Fertilization,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Las Vegas, October.
2018 Sanchez Salazar, Esmeralda, Brandon Vaidyanathan, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Adriana Garcia, “Race, Religion and Attitudes Toward Teaching Creationism,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Las Vegas, October.
2018 Thomson, Bob, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Denise Daniels, “Faith at Work: Major Themes of Focus Groups from Three American Cities,” Faith at Work Summit, Chicago, October.
2018 Daniels, Denise, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Christopher P. Scheitle, “Faith at Work: Developing Research Questions,” Academy of Management, Chicago, August.
2018 Peifer, Jared, David R. Johnson, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Is the Market Perceived to Be Civilizing or Destructive? Scientists’ Values and their Attitudes toward Patents,” International Association for Business and Society, Hong Kong, June.
2017 Mehta, Sharan, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Bob Thomson, “The Intersection of Gender with Religion and Science,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Washington D.C., October.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Bob Thomson, Daniel Bolger, and Sharan Mehta, “Perceptions of Discrimination in Global Science,” American Sociological Association, Montreal, August.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Religion vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think,” Author-Meets-Critic Session, Association for the Sociology of Religion, Montreal, August.
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2017 Bolger, Daniel, Bob Thomson, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Science, Secularization, and Religious Shifts: The Religious Transitions of Scientists in Cross-National Context,” Association for the Sociology of Religion, Montreal, August.
2017 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Di Di, Bob Thomson, and Simranjit Khalsa, “Global Spirituality Among Scientists,” American Sociological Association, Montreal, August.
2017 Mehta, Sharan, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Political Attitudes of Religious Scientists: How Religious and Political Identities and Intersect for US Scientists,” Association for the Sociology of Religion, Montreal, August.
2016 Johnson, David, Jared Peifer, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Gender Inequality, Academic Capitalism, and the Global Good: Sex Disparities in Patenting in Eight Nations,” Association for the Study of Higher Education, Columbus, November.
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, and Simranjit Khalsa, “Spirituality across the Globe,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Atlanta, October.
2016 Peifer, Jared L., David Johnson, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “How the Values and Religiosity of Scientists Relate to their Attitudes toward and Engagement in Science Commercialization,” International Association of Business and Society, Park City, June.
2016 Ackermann, Allison, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Benjamin Phillips, and Alec Brulia, “Patterns of Unit and Item Nonresponse in a Multinational Web Survey,” American Association for Public Opinion Research, Austin, May.
2016 Phillips, Benjamin, Stanislav Kolenikov, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Allison Ackermann, and Alec Brulia, “Influences on Item Response Times in a Multinational Web Survey,” American Association for Public Opinion Research, Austin, May.
2016 Bolger, Dan, Cleve Tinsley IV, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Pastoral Views on Faith and Medicine: A Comparative Study,” Institute for Spirituality and Health, Houston, March.
2015 Chan, Esther, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Alexa Solazzo, “Authority in the Face of Moral Ambiguity: How Religious People View Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research,” American Sociological Association, Chicago, August.
2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Di Di, “Religious Conversion of Italian and US Scientists,” Association for the Sociology of Religion, Chicago, August.
2015 Khalsa, Simranjit and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Indian Scientists’ Understandings of Religion and Spirituality,” Association for the Sociology of Religion, Chicago, August.
2015 Adamczyk, Amy, Kraig Beyerlein, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Gerardo Marti, “How Much, Where, and How to Publish on Religion for Graduate Students and Early Career Scholars,” Association for the Sociology of Religion, Chicago, August.
2015 Lewis, Steven, Di Di, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Ethical Connotation of Guangxi in Academic Physics in the People’s Republic of China,” Eastern Sociological Society, New York, February.
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2014 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Brandon Vaidyanathan, and David Johnson, “Religious Atheists and Spiritual Scientists: How Scientists in the UK and India View Religion and Science,” American Academy of Religion, San Diego, November.
2014 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Christopher Scheitle, and Jared Peifer, “Discipline, Status and Religious Tradition among UK Scientists,” American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August.
2014 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Religious Communities, Science, Scientists and Perceptions: A Comprehensive Data Collection,” American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago, February.
2013 Johnson, David, Christopher Scheitle, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Action and Reaction: ‘Anti-evolution’ Curriculum Legislation and Mobilization of Conservative Protestants and the Scientific Community,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Boston, November.
2013 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Esther Chan, “Building Student Research Teams in Sociology of Religion—Successes and Failures,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Boston, November.
2013 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Esther Chan, and Virginia White, “The Bible and Narratives of Science,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Boston, November.
2012 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Esther Chan, “Understandings of Science in Local Congregations,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Phoenix, November.
2012 Peifer, Jared, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and David Johnson, “A Global Re-Assessment of Religiosity and Trust in Science,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Phoenix, November.
2012 Kye, Samuel H. and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Faith and Science: The Complex Nexus of Religion, Science, and Education,” American Sociological Association, Denver, August.
2012 Lincoln, Anne E. and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Noise in the Pipeline: Paths to Matriculation in Elite Academic Science,” American Sociological Association, Denver, August.
2012 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Anne E. Lincoln, Virginia White, “Men’s Changing Devotion to Work: How Male Scientists Navigate Competing Devotions to Work and Family,” American Sociological Association, Denver, August.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Anne E. Lincoln, Cassandra Tansey, “How Scientists Perceive Sex Segregation in Biology and Physics,” American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, August.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Sarah James, Anne E. Lincoln, “Taking Science from the Ivory Tower to the Dinner Table: How Scientists Perceive Community Outreach,” American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, August.
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2010 Lincoln, Anne E., and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Male Scientists Want to be Fathers, and Other Ways the Science Career Influences Family Life for Men and Women,” American Sociological Association,” Atlanta, August.
2010 Lincoln, Anne E, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Toward Understanding Gender in the Academy: Faculty Experiences in Gender-Integrated and Male-Dominated Science Fields,” Conference on Gender, Work, and Organizations, Keele University, UK, June.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Anne E. Lincoln, “Toward Underlying Reasons for Gender Stratification in the Sciences: Preliminary Findings from the Perceptions of Women in Science Study,” Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April.
2010 Hackett, Conrad and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Science Knowledge and Religious Affiliation in the United States,” Social Scientific Study of Religion in China Conference, Renmin University, Beijing, China.
2008 Cadge, Wendy and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “A Barrier or a Bridge?: Understandings of Religion among Pediatric Oncologists and Pediatricians,” American Academy of Religion Annual Meetings, Chicago, November.
2008 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Eva Shih, Michael Emerson, “Re-Thinking the Connection between Religion and Civic Life among Chinese Americans,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Louisville, KY, October.
2008 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Sarah Desai, Michael Emerson, “Narratives of Volunteering among Mexican Catholics and Asian Indian Hindus,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Louisville, KY, October.
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Durability of Faith among Elite University Scientists,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Tampa, November.
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, (invited panelist) “Publishing Articles and Books,” Association for the Sociology of Religion, New York, August.
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Elizabeth Long, “The Coherent Spirituality of Scientists,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, August.
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, invited “Author Meets Critic Session for Korean American Evangelicals: New Models for Civic Life,” response to Carolyn Chen (Northwestern University), John Schmalzbauer (Missouri State University), R. Stephen Warner (University of Illinois at Chicago), New York, August.
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, invited, “Exploring Religion, Spirituality, and Science in Cross- National Contexts,” International Network of Religious Studies Meetings, Leipzig, Germany.
2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “A summary of Korean American Evangelicals: New Models for Civic Life,” as part of a panel on “Asian American Religion: A Synthesis and Review of Recent Books,” Annual Meetings of the Association for Asian American Studies, New York, April (panel organizer).
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2007 Gorman, Bridget, Elaine Howard Ecklund and Holly Heard, “Social Support, Family Integration, and Health Outcomes of US Immigrants,” Population Association of America Annual Meetings, New York, March.
2006 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “University Scientists Classify the Place of Religion in the Academy,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Portland, November.
2006 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Jerry Park, “Creating and Crossing Boundaries: How Scientists View the Relationship between Science and Religion,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August.
2006 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Elizabeth Long, “Scientists Continued Search for Spirituality,” Association for the Sociology of Religion, Montreal, Canada, August.
2006 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “The Process of Doing Fieldwork,” Association for the Sociology of Religion, Montreal, Canada, August (invited speaker).
2005 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Jerry Park, “How Scientists View the Relationship between Religion and Science,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Rochester, New York, November (panel organizer).
2005 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Christopher Scheitle, “Religion among Academic Scientists,” Association for the Sociology of Religion, Philadelphia, August (panel organizer).
2005 Park, Jerry and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Negotiating Continuity: Family and Religious Socialization for Second-Generation Asian Americans,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, August.
2004 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Caring for the Local Community: Narratives and Practices of Volunteerism for Korean Americans in Congregations with Different Ethnic Compositions,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, St. Louis, November.
2004 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Jerry Park, “The Effect of Religious Identity in the Construction of Gender and Ethnic Identities: The Case of Second-Generation Asian Americans,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, St. Louis, November.
2004 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Jerry Park, “Asian American Civic Participation: A Comparison of Religion with Class and Gender,” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August.
2003 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Jerry Park, “Religion and Civic Participation among Asian Americans,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Norfolk, November.
2003 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Religion and Korean-American Political Narratives,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August.
2003 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Religion and the Korean-American Volunteer,” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, Atlanta, August.
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2003 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Citizenship Narratives,” 98th American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, August.
2003 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Civic Identities for Korean Americans,” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies, San Francisco, May.
2002 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Diverse Congregational Participation and Korean American Ideas of Citizenship,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Salt Lake City, October.
2002 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Identity, Discrimination, and Community Involvement for Second-Generation Korean Americans,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, August.
2002 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Catholic Women Negotiate Feminism: A Congregational Study,” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, Chicago, August.
2002 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “The Meaning of Civic Participation among Second-Generation Immigrants,” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, March.
2001 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Creating Boundaries: Black and Korean Churches, A Comparative Approach to Understanding the Role of Churches in Reproducing Culture,” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies, Toronto, March.
2000 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Why Stay? Progress and Constraints for Women Leading in Local Catholic Congregations,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August.
1999 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Responding to Modernization: Women Leading in Local Catholic Congregations,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Boston, October.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING
2019 “Professionalization Workshop,” (SOC 610), Course Instructor, Rice University, Spring.
2019 “Religion and Public Life,” (SOC 459/559), Course Instructor, Rice University, Spring.
2018 “Professionalization Workshop,” (SOC 610), Course Instructor, Rice University, Fall.
2018 “Professionalization Workshop,” (SOC 610), Course Instructor, Rice University, Spring.
2018 “Religion and Public Life,” (SOC 459/559), Course Instructor, Rice University, Spring.
2017 “Professionalization Workshop,” (SOC 610), Course Instructor, Rice University, Fall.
2016 “Immigration in a Global World,” (SOC 451/551), Course Instructor, Rice University, Spring.
2016 “Religion Seminar,” (SOC 401/501), Course Instructor, Rice University, Spring.
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2015 “Classical Theory,” (SOC 580), Course Instructor, Rice University, Fall.
2015 “Teaching Sociology,” (SOC 503), Course Instructor, Rice University, Spring.
2015 “Science at Risk? Out of the Lab and Into the Public Sphere,” (SOC 314), Course Instructor, Rice University, Spring.
2014 “Research Methods,” (SOC 381), Course Instructor, Rice University, Fall.
2013 “Perspectives on Religious Tolerance in an Intolerant Age,” (SOC 412), Course Instructor, Rice University, Fall.
2013 “Classical Theory,” (SOC 580), Course Instructor, Rice University, Fall.
2013 “Sociology of Religion,” (SOC 501), Course Instructor, Rice University, Spring.
2012 “Research Methods,” (SOC 381), Course Instructor, Rice University, Fall.
2011 “Classical Sociological Theory,” (SOC 580), Course Instructor, Rice University Fall.
2010 “Science at Risk: Out of the Lab and into the Society,” (SOC 314), Course Instructor, Rice University, Fall.
2010 “Immigration in a Global World,” (SOC 451), Course Instructor, Rice University, Fall.
2010 “Science at Risk: Out of the Lab and into the Society,” (SOC 314), Course Instructor, Rice University, Spring.
2009 “Immigration in a Global World,” (SOC 451), Course Instructor, Rice University, Spring.
2009 “Science at Risk: Out of the Lab and Into the Public Sphere” (SOC 314), Course Instructor, Rice University, Spring.
2008 “Race and Ethnic Relations” (SOC 321), Course Instructor, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Spring.
2007 “Qualitative Methods” (SOC 531), Course Instructor, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Fall.
2007 “Sociology of Immigration” (SOC 594), Course Instructor, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Spring.
2006 “Race and Ethnic Relations” (SOC 321), Course Instructor, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Fall.
2006 “Becoming “Americans?” Sociology of Immigration” (SOC 375), Course Instructor, Rice University, Spring.
2004 “Introduction to Asian American Studies” (AAS 110), Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cornell University, Spring.
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2003 “Sociology of Marriage” (SOC. 309), intensive writing course. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Completed training for John S. Knight Writing in the Majors Program, Lectures: “Research on the Black Family,” and “Ethnic Culture and Family Difference,” Cornell University, Spring.
2002 “Globalization and Inequality” (SOC. 320), and “Gender Inequality” (SOC. 316), Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cornell University, Fall.
“Utopia in Theory and Practice” (SOC. 115), Graduate Teaching Assistant, Lecture: “Utopia and the Black Church,” Cornell University, Spring.
2000 “Introductory Sociology” (SOC. 101), Lead Graduate Teaching Assistant for Sections, Lecture: “Religion and Immigration,” Cornell University, Fall.
1999, 2003 Participant, Workshop for Teacher Training, Cornell University.
1999-2000 “Introductory Sociology” (SOC. 101), Graduate Teaching Assistant, Lecture: “Introduction to Sociology of Religion,” Cornell University, Fall, Spring.
SERVICE ON STUDENT COMMITTEES
2019- Cynthia Martinez, PhD Thesis Committee Member, History, Rice University.
2018- CarrieAnne DeLoach, PhD Thesis Committee Member, History, Rice University.
2016- Esmeralda Salazar, PhD Co-Advisor, Sociology, Rice University.
2016- Dan Bolger, PhD Thesis Advisor, Sociology, Rice University
2016- Sharan Mehta, MA Thesis Advisor, Sociology, Rice University
2016- Bradley Johnson, Comprehensive Examination Committee Member, Religion, Rice University
2016- Raul Casarez, MA Thesis Committee Member, Sociology, Rice University
2016- Eboni Allen, MA Thesis Committee Member, Sociology, Rice University
2015- Itohan Idumwonyi, PhD Thesis Committee Member, Religion, Rice University
2015- Itohan Idumwonyi, A-Exam Committee Member, Religion, Rice University
2015-2016 Timothy Chang, Undergraduate Thesis Committee Chair, Sociology, Rice University
2015 Sandra Alvear, Comprehensive Examination Committee Member, Sociology, Rice University
2015 Irina Chukhray, Comprehensive Examination Committee Member, Sociology, Rice University
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2015 Adriana Garcia, Comprehensive Examination Committee Member, Sociology, Rice University
2015 William Rothwell, Comprehensive Examination Committee Member, Sociology, Rice University
2015 Ellen Whitehead, Comprehensive Examination Committee Member, Sociology, Rice University
2013- Simranjit Khalsa, PhD Advisor, Sociology, Rice University
2013- Cleve Tinsley IV, PhD Thesis Committee Member, Religion, Rice University
2013-2015 Brandon Vaidyanathan, Postdoctoral Fellow Advisor, Sociology, Rice University
2013-2014 Lilly Yu, Undergraduate Thesis Committee Member, Sociology, Rice University
2013-2014 Colleen Fugate, Undergraduate Thesis Committee Member, Sociology, Rice University
2013-2014 Catherine Yuh, Undergraduate Thesis Committee Member, Sociology, Rice University
2012-2016 David Johnson, Postdoctoral Fellow Advisor, Sociology, Rice University
2012- Di Di, PhD Advisor, Sociology, Rice University
2012-2014 Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, MA Thesis Committee Member, Sociology, Rice University
2012-2014 Adriana Garcia, MA Thesis Chair, Sociology, Rice University
2012-2013 Virginia White, Undergraduate Thesis Advisor, Sociology, Rice University
2012-2013 Kelsey Pedersen, Undergraduate Thesis Advisor, Sociology, Rice University
2011-2013 Jared Peifer, Postdoctoral Fellow Advisor, Sociology, Rice University
2011 Sarah James, Undergraduate Thesis Committee Member, Sociology, Rice University
2010- Terri Laws, PhD Committee Member, Religious Studies, Rice University
2009-2011 Jared Peifer, PhD Committee Member, Sociology, Cornell University
2009 Ceci Mesta, Undergraduate Thesis Committee Member, Sociology, Rice University
2008 Sarah Desai, PhD Committee Member, University at Buffalo, SUNY
2008 Eva Yiping Shih, PhD Committee Member, University at Buffalo, SUNY
2006-2008 Elizabeth Roby, MA Committee Member, University at Buffalo, SUNY
2006-2008 Sarah Desai, MA Committee Member, University at Buffalo, SUNY
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2006-2008 Amitava Ray, MA Committee Member, University at Buffalo, SUNY
2006-2008 Nick Robertson, MA Committee Member, University at Buffalo, SUNY
AWARDS GIVEN TO STUDENTS MENTORED
2018 Michael McDowell, Loewenstern Fellowship, Rice University.
2018 Lilly Yu, Graduate Research Program Fellowship, National Science Foundation.
2017 Simranjit Khalsa, Student Research Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
2017 Di Di, Constant H. Jacquet Research Award, Religious Research Association.
2017 Simranjit Khalsa, Walter and Helen Hall Graduate Paper Prize, Department of Sociology, Rice University.
2017 Di Di, Seth Balkishan Das Singhal Award, Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Rice University.
2017 Itohan Idumwonyi, Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE) Dissertation Completion Fellowship.
2017 Esmeralda Sanchez, National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship, Honorable Mention.
2017 Kristin Foringer, National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship.
2016 Simranjit Khalsa, Seth Balkishan Das Singhal Award, Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Rice University.
2016 Di Di, Walter and Helen Hall Graduate Paper Prize, Department of Sociology, Rice University.
2016 Timothy Chang, Weber-Durkheim Award, Department of Sociology, Rice University.
2015 Jacob Hernandez, Distinction in Research in Sociology, Rice University.
2015 Daniel Cortez, Powell Commencement Award for Leadership, Rice University.
2015 Clara Roberts, Linda Williams Prize for Social Justice, Rice University.
2015 Esther Chan, National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship, Honorable Mention.
2014 Samuel Kye, National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship.
2013 Kelsey Pedersen, Sociology Department Honors, Rice University.
2013 Kelsey Pedersen, Sociology Department Beth Shapiro Award, Rice University.
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2013 Virginia White, Distinction in Research in Sociology, Rice University.
2013 Kristin Foringer, Sociology Department Walter Hall Graduate Student Paper Award.
2013 Kelsey Pedersen, Sociology Department Walter Hall Undergraduate Student Paper Award.
2013 Lilly Yu, Sociology Department Walter Hall Undergraduate Student Paper Honorable Mention.
2013 Amol Utrankar, Sociology Department Walter Hall Undergraduate Student Paper Award.
2012 David Johnson, Best Dissertation Award, Higher Education Research Association.
2012 Virginia White, First Place Award for Research in the Social Sciences, Rice Centennial Research Fair.
2012 Virginia White, American Sociological Association Student Travel Award.
2012 Samuel Kye, (Ecklund as primary mentor for 2011-2012 PostBaccalaureate Fellow Position), American Sociological Association Student Travel Award.
2012 Kristen Gagalis (RPLP Student Fellow), Sociology Department Beth Shapiro Award.
2012 Jessica Davenport (Graduate Student in Sociology 580, Ecklund Instructor), Sociology Department Graduate Student Paper Award for Soc 580 Final Paper.
2012 Sarah James, Sociology Department Durkheim Award for Academic Excellence.
ACADEMIC/ UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Service to the Discipline and Interdisciplinary Service
2019- Invited Member, International Advisory Board, The Faraday Institute
2019-2022 Invited Member, Advisory Board, “Science and Religion: Clarifying the Terms of the Debate,” Faraday Institute and Theos
2018 Selected NSF Panel Reviewer
2018- Invited Consultant, Ad Hoc Committee on Professionalism, Association for the Sociology of Religion
2018- Invited Member, Editorial Board, Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
2018- Invited Member, Advisory Board, Religion and the Professional Development of Graduate Students in the Sciences
2018-2021 Invited Member, Advisory Board, Investigating the Non-Religious Mainstream: A Challenge to Narratives of Science and Secularisation
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2018-2019 Invited Member, Advisory Group, “Science and Religion: Clarifying the Terms of the Debate,” Faraday Institute and Theos
2018 Invited Member, Third Term, Editorial Board, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
2018 President-Elect, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
2016- Invited Member, Advisory Council, BioLogos
2016-2018 Appointed Member, Committee on Professional Ethics, American Sociological Association
2015- Academic Advisor, ScienceSites
2015-2016 Invited Member, Planning Committee, Conference on Medicine and Religion, Institute for Spirituality and Health
2014-2018 Invited Member, Publications Committee, Association for the Sociology of Religion
2014-2015 Elected Chair, Section on Sociology of Religion, American Sociological Association
2014- Invited Member, Advisory Board, Sinai and Synapses
2012-2015 Elected Chair, Nominating Committee, Religious Research Association
2012 Invited Member, Second Term, Editorial Board, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
2010-2012 Elected Council Member, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
2010-2011 Session Organizer, Section on Sociology of Religion, American Sociological Association paper submissions
2009 Invited Member, Editorial Board, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
2009 Member, Nominations Committee, Religious Research Association
2009-2011 Elected Council Member, Section on Sociology of Religion, American Sociological Association
2008 Co-Editorial Review, Poetics
2008 Invited Discussant, Religion, Immigration, and Cities Panel, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Chicago, November
2007-2009 Student Paper Award Committee, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
2007-2009 Student Paper Award Committee, Section on Sociology of Religion, American Sociological Association
2007-2008 Chair, Student Paper Award Committee, International Migration Section, American Sociological Association
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2007-2008 Chair, Student Paper Award Committee, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
2007-2008 Chair, Student Paper Award Committee, Section on Sociology of Religion, American Sociological Association
2007-2008 Chair, Committee on International Relations, Association for the Sociology of Religion
2007 Organizer, Session Panel: “Religion and Science,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, August
2007 Organizer, Session Panel: “Religion in Asian America: A Review of Recent Books,” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies, New York, April
2006-2008 Membership Committee, Association for the Sociology of Religion
2005 Organizer, Session Panel: “Religion and the Intellect,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Rochester, November
2005 Organizer, Session Panel: “Religion in the Academy,” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, Philadelphia, August
2005 Selection Committee, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Rice University
2004-2006 Publications Committee, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
2002-2003 Elected, Graduate Student Representative to Council, Section on Sociology of Religion, American Sociological Association
2002 Organizer, with Wendy Cadge, Session Panel: “The Emergence of Theravada Buddhism in America,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Salt Lake City, October
2000 Nominated Participant, Cornell University Academic Leadership Series Workshop
Internal University and Department Service
2019-2020 Committee Member, University Committee for Research, Rice University
2019-2020 Committee Member, Dean Search Committee, School of Social Sciences, Rice University
2018-2019 Committee Member, University Committee for Research, Rice University
2017-2019 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, Rice University
2017-2018 Chair, School-Wide Qualitative Methods Course Development, School of Social Sciences, Rice University
2017 Committee Member, Dean Review Committee, Rice University
2016 Promotion Review Letter, Department of Sociology, Rice University
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2015-2016 Invited Mentor, Office of Faculty Development Mentoring Program, Rice University
2015-2016 Member, Graduate Council, Rice University
2015-2016 Member, Faculty Advisory Board, Doerr Institute for New Leaders, Rice University
2015 Co-Chair (with Justin Denney), Faculty Search Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University
2014-2016 Member, Graduate Curriculum Student Selection Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University
2015 Chair, Postdoctoral Fellow Selection Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University
2014- Member, Graduate Honor System working group, Rice University
2014- Elected, Membership Committee, Scientia, Rice University
2012 President’s Committee on The Boniuk Center, Rice University
2012 Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees (asked to draft a statement on “Research at Rice University”), Rice University
2011- Invited Board Member, Scientia, Rice University
2010-2013 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, Rice University
2010 Appointed Member, Dean of Social Sciences Review Committee, Rice University
2010 Divisional Advisor, Will Rice College, Rice University
2009, 2010 Member, Department Student Paper Award Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University
2009 Member, Teaching Fellow Hiring Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University
2008 Appointed Dean’s Committee on Asian University Relations, School of Social Sciences, Rice University
2008 Associate and Social Sciences Divisional Advisor, Will Rice College, Rice University (Table Talk Program: “Life After Rice”)
2008 Member, Department Policy Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University
2007-2009 Invited Member, Asia Studies Advisory Council, University at Buffalo, SUNY
2007-2008 Member, Departmental Faculty/Graduate Student Relations Committee, Department of Sociology, University at Buffalo, SUNY
2007-2008 Invited Member, Gender Institute Steering Committee, University at Buffalo, SUNY
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2006-2007 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Sociology Department, University at Buffalo, SUNY
2003-2004 Invited Member, Task Force on Asian and Asian Americans, Cornell University
2002-2004 Graduate Student Mentor, Sociology Department, Cornell University
TENURE REVIEWS
2018 Emory University, Candler School of Theology
2018 Clemson University, Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminal Justice
2018 Baylor University, Department of Sociology
2018 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Sociology
2018 The Catholic University of America, Department of Sociology
2017 University of Wyoming, Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology
2017 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Sociology
2017 Baylor University, Department of Sociology
2016 Wheaton College, Sociology and Anthropology Department
2015 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Sociology
2015 University of Notre Dame, Department of Sociology
SELECTED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE OF RESEARCH
“Are the late Stephen Hawking's religious beliefs typical of U.K. scientists?,” EurekAlert! (American Association for the Advancement of Science), December 19, 2018. “TMC Seminar with Elaine Howard Ecklund,” Duke Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative, December 5, 2018. “More Books of the Year 2018,” Patheos, December 4, 2018. “Elaine Howard Ecklund: Debunking the Myth that Faith and Science Are in Conflict,” Faith & Leadership, October 16, 2018. “America’s Clergy Are Teaming Up With Scientists,” WIRED, October 3, 2018. “Vs. Religion vs. Science,” Theos Think Tank, July 25, 2018. “Rice Scholar Explores Religious Groups’ Views of Science,” Jewish Herald Voice, June 7, 2018. “Leading Social Scientist Chosen to Give Prestigious Gifford Lecture,” The National, May 14, 2018. “In This Bible Study, Science and Faith Don’t Have to Compete,” National Public Radio, April 29, 2018. “Surprising Allies,” John Templeton Foundation, March 12, 2018. “Religion vs. Science,” National Association of Evangelicals, February 15, 2018. “Some Black and Latino Christians Rely on Religion for Healing,” Phys.org, February 12, 2018. “Religion vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think,” Wisconsin Public Radio, January 31, 2018. “There’s Proof that Scientists Don’t Hate Christians,” Christianity Today, December 18, 2017.
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“Can Celebrity Scientists Change the Way People Think About Science and Religion?,” National Public Radio, December 4, 2017. “Some Americans Consult Religion About Science Questions,” Futurity, October 17, 2017. “Scholarly Memorabilia: Which Item in Your Office Would You Save From a Fire?,” Times Higher Education, August 24, 2017. “Ethical ambiguity: When scientific misconduct isn’t black and white,” Retraction Watch, April 20, 2017. “Being ethical may be ‘double-edged sword’ for female scientists,” Times Higher Education, February 21, 2017. “Religion Plays a Bigger Role in Evolution Skepticism than Climate Change Denial, Study Finds,” Huffington Post, December 15, 2016. “Religion Drives Skepticism about Evolution, but not Climate Change,” Religion News Service, December 13, 2016. “Failing Families, Failing Science,” Inside Higher Ed, December 2, 2016. “Immigrant and minority scientists shaken by Trump win,” Nature, November 22, 2016. “British scientists don't like Richard Dawkins, finds study that didn't even ask questions about Richard Dawkins,” The Independent, October 31, 2016. “Richard Dawkins is Bad for Science, Say Researchers Predisposed to Not Liking Him,” Patheos, October 31, 2016. “How Science, Religion Square Off in the Brain,” Discovery.com, March 23, 2016. “Does a Dim View of Atheism Weaken Richard Dawkins’ Message?,” The Exception Magazine, February 2, 2016. “Are All Scientists Atheists?,” Houston Matters, National Public Radio, December 16, 2015. “Religion and science: global survey explores academia’s views,” Times Higher Education, December 14, 2015. “Katy incident shows perils of broaching religion in class,” Houston Chronicle, November 2, 2015. “Running for President Isn’t Brain Surgery,” The Atlantic, October 13, 2015. “Elaine Howard Ecklund: The Faiths of Scientists in the UK and US,” DailyMotion, April 20, 2015. “Religion News: Indiana Republicans to amend 'religious freedom' law,” The Mexico Ledger, April 2, 2015. “Most evangelical Christians say religion and science can coexist,” Business Insider, March 23, 2015. “Majority of Evangelical Christians in Survey See No Conflict Between Science and Religion,” Religion News Service, March 20, 2015. “Among evangelicals, science, religion not necessarily at odds, study says,” Houston Chronicle, March 20, 2015. “Most Evangelical Christians Say Science and Religion Can Coexist,” Yahoo News!, March 18, 2015. “Evangelicals and scientists are closer than many realize,” The Washington Post, March 16, 2015. “70 Percent of Evangelicals Believe Religion and Science Are Not in Conflict,” Huffington Post, March 16, 2015. “Can Science Find Common Ground with Evangelicals?” Scientific American, March 16, 2015. “How do Jews View Science?” Huffington Post, December 23, 2014. “Can Scientists and Evangelical Leaders Work Together?” Christianity Today, November 10, 2014. “Are scientists more or less religious than laymen?,” Gulf News, November 3, 2014. “Scientists less likely to be religious,” The Australian, October 8, 2014. “Religion Meets Science: Indian Scientists' Faith in God more than British Peers,” International Business Times, September 25, 2014. “Indian scientists 'more religious' than UK counterparts,” British Standard, September 25, 2014. “Indian Scientists more religious than British Scientists: Study,” Austrian Tribune, September 25, 2014. “Indian scientists more religious than British peers: Study,” OneIndia, September 24, 2014. “Survey: When science and faith collide, faith usually wins,” Religion, The Washington Post, May 1, 2014. “New Survey Suggests Science & Religion Are Compatible, But Scientists Have Their Doubts,” Science, Huffington Post, March 17, 2014. “Science Matters: 20 Ways to Pursue Justice through Science,” Houston Chronicle, March 16, 2014.
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“Faith and reason: Scientists are not as secular as people think,” The Economist, February 22, 2014. “’Religious Understandings of Science’ Study Reveals Surprising Statistics,” Religion, Huffington Post, February 19, 2014. “Science Group, Evangelicals Seek New Collaboration Between Science and Religion,” Religion, Huffington Post, February 18, 2014. “Rice study finds religion, science not always at odds,” Houston Chronicle, February 18, 2014. “Science group, evangelicals push new collaboration,” Religion, Washington Post, February 17, 2014. “The Science of Stupid: Galileo is Rolling Over in His Grave,” Science & Space, Time, February 17, 2014. “Elaine Howard Ecklund on BBC World Service Discussing Science and Religion,” Newsday, BBC World Service, February 17, 2014. “God Knows, Scientists Are More Religious Than You Think,” Faith & Reason, Religious News Service, February 16, 2014. “Science, religion go hand-in-hand in US,” Yahoo News: UK & Ireland, February 16, 2014. “How Religious Organizations Balance Membership & Community Service,” Houston Matters, National Public Radio, January 28, 2014. “Kelvin’s Conundrum: Is It Possible to Believe in God and Science?” BBC, October 20, 2013. “Jewish Atheism and Jewish Theism in America,” Jewish Journal, April 12, 2013. “Growing a Family Alongside a Science Career,” Newscientist, March 13, 2013. “Gender Bias and the Sciences: Facing Reality,” Scientific American Blog, December 4, 2012. “Gender Bias and the Sciences,” Huffington Post, November 1, 2012. “Gender Bias Makes Women Choose Careers Outside Hard Sciences” MSN News, October 25, 2012. “New Study of Scientists' Views of Sex Discrimination's Impact,” Inside Higher Ed, October 23, 2012. “Atheist at the Breakfast Table,” Psychology Today, June 16, 2012. “Rice Wins $2M Grant to Study Relationship Between Science, Religion,” Houston Business Journal, January 30, 2012. “Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think,” Examiner, January 22, 2012. “Atheists Report They Are Taking Their Kids to Church,” Beliefnet, December 26, 2011. “Atheism in America,” Sightings, December 12, 2011. “Study: Some Atheists With Children Attend Religious Services,” CNN Belief Blog, December 7, 2011. “Some Atheists Embrace Religion for Kids,” Futurity, December 6, 2011. “Atheist Scientists Sometimes Still Take Kids to Church Believe It Or Not,” Houston Chronicle Blog, December 6. “Why Atheists Celebrate Christmas,” Live Science, December 5, 2011. “Some Atheist Scientists Are Taking Their Children to Church — But Why?” The Blaze, December 5, 2011. “Why Atheists Celebrate Christmas,” Live Science, December 2, 2011. “Rice University: Only a Minority of Scientists Call Religion and Science Irreconcilable,” Beliefnet, September 24, 2011. “Religion And Science Can Coexist, Scientists Say In New Survey,” The Huffington Post, September 21, 2011. “Being a College Professor Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be,” The Atlantic Wire, August 11, 2011. “Life as an Academic Can Be Tough on Family,” The Wall Street Journal, August 10, 2011. “Scientists Want More Children,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 9, 2011. “Is Science Incompatible with Family?” The Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2011. “Scientists: We Want More Children,” Time Magazine, August 9, 2011. “The Children they Never Had,” Inside Higher Ed, August 9, 2011. “More Than One in Five Atheist Scientists are Also Spiritual,” The Houston Chronicle, May 9, 2011. “Scientific Caution is Needed on Atheism Debate,” The Guardian, April 15, 2011. “Faith and the Cosmos,” American Magazine, April 4, 2011. “Why University Scientists Do Not Discuss Religion,” The Huffington Post, January 25, 2011. “The Top 10 Religion Books of 2010: Science Vs. Religion,” The Huffington Post, December 18, 2010. “A Sociologist and a Journalist Assess How Science and Religion Get Along,” AAAS, December 15, 2010.
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“Ideas Calendar: What do Scientists Believe,” The Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2010 “Coverage on Ecklund’s Talk for the Faith Angle Forum,” USA Today, November 22, 2010. “Science and Religion Aren’t Friends,” USA Today, October 11, 2010. “Babies Make Everything Better,” Texas Monthly, October 2010. “Science and religion: Is the debate real?” College News, September 30, 2010. “Book of the Week: Science Vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think,” The Times Higher Education, September 16, 2010. “Dads in Study Regret Small Families More than Moms,” AOL News, September 5, 2010. “Chinese Christians: Leading the Way in Reconciling Our Religious and Scientific Selves,” Jonathan D. Fitzgerald, The Huffington Post, August 27, 2010. “Parenthood Gaps and Premiums,” Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, August 16, 2010. “Christian Academics Cite Hostility on Campus,” All Things Considered, National Public Radio, August 1, 2010. “Arizona Churches Mobilize Against Immigration Law,” National Public Radio, August 1, 2010. “My 10 Must-Read Books for Summer and Fall,” Elizabeth Bennett, CultureMap Houston, June 18, 2010. “Science, Civil Dialogue and Religion,” Alan I. Leshner (CEO of AAAS), Washington Post, June 16, 2010 and Huffington Post, June 15, 2010. “United States: Religious and Spiritual Scientists Defying Religion-Science Feud,” Richard Cimino, Religioscope: Religion Watch, June 14, 2010. “Wilson's Bookmarks: Book review,” John Wilson, Christianity Today, May 17, 2010. “Are Scientists Really Anti-Religious?” John Templeton Foundation Report, May 12, 2010. “How Religious are Scientists,” Chris Mooney, Point of Inquiry, May 7, 2010. “Ecklund Vs. Larson & Witham on Religion Among Academic Scientists,” Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, The Intersection, May 3, 2010. “Announcing My Next Point of Inquiry Guest: Elaine Ecklund,” Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, The Intersection, May 1, 2010. “Science Vs. Religion: What Do Scientists Say?” Rod Dreher, Beliefnet, April 30, 2010. “Are Top Scientists Really So Atheistic? Look at the Data,” Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, The Intersection April 13, 2010. “Response: Religious Absence,” Houston Chronicle Op-Ed: Letters April 12, 2010. “What Scientists Really Think About Religion,” Science + Religion Today, April 12, 2010. “Should God Attend Chemistry Class?” Chronicle of Higher Education, April 8, 2010. “Can a Science-Minded Child Be Raised Religious?” Huffington Post, January 19, 2010. “Different Health Care Reform: Doctors Trained to Deal with Patients about Faith,” Christian Science Monitor, January 5, 2010. “What Doctors Say about Prayer Requests,” Chicago Tribune, December 22, 2009. “When Asked to Pray, What Do Doctors Say?” Jeannine Stein, Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2009. “Spirituality: Rx When Medicine Fails,” Washington Post, Guest Voices on Faith, December 7, 2009. “Doctors Gauge Patients' Religious Views,” United Press International, November13, 2009. “God in the Lab: Overview of RAAS Research Findings,” Chris Toumey, Nature Nanotechnology November 2009. “Are Religion and Science Compatible?” Wendy Cadge, Digital Journal April 29, 2009. “Science and Religion, School Boards,” Interview for Focus on the Family Radio Affiliate, March 9, 2009. “The Texas School Board Evolution Curriculum,” Interview for Houston Public Radio NPR March 9, 2009. “Science Not to Blame for Non-Religious Scientists,” Dave Mosher, LiveScience, June 29, 2007. “Study: Upbringing Why Most Scientists Not Religious,” Editor: Gareth Dodd, Xinhua News July 27, 2007. “The Clash Between Religion and Science,” Lee Dye, ABC News July 3, 2007. “Religion’s Role in Immigration,” Interview for Eight Forty Eight, Chicago Public Radio NPR 2007. “BeliefWatch: Ivy League” Newsweek, January 22, 2007.
REVIEWER
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American Sociological Review American Journal of Sociology British Journal of Sociology National Science Foundation Social Forces Social Science Quarterly Sociological Quarterly Gender and Society John Templeton Foundation Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Journal of Religion Review of Religious Research Sociology of Religion Journal of Asian American Studies Journal of American Religion Oxford University Press University of California Press Templeton Religion Trust Princeton University Press
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