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ELAINE HOWARD ECKLUND Rice University Sociology Department, MS-28 P.O ELAINE HOWARD ECKLUND Rice University Sociology Department, MS-28 P.O. Box 1892 Houston, TX 77251-1892 Phone: 713-348-6761 Email:[email protected] April, 2012 ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT AND AFFILIATIONS 2011- Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Rice University. 2010- Director, Religion and Public Life Program, Social Sciences Research Institute, Rice University. 2010- Rice Scholar, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy. 2008-2011 Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Rice University. 2008-2009 Associate Director, Center on Race, Religion, and Urban Life, Rice University. 2006-2008 Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, University at Buffalo, SUNY. 2004-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology Department, Rice University. EDUCATION 2001-2004 Ph.D., Sociology, Cornell University, August, 2004. Title: The “Good” American: Religion and Civic Life for Korean Americans. (Committee: Penny Edgell (Chair), Victor Nee, David Strang, Robert Wuthnow) 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. RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Religion, Science, Immigration, Race, Culture MAJOR GRANTS 2012 Principal Investigator, “Religious Understandings of Science (RUS),” John Templeton Foundation ($1,087,000). 2012 Principal Investigator, (Kirstin Matthews, Steve Lewis, Co-Investigators), “Religion among Scientists in International Context (RASIC),” Templeton World Charity Foundation ($2,057,000). 2007-2011 Principal Investigator, (Anne Lincoln, Southern Methodist University, Co-Investigator), “Perceptions of Women in Academic Science,” National Science Foundation ($299,334, Grant #0920837). 2009 Principal Investigator, (Anne Lincoln, Southern Methodist University, Co-Investigator), “Perceptions of Women in Academic Science,” National Science Foundation ($55,154, Grant #0920837), additional grant in support of existing research. 2007-2010 Principal Investigator, (Michael O. Emerson, Rice University, Co-Investigator) “Religion and the Changing Face of American Civic Life,” Russell Sage Foundation ($190,149). 2005-2009 Principal Investigator, “Religion and Spirituality among Natural and Social Scientists at Elite Research Universities,” The John Templeton Foundation ($283,549). (Coverage about study in USA Today, The Washington Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Newsweek, Nature, PhysicsOrg.com, ABCNews.com, MSNBC.com, Xinhua News). 2006 Principal Investigator, “Religion among Academic Scientists,” The John Templeton Foundation ($10,000), additional merit-based grant made in support of existing research. BOOKS 2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Science Vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think. Oxford University Press, May (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, Christianity Today) 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 2012 Jeremy R. Porter, Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Extracting Insightful Information on Controversial Questions from Active Nonrespondents of Targeted Samples,” American Sociologist, conditionally accepted. 2012 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Sarah James, and Anne E. Lincoln, “ How Academic Physicists and Biologists View Science Outreach,” PLoS ONE, forthcoming. 2012 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Anne Lincoln, and Cassandra Tansey, “Academic Scientists Explain Gender Segregation in Science Disciplines,” Gender and Society, forthcoming. 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. “Creating and Crossing Boundaries: How Scientists View the Relationship between Religion and Science,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 50(3): 552-569. 2 Elaine Howard Ecklund 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. 2011 Jingyuan Luo, Jesse M. Flynn, Rachel E. Solnick, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Kirstin R.W. Matthews, “International Stem Cell Collaborations in the US and UK,”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. 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. (Coverage about article in Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune). 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, 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). (Media coverage about article in The Washington Times). 2007 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Christopher Scheitle, “Religion among Academic Scientists: Distinctions, Disciplines, and Demographics,” Social Problems, 54(2):289-307. (Media coverage about article in Xinhua News, ABCNews.com, MSNBC.com, US News & World Report.com). *Portions re-printed with permission in Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction, 2nd Edition. University of California Press, by Eugenie C. Scott* 3 Elaine Howard Ecklund 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. 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. nd *Re-printed in Sociology of Religion: A Reader (2 Edition) Allyn and Bacon.* OPINION EDITORIALS AND ESSAYS 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 7, 2011. 2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science on Faith, for Chronicle Review, February 11, 2011. 2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Why University Scientists Do Not Discuss Religion,” for Huffington Post, January 25, 2011. 4 Elaine Howard Ecklund 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,
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