ELAINE HOWARD ECKLUND Rice University Sociology Department, MS-28 P.O. Box 1892 Houston, TX 77251-1892 Phone: 713-348-6761 Email: [email protected] October 2, 2015
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT AND AFFILIATIONS
2013-Present Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences, Rice University.
2013-Present Professor, Department of Sociology, Rice University.
2014-Present Faculty Affiliate, Religious Studies Department, Rice University.
2013-2015 Director, Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, Rice University.
2011-2013 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Rice University.
2010-Present Founding Director, Religion and Public Life Program, Social Sciences Research Institute, Rice University.
2010-Present 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.
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, Gender, Immigration, Race, Culture
MAJOR GRANTS
2012-2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI, (Kirstin R.W. Matthews, Steven Lewis, Co-PIs), “Ethics among Physicists in Cross-National Context,” National Science Foundation ($299,688, Grant #1237737).
2012-2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, PI, “Religious Understandings of Science (RUS),” John Templeton Foundation ($1,087,000).
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).
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 #0920837), 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 #0920837).
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).
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
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Anne E. Lincoln, Failing Families, Failing Science: Work- Family Conflict in Academic Science, forthcoming, New York University Press.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Science Vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think. 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 and Christianity Today, Social Forces).
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,
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Evangelical Studies Journal, Journal of Asian American Studies, and American Journal of Sociology).
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
2015 Chan, Esther and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Narrating and Navigating Authorities: Understandings of the Bible and Science Among Evangelical and Mainline Protestants,” forthcoming, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
2015 Johnson, David and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Ethical Ambiguity in Science,” Science and Engineering Ethics, published online.
2015 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, published online.
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, Michael Emerson, Celina Davila, and Samuel Kye, “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 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
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Sociolgy—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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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
Peifer, Jared, Simranjit Khalsa, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Political Conservatism, Religion and Environmental Consumption in the United States,” revise and resubmit, Environmental Politics.
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,” revise and resubmit, Social Problems.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Jared L. Peifer, Virginia White, and Esther Chan, “Moral Narrative and Intuition: How Religious Laypeople Evaluate Human Reproductive Genetic Technologies,” revise and resubmit, Sociological Forum.
Johnson, David R., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Conservative Protestantism and Curricular Challenges across States: Mediators and Outcomes,” revise and resubmit, Social Science Quarterly.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Risk of Experiencing Religious Discrimination in the Workplace: The Roles of Religious Expression and Minority Status,” under review.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Religion and Parental Encouragement to Pursue Science,” under review.
Vaidyanathan, Brandon, David Johnson, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Rejecting Conflict: American Jewish and Muslim Views on Science and Religion,” under review.
Johnson, David, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Di Di, and Kirstin Matthews, “Responding to Richard: Celebrity and (Mis)representation of Science,” under review.
Sorrell, Katherine and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “How UK Scientists Legitimize Religion Through Boundary Work,” under review.
Lewis, Steven W., Di Di, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “The Double-Edged Sword: Guanxi and Scientific Ethics in Academic Physics in the People’s Republic of China,” under review.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Katherine Sorrell, and Di Di, “Identities and Social Change,” under review.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Di Di, “The Double-Edged Sword of Feminine Ethics in Science for US and UK Physicists,” under review.
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Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Christopher P. Scheitle, and Jared Peifer, “Examining Links between Religion, Evolution Views, and Climate Change Skepticism,” under review.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Sarah Damaske, Anne E. Lincoln, and Virginia Johnston White, “Strategies Men Use to Negotiate Family and Science,” under review.
Di Di, Elaine Howard Ecklund, and Steven W. Lewis, “Gender Segregation in Academic Physics in the People’s Republic of China,” under review.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Christopher P. Scheitle, “Gender Discrimination in Science Across National Contexts,” in progress.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “How Does Religion and Gender Compare as Factors of Discrimination in US Science,” in progress.
Johnson, David, Brandon Vaidyanathan, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Structural Strain in Science: Organizational Context, Career Stage, Discipline, and Role Composition,” in progress.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Christopher P. Scheitle, and Jared Peifer, “Comparative Paper of What Predicts Religiosity among US and UK Scientists,” in progress.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Perceptions of Workplace Discrimination among Academic Physicists and Biologists in the United States,” in progress.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Rejection of Scientific Findings and Opposition to Scientific Research: Idiosyncratic or Systematic?,” in progress.
Lincoln, Anne E. and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Parenthood Denied: Gender, Family, Work, and Academic Science Careers,” in progress.
Lincoln, Anne E. and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “The Sagan Effect: Persisting and Switching in Science Careers,” in progress.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard and David Johnson, “Academic Mentors: Influences on the Pursuit of Science,” in progress.
Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Cleve Tinsley, “How African American Protestants Frame Science,” in progress.
OPINION EDITORIALS, ESSAYS, AND SCHOLARLY REPORTS
2015 Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Jeff Smith, “One Congregation Has Dialogue about Science and Faith,” for Christian Century, forthcoming.
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.
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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.
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/).
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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
Internal
2015 “Religion, Inequality, and Science Education (RISE),” Faculty Initiatives Fund, Rice University ($38,000).
2015 Recipient, “Will Rice College’s Favorite Professors of 2015” (nominated by undergraduate student).
2014 Recipient, “Baker College’s Best Professors of 2014” (nominated by undergraduate student).
2013 Winner of the Charles O. Duncan Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Rice University.
2013 Recipient, “Baker College’s Best Professors of 2013” (nominated by undergraduate student).
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).
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).
External Awards and Honors
2012 Grants Review Board, Uses and Abuses of Biology, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge University.
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2012 Senior Scholar, Mellon Foundation, Sociology and Religion Working Group, University of Notre Dame, 2012-2013.
2010 “How Religious People View Science,” Jack Shand Research Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion ($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 Cornell University, Class of 2004, Baccalaureate Award, (One of two university-wide graduate student awards for academic excellence and community service).
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).
2001-2002 Sage Fellowship, Cornell University ($12,500).
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).
2001 Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Sociology, Cornell University.
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).
1998-1999 Sage Fellowship, Cornell University ($12,500).
REVIEWS
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.
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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
2016 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Invited Keynote Speaker, Conference on Medicine and Religion, Institute for Spirituality and Health, March.
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.
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.
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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 Presenter, 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,” 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.
2011 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Data on Scientists Views on Religion,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology Faculty Club, April.
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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,” 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.
2010 Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “Science Vs. Religion,” Department of Sociology, Baylor University, March.
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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,” 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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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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).
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
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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.
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
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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.
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
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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
2015- Itohan Idumwonyi, Exam Committee Member, Religious Studies, Rice University
2013- Simranjit Khalsa, PhD Advisor, Sociology, Rice University
2013- Cleve Tinsley IV, Exam Committee Member, Religious Studies, Rice University
2013-2015 Brandon Vaidyanathan, Postdoctoral Fellow Advisor, Department of 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- David Johnson, Postdoctoral Fellow Advisor, Department of Sociology, Rice University
2012- Di Di, PhD Advisor, Sociology, Rice University
2012- 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, Department of Sociology, Rice University
2011 Sarah James, Undergraduate Thesis Committee Member, Sociology, Rice University
2010- Terri Laws, PhD Committee Member, Religious Studies, Rice University
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2009-2011 Jared Peifer, PhD Committee Member, Sociology Department, 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
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
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.
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, (Ecklund, Postdoctoral Mentor), Best Dissertation Award, Higher Education Research Association.
2012 Virginia White, (Ecklund, Undergraduate Thesis Advisor, RPLP Student Fellow), First Place Award for Research in the Social Sciences, Rice Centennial Research Fair.
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2012 Virginia White, (Ecklund, Undergraduate Thesis Advisor, RPLP Student Fellow), 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 (Ecklund member of undergraduate thesis committee, RPLP Student Fellow and Ecklund research assistant), Sociology Department Durkheim Award for Academic Excellence.
ACADEMIC/ UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Internal University and Department Service
2015-2016 Invited Mentor, Office of Faculty Development Mentoring Program, Rice University
2015-2016 Invited Member, Graduate Council, Rice University
2015- Invited Member, Faculty Board, Doerr Institute for New Leaders, Rice University
2015 Invited Member, Graduate Student Selection Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University
2015 Invited Co-Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University
2015 Invited Chair, Postdoc Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University
2014- Invited Member, Graduate Honor System working group, Rice University
2014- Invited Member, 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 Advisory, Will Rice College, Rice University
2009, 2010 Member, Department Student Paper Award Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University
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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
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
Service to the Discipline and Interdisciplinary Service
2015- Academic Advisor, ScienceSites
2015-2016 Invited Member, Planning Committee, Conference on Medicine and Religion, Institute for Spirituality and Health
2014-2017 Invited Member, Publications Committee, Association for the Sociology of Religion
2014-2016 Elected Member, Executive Committee, International Society for Science and 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
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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
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
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SELECTED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE OF RESEARCH
“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 Significantly More Religious Than UK Scientists,” ScienceDaily, September 24, 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. “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. “Misconceptions of science and religion stunt progress,” Business Standard, February 17, 2014. “The Science of Stupid: Galileo is Rolling Over in His Grave,” Science & Space, Time, February 17, 2014. “Not Quite Two Cultures,” Inside Higher Ed, 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.
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“Gender Bias and the Sciences,” Huffington Post, November 1, 2012. “Gender Bias Makes Women Choose Careers Outside Hard Sciences” MSN News, October 25, 2012. “Why Women Choose Careers outside the Hard Sciences,” Times of India, October 24, 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. “How Scientists Settle Conflict Between Religion and Science,” Asian News International, September 22, 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. “Women Scientists Admit, ‘I Wanted More Kids,’” CBS Interactive Business Network, 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. “Cutting Back on Family Aspirations,” Science Mag, 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. “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. “Will Science Trump Religion, Answer How we should Live?” USA Today, November 18, 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,
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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
American Sociological Review Review of Religious Research American Journal of Sociology Sociology of Religion British Journal of Sociology Journal of Asian American Studies National Science Foundation Journal of American Religion Social Forces Oxford University Press Social Science Quarterly University of California Press Sociological Quarterly Gender and Society John Templeton Foundation Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Journal of Religion
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