<p> Bradly Nabors Department of Sociology Phone: 310-614-2228 University of Southern California Fax: 213-740-3535 Kaprielian Hall 352 Email: [email protected] Los Angeles, CA 90089-2539 </p><p>Education</p><p>Ph.D. Candidate, University of Southern California, Sociology Qualifying Exams: Cultural Sociology, Religion in Public Life Dissertation: Prospectus in Progress, “The Making of American Atheism” Committee: Paul Lichterman (chair), Nina Eliasoph, Randall Lake </p><p>M.A., University of Southern California, Sociology 2009 Empirical Paper: The Changing Forms of Organized Nonbelief: The Case of the Pacific City Atheists Signators: Paul Lichterman, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo</p><p>M.A., Graduate Theological Union, Ethics and Social Theory 2004 Thesis: Identity Construction and Maintenance in the Christian Motorcyclists Association Committee: Jerome Baggett (chair), Naomi Seidman, Bruce Grelle</p><p>B.A., California State University, Chico, Religious Studies 2001</p><p>Areas of Interest</p><p>Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Sociological Theory </p><p>Publications</p><p>Forthcoming. “Book Note: The Ethics of Human Rights: Contested Doctrinal and Moral Issues, by Esther D. Reed.” Religious Studies Review.</p><p>2008. “Book Review: Awesome Families: The Promise of Healing Relationships in the International Churches of Christ, by Kathleen E. Jenkins.” Sociology of Religion 69:359-360. </p><p>Teaching Experience</p><p>Soci 370: Intro to Social Theory, Teaching Asst., University of Southern California Fall 2008, Spring 2010 Soci 351: Juvenile Delinquency, Teaching Asst., University of Southern California Spring 2010 Soci 475: Medical Sociology, Teaching Asst., University of Southern California Spring 2009 Soci 420: Sociology of Violence, Teaching Asst., University of Southern California Spring 2009 Rel 121: The World of the New Testament, Teaching Asst., University of Southern California Fall 2006 Phil 18: Eastern Religions, Instructor, Butte College, Chico, CA Spring 2005-Fall 2005 Soc C112: Sociology of Religion, Teaching Asst., University of California, Berkeley Summer 2002</p><p>Work in Progress</p><p>2010. “The Conditioning of Organized Irreligion: The Case of the Pacific City Atheists.”</p><p>2010. “In the City, but not of the City: Place, Myth Maintenance, and Experience at the Dream Center” with Richard Flory.</p><p>Page 1 of 2 Conference Presentations</p><p>2009. “The Dream Center as an Expression of 'Godly Love': Preliminary Findings from a Qualitative Analysis.” With Richard Flory. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. San Francisco, CA.</p><p>2009. “Rethinking Secularism: How Organized Atheism Makes a Problem out of Religion.” Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. San Francisco, CA.</p><p>2008. “Constructing Atheist Identity.” Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association. Portland, OR.</p><p>Research Experience</p><p>2009 Research Assistant for Richard Flory, USC Center For Religion and Civic Culture Ethnographic research of Pentecostal ministries at Los Angeles Dream Center.</p><p>2008 Research Assistant for Paul Lichterman, University of Southern California Ethnographic research and literature search on homeless organizations.</p><p>2007 Research Assistant for Paul Lichterman, University of Southern California Literature search on homeless organizations, work on NSF grant application.</p><p>2003 Research Assistant for Jerome Baggett, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA Literature search on religion and community. Scheduled interviews of, and processed survey data on, Bay Area parishioners. </p><p>Awards and Fellowships</p><p>2001 Kurt Stai Memorial Scholarship, California State University, Chico 2001 Outstanding Religious Studies Student Award, California State University, Chico</p><p>Professional Memberships</p><p>American Sociological Association, 2006 to present Association for the Sociology of Religion, 2006 to present</p><p>References</p><p>Paul Lichterman, Associate Professor of Sociology and Religion, University of Southern California. Phone: (213) 740-3533. Email: [email protected].</p><p>Richard Flory, Senior Research Associate, USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture. Phone: (213) 740-8562. Email: [email protected].</p><p>Jerome Baggett, Professor of Religion and Society, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. Phone: (510) 549- 5060. Email: [email protected].</p><p>Page 2 of 2</p>