DANIEL ESCHER www.danielescher.com Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame 810 Flanner Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 (206) 437-0191 mobile [email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D. 2015, University of Notre Dame, Sociology Unmoving People, Removing Mountains: Coal Mining, Cultural Matching, and Micro- mobilization in Central Appalachia Rory McVeigh (chair), Omar Lizardo, Terry McDonnell, Lyn Spillman, and Kraig Beyerlein M.A. 2011, University of Notre Dame, Sociology. Exams: Social Movements, Religion M.Div. 2009, Princeton Theological Seminary, Religion & Society B.A. 2005, University of Washington, cum laude, Spanish and International Studies, with College Honors, Phi Beta Kappa EMPLOYMENT 2015–16 Postdoctoral fellow, College of Arts & Letters, University of Notre Dame RESEARCH INTERESTS Environmental sociology, collective behavior and social movements, cultural sociology, organizations PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed 2013 “How Does Religion Promote Forgiveness? Linking Beliefs, Orientations, and Practices.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 52 (1): 100–19. doi:10.1111/jssr.12012. Under Review “How Cultural Matching Shapes Micro-mobilization: The Fight against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining.” Coal is Our Heart and Soul: Inaction in an Environmental Crisis. Book manuscript. “The Effect of Discouraging Network Ties on Political Action,” with Kraig Beyerlein. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2014 Dissertation Research Improvement Grant—National Science Foundation, grant no. SES- 1409581 ($12,000) 2011–14 Graduate Research Fellowship—National Science Foundation, grant no. DGE 08-22217 ($125,000) 2014 Conference Presentation Grant—Society for the Scientific Study of Religion ($300) Daniel Escher 2013 Multiple grants to support dissertation fieldwork—Center for the Study of Social Movements ($1,500), Graduate School ($2,800), Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts ($2,500), and Center for the Study of Religion and Society ($500), University of Notre Dame 2012 Course Development Grant—Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame, to develop a course titled “Energy, Society, and the Environment” ($2,000) 2004 Mary Gates Research Grant—Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, for researching the growth of Protestantism in the Dominican Republic ($4,500) AWARDS 2015 Outstanding Graduate Student (John J. Kane Award)—Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame Outstanding Graduate Student Paper (Jeanine Becker Award)—Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame 2015 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, Honorable Mention—Graduate Student Union, University of Notre Dame 2014 Outstanding Teaching (David L. Dodge Memorial Award)—Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame 2014 William V. D’Antonio Award for Graduate Student Excellence—Center for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Notre Dame 2010 First Place, National Student Paper Competition—Panel Study on American Religion and Ethnicity (PS-ARE), for paper titled “Revisiting Risk Preference Theory: Can It Explain the Sex Difference in Religiosity?” 2009 Bryant M. Kirkland Award for Excellence in Practical Theology—Princeton Theological Seminary TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor Fall 2014 Introduction to Social Problems, University of Notre Dame. Fall 2013 Energy, Society, and the Environment, University of Notre Dame. Designed and taught a course connecting energy production and environmental degradation to sociological theories of economic production, culture, power, and collective action. Teaching Assistant Spring 2015 Understanding Societies, University of Notre Dame. Professor: Jennifer Jones. Fall 2011 Understanding Societies, University of Notre Dame. Professor: Christian Smith. Daniel Escher WORKS IN PROGRESS “Voting Behavior and Educational Attainment,” with Rory McVeigh and Will Cernanec. SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2015 “Levels of Culture Workshop” and “The Role of Cultural Matching in Micro-mobilization.” American Sociological Association annual conference. Chicago, Illinois. 2015 “The Role of Cultural Matching in Micro-mobilization.” Chicago Ethnography Conference. Chicago, Illinois. 2014 “Sensation-seeking, Risky Behavior, and Religion.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion annual conference. Indianapolis, Indiana. 2014 “Cultural Matching and Micro-mobilization.” American Sociological Association annual conference. San Francisco, California. 2014 “Trust in Collective Action.” Young Scholars in Social Movements Conference. Notre Dame, Indiana. 2014 “Collective Action, Cultural Matching, and Mountaintop Mining.” Southern Sociological Association annual conference. Charlotte, North Carolina. 2013 “Depopulation and Mountaintop Mining in Central Appalachia, 1980–2010.” American Sociological Association annual conference. New York, New York. 2011 “Forgiveness, Gender, and Partnering Orientations to God.” American Sociological Association annual conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. 2010 “Revisiting Risk: Sensation-seeking and the Sex Difference in Religiosity.” American Sociological Association annual conference. Atlanta, Georgia. RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2014 Editorial Assistant, Mobilization Journal. Managed daily workings of the journal. Created and recruited participants for a two-part blog series on the origins of the Civil Rights Movement. Editor: Rory McVeigh. 2013 Researcher, National Study of Youth and Religion. Conducted 40 in-depth interviews with a diverse group of emerging adults from across the United States. Principal Investigator: Christian Smith. 2011 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame. Researched employment discrimination based on racial composition and type of high school for project “Does Where You Go Matter?” Principal Investigator: Bill Carbonaro. 2009–11 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame. Conducted 44 interviews and researched how pastors and congregants view marriage, divorce, and conflict. Principal Investigator: Mary Ellen Konieczny. Daniel Escher COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS 2014 Participant in two-week Educational Immersion Experience to Leogane, Haiti, and panel discussant on experience at Haitian Studies Association annual conference. Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame. 2013 Panel respondent to Switch documentary. Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame (cSEND), University of Notre Dame. 2013 “Coal Mining in Central Appalachia” training seminar. Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2015 Session convener, American Sociological Association annual conference 2015 Facilitator, led small group of students in their debriefing from the Summer Service Learning Program, University of Notre Dame. 2014–15 Reviewer, Graduate Student Professional Development Awards committee, University of Notre Dame. 2014–15 Contributor, Mobilizing Ideas blog, Center for Study of Social Movements. 2014 Panelist, “Should You Go to Graduate School?” Career Services, University of Notre Dame. 2012 Focus Group Director, Office of Student Affairs, University of Notre Dame. Conducted focus groups with 40 undergraduate students concerning their beliefs, identities, and spiritual and programmatic needs. Wrote a summary report of major findings, presented to the Senior Associate VP of Student Affairs and to the Associate Director of Campus Ministry. 2014 Session Presider, American Sociological Association annual conference 2013 Session organizer and convener, Appalachian Studies Association annual conference 2010 Session organizer and convener, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion annual conference 2009 Session convener, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion annual conference Reviewer: American Sociological Review, Mobilization, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Review of Religious Research REFERENCES Dr. Rory McVeigh Dr. Omar Lizardo Dr. Kraig Beyerlein Professor & Chair Associate Professor Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Department of Sociology Department of Sociology University of Notre Dame University of Notre Dame University of Notre Dame (574) 631-0386 (574) 631-1855 (574) 631-8517 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dr. Terry McDonnell Dr. Lyn Spillman Assistant Professor Professor Department of Sociology Department of Sociology University of Notre Dame University of Notre Dame (574) 631-7599 (574) 631-8067 [email protected] [email protected] Daniel Escher .