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Change of Job
In August 2007 Dan will begin a position in the department of sociology and anthropology at Purude University, West Lafayette, IN. Please contact him at dolson@purdue.edu
By early July 2007 you should be able to find his new home page at
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~dvolson/
Interests
Sociology of Religion
- Religious Contexts/Markets, Geography of Religion
- Religiously Based Social Networks
- Religious Change/Secularization
- Religious Pluralism
- Religion and Politics
- Congregations
Research Methods and Statistics
Social Networks
Sociological Theory
Courses Taught
- Principles of Sociology
- Quantitative Research Methods
- Social Statistics
- Sociology of Religion
Selected Publications
- 2005. With Paul Perl " Free and Cheap Riding in Strict, Conservative Churches.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 44(2):123-142.
- 2002. With David Voas and Alasdair Crockett. "Religious Pluralism and Participation: Why Previous Research is Wrong." American Sociological Review. 67:(2) 212-230.
- 2002. "Competing Notions of Religious Competition and Conflict in Theories of Religious Economies" Pp. 133-65 in Sacred Canopies, Sacred Markets Essays on Religious Markets & Religious Pluralism, edited by Ted Jelen, Lanham, Maryland: Roman & Littlefield, Publishers
- 2001. With Paul Perl. "Variations in Strictness and Religious Commitment Within and Among Five Denominations." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 40:(4) 757-765.
- 2000. With William H. Swatos, Jr. (eds.). The Secularization Debate. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, Publishers.
- 2000. With Paul Perl. "Religious Market Share and Intensity of Church Involvement in Five Denominations.", Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 39(1):12-31.
Honors and Awards
- 2004-06 Elected President, Religious Research Association
- 2003 Winner, IUSB Distinguished Research Award,
- 2002-04 Elected Council Member, section on sociology of Religion, American Sociological Association,
- 1999-2001. Elected Secretary, Religious Research Association.
- 1999 Appointed, Chair, Distinguished Article Award Committee, Society for Scientific Study of Religion.
- 1998 Full Graduate Faculty Status, Indiana University
- 1997-2000 Elected to Executive Council, Association for the Sociology of Religion.
- 1997 - 1999 Appointed, Associate editor for Sociology of Religion,journal of the Association for the Sociology of Religion.
- 1997 Elected to Faculty Colloquium for Excellence in Teaching (FACET), Indiana University
- 1992-93 Research Fellow, Center for the Study of American Religion, Princeton University.
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