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Department of Sociology
P.O. Box 210378; 1017 Crosley Tower
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0378
Office: (513) 556-4717 Fax: (513) 556-0057
e-mail: Rhys.Williams@uc.edu
EMPLOYMENT:
September 2006 – present
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Sociology
September 2003 – 2005
Professor and Department Head, Sociology
September 2001 – 2003
Associate Professor and Department Head, Sociology, University of Cincinnati
August 1995 - 2001
Associate Professor, Sociology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Research Associate, DePaul College of Law, Chicago, Center for Church/State Studies
August 1989 - August 1995
Assistant Professor, Sociology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
September 1993 - August 1994
Director, Project on Religious Institutions, Yale University - Program on Non-Profit Organizations
Visiting Assistant Professor, Yale Divinity School
August 1992 - August 1994
Visiting Fellow, Yale University, Program on Non-Profit Organizations
Visiting Assistant Professor, Yale University, Department of Sociology/Divinity School
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. 1988, Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dissertation: Cultural Power: Religion and Politics in an American City.
M.A. 1985 Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
B.A. 1979, Sociology/Political Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
Magna cum laude in Sociology; Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi
PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS:
Under Contract Warner, R. Stephen and Rhys H. Williams
Navigating to Faith: Organizing Identity among Christian, Muslim, and Hindu Youth. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press).
2001 Williams, Rhys H., editor.
Promise Keepers and the New Masculinity: Private Lives and Public Morality. (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books.)
1998 Demerath, N.J. III, Peter Dobkin Hall, Terry Schmitt, Rhys H. Williams, editors.
Sacred Companies: Organizational Aspects of Religion and Religious Aspects of Organizations. (New York: Oxford University Press).
1997 Williams, Rhys H., editor.
Cultural Wars in American Politics: Critical Reviews of a Popular Myth. (Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter).
1992 Demerath, N.J. III and Rhys H. Williams.
A Bridging of Faiths: Religion and Politics in a New England City. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press).
ARTICLES:
Forthcoming Williams, Rhys H. and Gira Vashi
"Hijab and American Muslim Women: Creating the Space for Autonomous Selves." Sociology of Religion (September 2007).
Forthcoming Williams, Rhys H.
"The Languages of the Public Sphere: Religious Pluralism, Institutional Logics, and Civil Society." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences. [July 2007]
2006 Williams, Rhys H.
"Collective Action, Everyday Protest, and Lived Religion." Review Essay. Social Movement Studies (May) 5 (1): 81-87.
2006 Williams, Rhys H.
"Forum: Electronic Media and the Study of American Religion." Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation (Winter) 16 (1): 18-24.
2002 Platt, Gerald M. and Rhys H. Williams.
"Ideological Language and Social Movement Mobilization: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Segregationists' Ideologies." Sociological Theory (November) 20 (3): 328-359.
2002 Williams, Rhys H.
"Religion, Community, and Place: Locating the Transcendent." Review Essay. Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation (Summer) 12 (2): 249-263.
2000 Williams, Rhys H.
"Promise Keepers: A Comment on Religion and Social Movements." Sociology of Religion (Spring) 61 (1): 1-10.
2000 Williams, Rhys H. and Robert D. Benford.
"Two Faces of Collective Action Frames: A Theoretical Consideration." Current Perspectives in Social Theory 20: 127-151.
1999 Williams, Rhys H. and Timothy J. Kubal.
"Movement Frames and the Cultural Environment: Resonance, Failure, and the Boundaries of the Legitimate." Research in Social Movements, Conflict, and Change 21: 225-248.
1999 Williams, Rhys H.
"Visions of the Good Society and the Religious Roots of American Political Culture." Sociology of Religion (Spring) 60 (1): 1-34.
* Received the 2000 Distinguished Article Award from the ASA Section for Sociology of Religion
1999 Williams, Rhys H.
"Ideology, Culture, and the Dynamics of Collective Action." Quarterly Journal of Ideology (June) 22 (1&2): 31-41.
1997 Williams, Rhys H.
"Is America in a Culture War? Yes—No—Sort of." The Christian Century (November 12) 114 (32): 1038-1043.
Reprinted in Culture Wars: Opposing Viewpoints, M.K. Williams, ed. (San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1999).
1996 Williams, Rhys H.
"Politics, Religion, and the Analysis of Culture." Review Essay. Theory and Society (December) 25 (6): 883-900.
1996 Williams, Rhys H.
"Religion as Political Resource: Culture or Ideology?" Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (December) 35 (4): 368-378.
1996 Williams, Rhys H.
"Introduction: Sociology of Culture and Sociology of Religion." Sociology of Religion (Spring) 57 (1): 1-5.
1995 Williams, Rhys H.
"Constructing the Public Good: Cultural Resources and Social Movements." Social Problems (February) 42 (1): 124-144.
Reprinted in Readings on Social Movements, J. Goodwin and J. Jasper, eds (Blackwell, 2004)
Reprinted in Cultural Sociology, L. Spillman, ed. (Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2002)
1994 Williams, Rhys H.
"Organizational Change in Theological Schools: Dilemmas of Ideology and Resources." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (Summer) 23 (2): 123-137.
1994 Williams, Rhys H. and Susan M. Alexander.
"Religious Rhetoric in American Populism: Civil Religion as Movement Ideology." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (March) 33 (1): 1-15.
1994 Williams, Rhys H.
"Covenant, Contract, and Communities: Religious and Political Culture in America." International Issues (April) 37 (2): 31-50.
1993 Demerath, N.J. III and Rhys H. Williams.
"Between 'Town' and 'City': Religion and Ethnicity in Political and Economic Development." Journal of Urban History (August) 19 (4): 26-62.
1992 Demerath, N.J. III and Rhys H. Williams.
"Secularization in a Community Context: Tensions of Religion and Politics in a New England City." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (June) 31 (2): 189-206.
1991 Williams Rhys H. and N.J. Demerath III.
"Religion and Political Process in an American City." American Sociological Review (August) 56 (4): 417-431.
* Received the 1992 Distinguished Article Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
1988 Platt Gerald M. and Rhys H. Williams.
"Religion, Ideology, and Electoral Politics." Society (July/August) 25 (5): 38-45.
Revised and reprinted in Cultural Wars in American Politics: Critical Reviews of a Popular Myth, R.H. Williams, ed. (Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1997).
1986 Will, Jeffry and Rhys Williams.
"Political Ideology and Political Action in the New Christian Right." Sociological Analysis (Summer) 47 (2): 160-168.
1985 Demerath, N.J. III and Rhys H. Williams.
"Civil Religion in an Uncivil Society." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (July) 480: 154-166.
1984 Demerath, N.J. III and Rhys H. Williams.
"Separation of Church and State? A Mythical Past and Uncertain Future." Society (May/June), 21 (4): 3-10.
Reprinted in Church-State Relations: Tensions and Transitions, T. Robbins and R. Robertson, eds. (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 1987).
Reprinted in Sociology: Contemporary Readings, 2nd Ed., J. Stimson and A. Stimson, eds. (Itasca, IL: F.E. Peacock Publishers, 1987).
BOOK CHAPTERS:
Forthcoming Nepstad, Sharon Erickson and Rhys H. Williams.
"Religion in Rebellion, Resistance, and Social Change." In Handbook for the Sociology of Religion, James A. Beckford and N.J. Demerath III, eds. (Sage Publications).
Forthcoming Chaves, Mark, John P.N. Massad, and Rhys H. Williams.
"The State, Professionals, and Change Among Religious Organizations." in Bending the Bars of the Iron Cage, Walter P. Powell, ed. (University of Chicago Press).
2007 Williams, Rhys H.
"Liberalism, Religion, and the Dilemma of 'Immigrant Rights' in American Political Culture." Pp. 16-32 in Religion and Social Justice for Immigrants, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, ed. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press).
2006 Williams, Rhys H. and John P.N. Massad.
"Religious Diversity, Civil Law, Institutional Isomorphism." Pp. 111-128 in Religious Organizations in the United States: A Study of Identity, Liberty, and the Law, J.A. Serritella, T. C. Berg, W. C. Durham, Jr., E. M. Gaffney, Jr., C. B. Mousin, eds. (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press).
2006 Williams, Rhys H.
"Religion in the City: Confronting the 'Other' Every Day." Pp. 21-38 in Varieties of Urban Experience: The American City and the Practice of Culture, Michael Ian Borer, ed. (Lanham, MD: University Press of America).
2005 Williams, Rhys H.
"Religion as a Cultural System: Theoretical and Empirical Developments Since Geertz." Pp. 97-113 in The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Culture, M. Jacobs and N. Hanrahan, eds. (Malden, Mass. and Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishers).
2004 Williams, Rhys H.
"Religion and Place in the Midwest: Urban, Rural, and Suburban Forms of Religious Expression." Pp. 187-208 in Religion and Public Life in the Midwest: America's Common Denominator, Philip Barlow and Mark Silk, eds., (Walnut Creek, Calif.: Altamira Press).
2004 Williams, Rhys H.
"The Cultural Context of Collective Action: Constraints, Opportunities, and the Symbolic Life of Social Movements." Pp. 91-115 in The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements, D. Snow, S. Soule, and H.Kriesi, eds. (Malden, Mass. and Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishers).
2003 Williams, Rhys H.
"Religious Social Movements in the Public Sphere: Organization, Ideology, and Activism." Pp. 315-330 in Handbook of the Sociology of Religion, M. Dillon, ed. (New York: Cambridge University Press).
2003 Williams, Rhys H. and R. Stephen Warner.
"Creating a Diverse Urban Evangelicalism: Moral Boundaries and Social Diversity." Pp. 205-214 in A Public Faith: Evangelicals and Civic Engagement, M. Cromartie, ed. (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield).
2003 Williams, Rhys H.
"The Language of God in the City of Man: Religious Discourse and Public Politics in America." Pp. 171-189 in Religion as Social Capital: Producing the Common Good, C. Smidt, ed. (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press).
2002 Williams, Rhys H.
"From the 'Beloved Community' to 'Family Values': Religious Language, Symbolic Repertoires, and Democratic Culture." Pp. 247-65 in Social Movements:Identity, Culture, and the State, D.S. Meyer, N. Whittier, and B. Robnett, eds. (New York: Oxford University Press).
2000 Williams, Rhys H.
"Social Movements and Religion in Contemporary American Politics." Pp. 52-62 in Religion and American Politics: The 2000 Election in Context, Mark Silk, ed. (Hartford, CT: Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, Trinity College).
1999 Williams, Rhys H.
"Public Religion and Hegemony: Contesting the Language of the Common Good." Pp. 169-186 in The Power of Religious Publics: Staking Claims in American Society, William H. Swatos, Jr. and James K. Wellman, eds. (Westport, CT: Praeger Publications).
1998 Williams, Rhys H. and N.J. Demerath III.
"Cultural Power: How Underdog Religious and Nonreligious Movements Triumph Against Structural Odds." Pp. 364-377 in Sacred Companies, N.J. Demerath III et al., eds. (New York: Oxford University Press).
1998 Williams, Rhys H.
"Organizational Change in Theological Schools: New Dilemmas of Ideology and Resources." (expanded version of Williams, NVSQ, Summer 1994) Pp. 208-225 in Sacred Companies, N.J. Demerath III et al., eds. (New York: Oxford Univ. Press).
1996 Williams, Rhys H. and Jeffrey Neal Blackburn.
"Many Are Called But Few Obey: Ideological Commitment and Activism in Operation Rescue." Pp. 167-185 in Disruptive Religion: The Force of Faith in Social-Movement Activism, Christian Smith, editor. (New York: Routledge Publishers).
1995 Williams, Rhys H.
"Breaching the 'Wall of Separation': The Balance Between Religious Freedom and Social Order." Pp. 299-322 in Armageddon in Waco: Critical Perspectives on the Branch Davidian Conflict, Stuart A. Wright, editor. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press).
1995 Williams, Gwyneth I. and Rhys H. Williams.
"'All We Want is Equality': Rhetorical Framing and the Father's Rights Movement." Pp. 191-212 in Images of Issues, 2nd Ed., Joel Best, editor (New York: Aldine de Gruyter).
Reprinted in Social Problems: Constructionist Readings, D. Loseke and J. Best, eds. (New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 2003)
1994 Williams, Rhys H.
"Movement Dynamics and Social Change: Transforming Fundamentalist Ideology and Organizations." Pp. 785-833 in Accounting for Fundamentalisms: The Dynamic Character of Movements, Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby, editors. (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press).
1992 Williams, Rhys H.
"Flowing Down Like a Mighty River: Religion in the Life and History of American Politics." Pp. 1221-1240 in The United States: A Handbook, G. Hodgson, editor. (Oxford: Facts on File, Inc.).
1991 Williams, Rhys H.
"World Order and Religion: A Match Made in Heaven or a Marriage of Convenience?" Pp. 297-312 in World Order and Religion, Wade Clark Roof, editor. (Albany: SUNY Press).
1990 Demerath, N.J. III and Rhys H. Williams.
"Religion and Power in the American Experience." Pp. 427-448 in In Gods We Trust, Vol. II, T. Robbins and D. Anthony, editors. (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books); also publ. in Society, (Jan./Feb., 1989) 26 (2): 29-39.
EDITOR:
2003-2007 Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Editor
1996-1999 Social Problems, Associate Editor/Co-editor
GUEST EDITOR:
2000 Guest co-editor (with Gwyneth I. Williams), issue on politics and culture, Religion and Education, Vol. 27, No. 2, (Fall).
2000 Guest editor, issue on Promise Keepers, Sociology of Religion, Vol. 61, No. 1, (Spring).
1996 Guest editor, issue on religion and culture, Sociology of Religion, Vol. 57, No. 1, (Spring).
1994 Guest co-editor (with Peter Dobkin Hall), issue on religious organizations, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2, (Summer).
HONORS:
2005-06 Residential Fellow, Charles Phelps Taft Research Center at the University of Cincinnati.
2006-07 Chair-elect and Chair, American Sociological Association's Section on Collective Behavior/Social Movements.
2001-2 Chair-elect and Chair, American Sociological Association's Section for the Sociology of Religion.
2000 Distinguished Article Award, American Sociological Association's Section for the Sociology of Religion, for "Visions of the Good Society and the Religious Roots of American Political Culture," Sociology of Religion, Spring 1999.
1992 Distinguished Article Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, for "Religion and Political Process in an American City," American Sociological Review August 1991.
AWARDS:
2007-09 National Institute of Child and Human Development (NICHD/NIH), Project: "Religious Organizations' Responses to HIV/AIDS." Investigator (with M. Szaflarski, J. Tsevat, co-PIs). Total award: $ 429,000
- Pew Charitable Trusts; evaluation and research grant. Project: "Religion, Cultural Authority, and Academic Life," $ 78,000.
1999 Dean's Recognition Award, College of Liberal Arts, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
1998-2003 Lilly Endowment, Inc.; research grant. Project: "The Youth and Religion Project: Organizational Involvement and Social Identity." Co-PI (with R. Stephen Warner). Total award: $ 652,443.
1992 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend. Project: "Constructing the Public Good: Rhetoric in Political Movements."
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES:
2007 Williams, Rhys H.
"Culture and Movements." Pp. 954-957 in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Volume II, George Ritzer, editor-in-chief. (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing).
1999 Williams, Rhys H.
"Culture Wars," pp. 165-167 in Contemporary American Religion, Wade Clark Roof, editor-in-chief. (New York: Macmillan)
1998 Williams, Rhys H.
"Unitarians," pp. 749-750; "Voluntarism," pp. 774-777. In The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, Robert Wuthnow, editor-in-chief. (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Books).
1998 Williams, Rhys H.
"American Religion," pp. 15-20; "Civil Disobedience," pp. 93-4; "Jonathan Edwards," p. 162; "Great Awakenings," p. 213; "Millenarianism," p. 300; "Progressivism," pp. 378-9; and "Radicalism," p. 401. In The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society, William H. Swatos, Jr., editor. (Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press).
BOOK REVIEWS:
2006 "America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity," by Robert Wuthnow. Social Forces (September) 85 (1): 599-601.
2006 "God's Politics: Why the Right Gets it Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get it," by Jim Wallis. Journal of Church and State (Summer) 48 (3): 710-11.
2006 "Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers", by Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton. Review of Religious Research (June) 47 (4): 429-30.
2005 "Islam in Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago," by Garbi Schmidt. Contemporary Sociology (May) 34 (3): 285-286.
2004 "Talk About Sex: The Battles Over Sex Education in U.S. Schools," by Janice M. Irvine. Sexualities Journal (February) 7 (1): 119-121.
2004 "Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America," by Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith. Sociology of Religion(Summer) 65 (2): 178-79.
2004 "Freedom is an Endless Meeting: Democracy in American Social Movements," by Francesca Polletta. Contemporary Sociology (January) 33 (1): 73-4.
2003 "Public Religion and Urban Transformation," edited by Lowell W. Livezey. Review of Religious Research (June) 44 (4) 432-33.
2002 "Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence," by Mark Juergensmeyer. Sociology of Religion (Fall) 63 (3): 397-99.
2001 "Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion," by Rodney Stark and Roger Finke. American Journal of Sociology (May) 106 (6): 1840-42.
2001 "Loose Connections: Joining Together in America's Fragmented Communities," by Robert Wuthnow. Social Forces (June) 79 (4): 1547-48.
2001 "Culture: The Anthropologists' Account," by Adam Kuper. Contemporary Sociology (May) 30 (3): 302-304.
2001 "The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion in World Politics," edited by Peter L. Berger. Sociology of Religion (Spring) 62 (1): 131-132.
2001 "Organizing God's Work: Challenges for Churches and Synagogues," by Margaret Harris. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (March) 30 (1): 137-140.
2000 "Rational Choice Theory and Religion," edited by Lawrence A. Young. Sociology of Religion (Spring) 61 (1): 105-106.
2000 "Gay Politics, Urban Politics" by Robert Bailey and "Culture Wars and Local Politics," edited by Elaine Sharp. American Journal of Sociology (January) 105 (4): 1239-42.
1999 "Is America Breaking Apart?" by John A. Hall and Charles Lindholm. The Christian Century (Nov. 3) 116 (30): 1065-1068.
1999 "The Art of Moral Protest: Culture, Biography, and Creativity in Social Movements." by James M. Jasper. Social Forces (June) 77 (4): 1673-75.
1999 "With Liberty for All: Religious Freedom in the United States." by Phillip E. Hammond. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (June) 38 (2): 316-317.
1999 "The Sociology of Religious Movements." by William Sims Bainbridge. American Journal of Sociology (May) 104 (6): 1841-42.
1999 "The Bully Pulpit: The Politics of Protestant Clergy." by J. Guth, J. Green, C. Smidt, L. Kellstedt, M. Poloma. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences (May) 563: 220-221.
1998 "Between Revolution and Resistance: Cultural Politics and Social Protest." eds. Richard G. Fox and Orin Starn. Contemporary Sociology (November) 27 (6): 636-7.
1998 "The Culture of Religious Pluralism." by Richard E. Wentz. Sociology of Religion (Winter) 59 (4): 420-1.
1998 "Political Theology on the Right and Left: review essay of The Bully Pulpit: The Politics of Protestant Clergy." by J. Guth, J. Green, C. Smidt, L. Kellstedt, M. Poloma. Christian Century (July 29-August 5) 115 (21): 722-24.
1998 "Resurgent Evangelicalism in the United States: Mapping Cultural Change Since 1970." by Mark A. Shibley. Journal of Church and State (Winter) 40 (1): 207-9.
1998 "Congregation and Community." by Nancy Tatom Ammerman. American Journal of Sociology (January) 103 (4): 1081-3.
1996 "Producing the Sacred: An Essay on Public Religion." by Robert Wuthnow. Journal of Church and State (December) 38 (4): 901.
1996 "The Rapture of Politics: The Christian Right as the United States Approaches the Year 2000." eds. Bruce, Kivisto, Swatos. Review of Religious Research(March) 37 (3): 279-80.
1995 "Public Religions in the Modern World." by Jose Casanova. Contemporary Sociology (March) 24 (2): 173-4.
1995 "Religion and Personal Autonomy: The Third Disestablishment in America." by Phillip E. Hammond. Journal of the American Academy of Religion(Spring) 63 (1): 151-3.
1994 "Church and Organization: A Sociological and Theological Enquiry." by Joseph F. McCann. Contemporary Sociology (September) 23 (5): 723-4.
1994 "The Political Dimensions of Religion." edited by Said Amir Arjomand. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (June) 33 (2): 181-2.
1992 "The Rude Hand of Innovation: Religion and Social Order in Albany, NY, 1652-1836." by David G. Hackett. American Journal of Sociology (May) 97: 1782-4.
1991 "The Struggle for America's Soul: Evangelicals, Liberals, and Secularism." by Robert Wuthnow. Journal of Church and State (Winter) 33 (1): 153-5.
1990 "Readings on Church and State." and "Ecumenical Perspectives on Church and State: Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish." both edited by James E. Wood, Jr. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (June) 29 (2): 280-1.
1988 "Invitation to Talcott Parsons' Theory." by Pat N. Lackey. Contemporary Sociology (November) 17 (6): 845-6.
1985 "The Human Nature of Social Discontent." by Gary B. Thom. Contemporary Sociology (May) 14 (3): 408-9.
1984 "Character: An Individualist Theory of Politics." by Frederick Homer. Contemporary Sociology (July) 13 (4): 526-7.
INVITED LECTURES:
2007 " Religion, the Urban Setting, and the Culture of Research," R. Stephen Warner Retirement Research Symposium, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois, Chicago, June.
2007 "Immigration, National Identity, and the Good Society," Department of Sociology, Visiting Lecture Series, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, February.
2006 "Immigration, National Identity, and the Good Society," Second Annual Symposium on Faith and Politics, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, September.
2005 Commencement Address, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice; Program in Religious Studies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, May.
2005 "The Shaping Power of American Culture: Liberalism, Religion, and Non-Christian Immigrants." Conference on Religion and Social Justice for Immigrants, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California, February.
2003 Invited Respondent, symposium "The Sociological Imagination: Past, Present, & Future" Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University, Indiana, October.
2003 "The Symbolic Bases of Power: Religion, Social Movements and Political Culture." Conference on Religion and Politics 2003, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, July.
2002 "Promise Keepers and the New Masculinity: Private Lives and Public Morality." University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, October.
2001 "Creating Urban Evangelicalism: Youth Ministry, Moral Boundaries, and Social Diversity," (text written with R. Stephen Warner). Evangelicals in Political and Civic Life: An Inventory, sponsored by the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, June.
2001 "Promise Keepers and the New Masculinity: Private Lives and Public Morality." Honors Program Lecture, University of Alabama-Huntsville, February.
1999 "Social Movements in Contemporary American Politics: An Organizational Perspective." Conference on Religion and American Politics: Looking to the 2000 Elections, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., April.
1999 "Religion and Public Discourse: The Resilience of the Protestant Establishment." Spring symposium on Religion and Politics, Loyola University, Chicago, April.
1998 "The Language of God in the City of Man: Religious Discourse and Public Politics in America." Conference on Religion, Social Capital, and Democratic Life, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, October.
1997 "Culture Wars, Social Movements, and Contemporary Politics." Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, April.
1996 "Culture Wars, Cultural Power, and Institutional Politics." Plenary address, Illinois Sociological Association, St. Charles, Illinois, October.
1994 Panelist, Conference on "Reinterpretations in American Religious History," Harvard Colloquium in American Religious History, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, May.
1994 "Cultural Power: Religion and Social Movements in Contemporary Politics." Center for the Study of American Religion, Princeton University, April.
1993 "Religion, Political Culture, and the Public Good." Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, March.
1992 "A Tale of Two Establishments: Religion, Ethnicity, and Politics in Springfield, Mass." Baumann Lecture in American Studies, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, January.
1992 "The Construction of the Public in a Liberal Society," Department of Religion, Temple University, Philadelphia, May.
1992 "Rhetoric and Legitimation in Social Movements: Religion, Politics, and the Public Good," Department of Sociology, Temple University, Philadelphia, May.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS: (selected from last three years)
2007 "The Languages of the Public Sphere: Institutional Logics and Civil Society," Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, March.
2006 "Navigating to Faith in a Strange Land: Hindu and Muslim Families in America," Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Portland, OR, October (with R. Stephen Warner)
2006 "Hijab and American Muslim Women: Creating the Space for Autonomous Selves," American Sociological Association, Montreal, August (with Gira Vashi).
2006 "Place and the Sacred: Urban Religion in a Suburbanizing Nation." International Sociological Association, World Congress of Sociology, Durban, South Africa, July.
2006 "Some May Call it Racism, We Call it Stopping Immigration": Race in Immigration Reform Discourse," Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, February (with C. James Park).
2005 "The Politics of Immigration and Visions of American National Identity." Eastern Sociological Society, Washington, D.C., April (with C. James Park).
2004 "The Shaping Power of American Culture: Liberalism, Religion, and Non-Christian Immigrants." Thematic Session of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August.
OTHER WRITTEN WORK:
2005 Williams, Rhys H.
"Introduction to a Forum on Religion and Place." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 44 (September) 3: 239-242.
2003 Williams, Rhys H.
"Religion, Politics, and the Analysis of Culture." Sociology of Religion: Newsletter of the American Sociological Association's section for the Sociology of Religion (Fall) X (1): 1, 4.
2002 Williams, Rhys H. and William A. Mirola.
"Report from the Collective Behavior-Social Movements Mini-Conference" Sociology of Religion: Newsletter of the American Sociological Association's section for the Sociology of Religion (Fall) IX (1): 3.
2002 Williams, Rhys H. and Eugene Y. Lowe, Jr.
"Cluster Evaluation of the Pew Charitable Trusts' grants to Christian Scholarship, 1990-2001." Evaluation report for the Pew Charitable Trusts, 2001-02.
2002 Williams, Rhys H.
"From the Chair: Talking with the Media about Religion in Society." Sociology of Religion: Newsletter of the American Sociological Association's section for the Sociology of Religion (Winter) VIII (2): 1-2.
1997 Williams, Rhys H.
"The Music and the Mind of Bach: Contemporary Interpretation and Cultural Tension." Report to the Illinois Humanities Council on lecture series sponsored by the Newberry Library, Chicago.
1996 Williams, Rhys H.
"Religion and Culture: Networks and Approaches." Sociology of Religion: Newsletter of the American Sociological Association's section for the Sociology of Religion (Winter) II (2): 3-4.
1994 Williams, Rhys H. and Fred Kniss.
"Approaching Religion as Culture: New Directions in Research." Culture: Newsletter of the American Sociological Association's section for the Sociology of Culture (Winter) 8 (1): 1,5-7.
1992 Williams, Rhys H.
"Social Movement Theory and the Sociology of Religion: 'Cultural Resources' in Strategy and Organization," Working Paper #180, Program on Non-Profit Organizations, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
1990 Williams, Rhys H.
"An Evaluation of Grants for Institutional Research on Theological Education by the Lilly Endowment, Inc." Final Report for contracted research for Auburn Theological Seminary and the Lilly Endowment, Inc., 1988-1990.
1989 Williams, Rhys H.
"Religion and the Public Sphere in the United States," contracted evaluations of grants to "Religion and the Third Sector Project," for Lilly Endowment, Inc., 1988-1989.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Graduate:
Sociology of Culture
Social Movements and Collective Action
Political Culture and Ideology
Political Sociology
Sociology of Religion
Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in America
Contemporary Social Theory
Classical Sociological Theory
Qualitative Methods
Undergraduate:
Politics and Religion in Comparative Perspective
Political Sociology
Political Culture and Ideology
Sociology of Religion
Race and Ethnic Relations
Social Theory and Perspectives/Theory and Society
Senior Seminar—Special Topics
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Editor:
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
2003-2007 Editor
Social Problems:
1996-1999 Associate/Co- Editor
Editorial Boards:
(past)
American Sociological Review
1999-2001 Member, Editorial Board
American Journal of Sociology:
1995-1997 Consulting Editor (equivalent of editorial board)
Contemporary Sociology
2002-2005 Member, Editorial Board
Sociology of Religion:
1996-1999 Associate Editor (equivalent of editorial board)
(present)
The Sociological Quarterly
2005-07 Member, Editorial Board
Sociological Forum
2007- Member, Editorial Board
Mobilization
2007- Member, Editorial Board
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
2000- Associate Editor (equivalent of editorial board)
Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation
2000- Member, Editorial Board
Journal of Church and State:
1995- Member, Editorial Council (equivalent of editorial board)
Ad hoc reviewer:
American Sociological Review; American Journal of Sociology; Canadian Journal of Sociology; Contexts; Critical Sociology; Gender and Society; Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion; Journal of Church and State; Journal of Contemporary Ethnography; Journal of Politics; Law and Social Inquiry; Mobilization; Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly; Political Communication; Qualitative Sociology; Radical History Review; Religion and American Culture; Review of Religious Research; Social Forces; Social Movement Studies; Social Problems; Sociological Analysis/Sociology of Religion; Sociological Forum; Sociological Inquiry; Sociological Perspectives; Sociological Spectrum; Sociological Theory; Studies in Law, Politics, and Society; Symbolic Interaction; Teaching Sociology; The Sociological Quarterly; Theory and Society; Theory, Culture, and Society
Reviewer:
National Science Foundation; United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation; The Louisville Institute of Louisville Theological Seminary; John Templeton Foundation
Reviewer:
Oxford University Press; University of Chicago Press; Cambridge University Press;
Rutgers University Press; University of Illinois Press; Columbia University Press; Wadsworth Publishing Company; Prentice-Hall Publishers; Blackwell Publishers; New York University Press; State University of New York Press; Baylor University Press; Altamira Press; Worth Publishers; Guilford Publishing Company; Jossey-Bass Publishers
Advisory Committee, Faith in Organizations Project, Jo Anne Schneider, Principal Investigator, Catholic University of America/George Mason University
Organizational: (*= elected office)
American Sociological Association
2004-05 Chair, Committee on Sections
2003-04 Member, Committee on Sections*
American Sociological Association: Section on Collective Behavior/Social Movements:
2006-07 Section Chair-elect and Chair*
2006 Chair, Graduate Student Paper Committee
2004 Member, Graduate Student Paper Committee
2003 Member, Outstanding Book Committee
2002 Member, Outstanding Article Committee
2001-04 Member, Executive Council*
American Sociological Association: Section on the Sociology of Culture:
2000-01 Chair, nominations committee*
1994-95; 2001-02 Member, nominations committee*
1993-03 Coordinator, Culture and Religion Network
American Sociological Association: Section on the Sociology of Religion:
2005-06 Member, Outstanding Book Committee
2004-05 Chair, Ad hoc Committee for Award Naming
2002-03 Chair, Nominations committee
2001-02 Section Chair-elect and Chair*
1995-97 Member, Publications committee
American Sociological Association: Section on Political Sociology:
2002-03 Member, Distinguished Book Committee
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion:
2001-03 Member, Executive Council*
2002 Co-chair, Program Committee for Annual Meeting
1999 Chair, Program Committee for 50TH Annual Meeting
Association for the Sociology of Religion:
2000-01 Member, publications committee
1995-97 Member, membership committee
1994-97 Member, Executive Council*
1993 Program Chair for Annual Meeting
Society for the Study of Social Problems:
2001-02 Chair-elect and Chair, C. Wright Mills Award Committee
Midwest Sociological Society:
2004-05 Member, annual meeting Program Committee
1998 Organizer, annual meeting sessions on Collective Behavior
1995 Member, student paper award committee
University and College Service, University of Cincinnati
University
2006-07 Elected representative from the social sciences – search committee for Dean of McMicken College of Arts & Sciences.
2006-09 Elected representative to the All-University Faculty Grievance Committee.
2003-04 Chair, Behavioral and Social Sciences subcommittee, University Research Council, Office of Research and Advanced Studies.
2003-05 Faculty advisor, University of Cincinnati Campus Green Party.
2002-03 Member, Behavioral and Social Sciences subcommittee, University Research Council Office of Research and Advanced Studies.
College
2007 Member, Charles Phelps Taft Research Center, Fellowship Review committee.
2004 Chair, Search Committee, Director for interdisciplinary Religious Studies Search Committee, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences
2003-04 Member, Award Committee for McMicken College of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Scholarship.
2003-04 Member, Ad hoc Exploratory and Planning committee for Taft Research Center.
2003 Member, Search committee for Director of Charles Phelps Taft Research Center, University of Cincinnati.
2004 Chair, Ad hoc Department Head committee for review of Women's Studies Department proposal.
2004 Chair, Reappointment-Promotion-Tenure committee for John Brolley, Acting director of Religious Studies Program, McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, University of Cincinnati.
2003-04 Member, Governance Committee for Program Review, Department Heads Council, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences
2002-03 Member, Budget and Planning Committee, Department Heads Council, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences.
2002-03 Chair, Department Headship Search Committee, Department of Political Science, University of Cincinnati.
2002-03 Member, American Ethnic Studies Proposal Ad Hoc Review Committee, Undergraduate Council, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Sociological Association
Sections: Social Movements/Collective Behavior; Culture; Religion; Political Sociology; Community and Urban Sociology
Eastern Sociological Society
Midwest Sociological Society
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Association for the Sociology of Religion
REFERENCES
Professor Joel Best
Chair, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-2581
Professor Mark Chaves
Head, Department of Sociology
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85230
520-626-2560
Professor N. J. Demerath III
Department of Sociology
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-4068
Professor Annulla Linders
Department of Sociology
P.O. Box 210378
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0378
513-556-4710
Professor R. Stephen Warner
Department of Sociology (m/c 312)
1007 W. Harrison
University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, IL 60607-7140
312-996-0990
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