Sociology of Religion
Sociology of Religion
Faculty Active in This Area
Corey Colyer**
Katie Corcoran**
Chris Scheitle**
Rachel
Stein**
*May supervise both MA and PhD theses
**May supervise both MA and PhD theses and is currently accepting students
**May supervise both MA and PhD theses and is currently accepting students
News and Announcements
Grants
- National Science Foundation. PI Rachel E. Stein, co-PI Katie E. Corcoran, and co-PI Corey J. Colyer. “The Effects of Group Closure and Organizational Network Ties in Closed Populations During a Pandemic.” $258,721, (2020-2023).
- International Research Network for the Study of Belief and Science. PI Rachel E. Stein, co-PI Katie E. Corcoran, and co-PI Corey J. Colyer. “Lived Experiences of Closed Religious Congregations During a Global Pandemic: The Amish and Mennonite Response to COVID-19 Medical Guidelines.” $23,518, (2020).
- West Virginia University Humanities Center. PI Rachel E. Stein, co-PI Katie E. Corcoran, and co-PI Corey J. Colyer. “Experiencing the Pandemic in a Closed Religious Group: The Amish and COVID-19.” $4,507, (2020).
- Sociology of Science and Religion: Identity and Belief Formation Grant. PI Christopher P. Scheitle and co-PI Katie E. Corcoran. “Religion, Science, and the Enchanted Worldview.” $167,797, (2020-2023).
- National Science Foundation. PI Christopher P. Scheitle. "Religion and the Professional Development of Graduate Students in the Sciences." $164,254, (2018-2021).
Research
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Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Carina Perrone*, and Jeralynn
Cossman. Forthcoming. “The Influence of Reproductive History
on Post-Reproductive Mortality: A Case Study of Amish
Wom
en.”
Journal of Plain and Anabaptist Communities
.
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Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay*, and Sara K. Guthrie*. 2021. “Closed but Not protected: Excess Deaths among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 pandemic.” Journal of Religion and Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01307-5
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DiGregorio, Bernard D*.,Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, and Rachel E.
Stein. 2021. ‘When the Waves Roll High’: Religious Coping among the Amish
and Mennonites during the COVID-19 Pandemic Religions 12: 678. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12090678
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Corcoran, Katie E.,
Christopher P. Scheitle
, and Ellory Dabbs*. 2021. “Multiple
(Non)Religious Identities Leads to Undercounting Religious Nones and Asian Religious Identities.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. -
Corcoran, Katie E.,
Rachel E. Stein,
Corey J. Colyer, and Brittany Kowalski*. 2020. “Familial Ties,
Location of Occupation, and Congregational Exit in Geographically-Based Congregations:
A Case Study of the Amish.”
Review of Religious Research
.
- Scheitle, Christopher P., Erin Hudnall*, Brittany M. Kowalski*, and Ellory Dabbs*. 2020. “Religion, Family, and Career among Graduate Students in the Sciences.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
- Scheitle CP, Corcoran KE. Religious Tradition and Workplace Religious Discrimination: The Moderating Effects of Regional Context. Social Currents. 2018;5(3):283-300. doi:10.1177/2329496517734571
*Denotes graduate student co-author