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Resident & Non-Resident ScholarsA-C | D-F | G-I | J-L | M-P | S-V | W-Z Scholars (Last Name: D-F)
Wallace L. Daniel is the Ralph L. and Bessie Mae Lynn Professor of History and the interim editor of the Journal of Church and State. He is a Phi Beta Kappa and honors graduate in economics from the University of North Carolina, and he received his Ph.D. degree from the same institution. By academic training, he is an historian, specializing in early modern and contemporary Russian and European History. He is three times a Fulbright Professor and twice an IREX scholar to Russia and the former Soviet Union. At Baylor, he served as chair of the Department of History from 1992-96, director of the Honors Program from 1991 to 2003, and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1996-2005. [MORE INFORMATION - CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]
Scott Desmond received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington (Seattle) in 2004 and joined the Purdue University faculty in 2004. Dr. Desmond has published a number of articles that have appeared in journals such as Teaching Sociology and the Journal of Criminal Justice Education. He has also co-edited a book, Teaching and Learning in Large Classes. He has presented many papers at regional and national conferences, including the American Sociological Association and the American Society of Criminology. Although his research focuses primarily on how neighborhood characteristics contribute to juvenile delinquency, he also works on projects related to the sociology of religion and teaching sociology. He teaches courses in the area of law and society.
Kevin Dougherty is Assistant Professor of Sociology. He earned his B.A. in Communication Arts from George Fox University (Newberg, Oregon) and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Sociology from Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana). He came to Baylor University in 2005 after three years on the faculty at Calvin College. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of the sociology of religion, statistics and methodology, race and ethnicity, and organizations. Religious organizations, specifically congregations, are his research specialty. His published work examines the effect of seminary training on clergy as well as congregational issues of racial composition, participation, and growth. Much of his current research stands at the intersection of religion and race/ethnicity, including studies of multiracial congregations, religious influences on interracial marriage, and congregational responses to changing neighborhood demographics.
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Dr. Elkins research interest include: Mind-Body interventions, health psychology, hypnosis, prayer, psychosocial oncology, and brief psychological assessment instruments. [MORE INFORMATION - CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]
Dr. Emmons' research is at the interface of personality psychology and religion. Emphasis is on the measurement of personal strivings as determinants of subjective quality of life outcomes. Primary issues are (1) how religiousness and spirituality reflect core aspects of the self and identity, and (2) how these aspects of the self are involved in well-being and personality coherence and integration over time. Dr. Emmons is a consulting editor for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of the Psychology of Religion, and a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and the American Academy of Religion. He is the author of The Psychology of Ultimate Concerns: Motivation and Spirituality in Personality. His research is funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
C. Stephen Evans was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Bachelor's degree from Wheaton College in 1969 and his Ph.D. from Yale University in philosophy in 1974. He is currently University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Baylor University. His published works include Kierkegaard's Ethic of Love: Divine Commands and Moral Obligations (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), The Historical Christ and the Jesus of Faith: The Incarnational Narrative as History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), and Passionate Reason: Making Sense of Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1992). More popular recent works include Why Believe? (Eerdmans) and Pocket Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion and Apologetics (InterVarsity Press). [MORE INFORMATION - CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]
Several of his current research projects are looking at cross-national variation in religious regulation, persecution, and violence. But he remains interested and involved in studying religious organizations and the diverse religious market in America . He also serves as the director of the Association of Religion Data Archives (www.TheARDA.com).
Courses include: 2005 - present Co-Principal Investigator: Baylor Longitudinal Survey of Religious Values and Behavior at the Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR), Baylor University: This is a $718,000 Templeton grant to conduct two waves of a nationwide survey of religious beliefs, practices, political opinions, moral attitudes and civic engagement. |
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Wallace Daniel
Scott Desmond
Kevin Dougherty
Robyn Driskell
Gary Elkins
Robert Emmons
Stephen C. Evans
Roger Finke
