I looked through the faculty lists of the Sociology grad schools and narrowed down my list to these 8 places. Next step will be to look into the atcual programs. Not today. BTW: The links lead directly to the faculty list pages. One of my challanges is that I am not entirely familiar with the reputation of all of these schools. E.g. I know that Columbia and Wisconsin/Madison is good. But have no idea how well Boston, Brandeis, Rutgers, Chapell Hill sounds. I have some sense about the UCs (Santa Barbara and Irvine.) Boston UAmmerman, Nancy, Joint Appointment with School of Theology, (Ph.D. Yale University): American Religious organizations. Her forthcoming book, Pillars of Faith: American Congregations and their Partners (to be published in late 2004 by University of California Press) describes the common organizational patterns that shape the work of America’s diverse communities of faith.
Barman, Emily (Ph.D. University of Chicago): The nonprofit sector, including charitable giving and voluntary associations; sociology of religion; formal organizations; study of temporality.
- Brandeis U – Gila Hayim
- Columbia U
- Rutgers – Idler, Mische, Stein, Waxman, Zablocki
- UC Irvine
- UCSB – ROGER O. FRIEDLAND, MARK JUERGENSMEYER, WADE CLARK ROOF
- U of NC at Chapell Hill
- U of Wisconsin-Madison – Sociology of Religion: Charles Camic, Joseph Elder, Jeremy Freese, Paul Lichterman, John Levi Martin, Pamela Oliver, Mark Suchman, James Montgomery
Plus I found this program intriguing: