The annual Yale CCS Spring Conference was held on Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27., with plenary speakers CCS Director Philip Smith and Faculty Fellow Isaac Reed.
I presented my latest work on audience agency in charismatic performance theory, a paper called “Audiences Becoming Actors in Charismatic Performance: A study of Sarah Osborn and George Whitefield in the Great Awakening.”
Read MoreOn February 1st, I achieved a big milestone for junior fellow of the Yale Center for Cultural Sociology: presenting a paper at the weekly workshop. My paper is entitled, “Audiences Becoming Actors in Charismatic Performance: A study of Sarah Osborn and George Whitefield in the Great Awakening.”
Read More18-months into my time at Yale, I am very happy to have made the Comparative Research Workshop a mainstay in my academic life. I greatly enjoy attending, and once a semester, serving as a discussant for one of our many talented speakers. This semester, on November 6th, 2018, I was pleased to serve as a discussant for my colleague Till Hilmar’s presentation, “Robustness of Social Ties, Robustness of Beliefs: Culture, Inequality and Friendship in Post-socialist East Germany after 1989.”
Read MoreOn May 5, 2018, I served as chair for the session, “Religion and the State,” at the Yale MacMillan Center Initiative on Religion, Politics, and Society’s Annual Spring Conference.
Read MoreThis past weekend, I greatly enjoyed participating in (as both chair and presenter) and attending the annual Yale Center for Cultural Sociology Spring Conference.
Read MoreInvited by workshop co-organizers Emily Erickson and Julia Adams, I served as discussant at the Yale Comparative Research Workshop for Damon Maryl and Nicholas Hoover Wilson’s article “What Do Historical Sociologists Do All Day? Methodological Scaffolding in Historical Sociology,” on April 10th, 2018.
Read MoreIn November of 2017, I was invited by Professor Julia Adams to serve as a discussant at Yale's Comparative Research Workshop. Specifically, Professor Adams asked me to respond to Sociology PhD student James Hurlbert's paper, "Enemies Foreign and Domestic: War, Rebellion, and Sovereignty in the Early American Republic," as I have a background in studying early American history. It was a great first time experience as a discussant, and I owe many thanks for the guidance and mentorship Professor Adams provided me. I look forward to doing it again soon!
Read MoreIn October of 2017, I spent a week in Scotland attending "The Civil Sphere and Radicalization" Conference at the University of Aberdeen, co-sponsored by Professor Jeff Alexander (Yale University) and Professor Trevor Stack (Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and Rule of Law [CISRUL], University of Aberdeen).
Read MoreOn September 18th, I was invited to join the Yale Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies's "Initiative on Religion, Politics, and Society" (RPS) as a Junior Fellow, having been nominated by Professor Julia Adams from the Sociology department.
Read MoreIn August 2017, I was invited to become a Junior Fellow at Yale's Center for Cultural Sociology by Directors Dr. Jeff Alexander, Dr. Phil Smith, and Dr. Ron Eyerman. I am looking forward to attending the estimable weekly CCS workshop, known for it's rigor, lively conversation, and productivity. This year, I will attend as a participant during Q&A and feedback, and then next year, will contribute a paper.
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