Christopher Ellison (sociologist)
Christopher Ellison | |
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| Born | Christopher Gaillard Ellison October 15, 1960 Charlotte, North Carolina, US |
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| Alma mater | Duke University |
| Thesis | Bringing Religion Back In[1] (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward A. Tiryakian |
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| Discipline | Sociology |
| Sub-discipline | Sociology of religion |
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Christopher Gaillard Ellison (born October 15, 1960)[2] is an American sociologist specializing in the sociology of religion. He is Dean's Distinguished Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he has taught since 2010. Previously, he spent nineteen years on the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin. He has served as president of the Southern Sociological Society and the Association for the Sociology of Religion.[3] In 1999, he received the Exemplary Paper in Humility Theology Award from the John Templeton Foundation, and in 2004, he was named an ISI Highly Cited Researcher.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Ellison, Christopher Gaillard (1991). Bringing Religion Back In: The Life Stress Process and the Study of Depression (PhD thesis). Durham, North Carolina: Duke University. OCLC 24349667.
- ^ "Christopher G. Ellison Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ "Ellison, Christopher". UT Health San Antonio. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ Rodriguez, Kris (December 10, 2009). "Renowned sociology scholar Christopher Ellison will help build UTSA doctoral program". University of Texas at San Antonio. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Faculty page
- Christopher Ellison publications indexed by Google Scholar
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