Research Associates
Hazel Atuel
Research Program Director Comprehensive SDSU UCSD Cancer Center Partnership Hazel Atuel is an applied social psychologist and evaluator. Her basic research is concerned with social identity, intergroup relations between majority and minority groups, and the social psychology of religion, particularly…
Tobin Belzer
Research Associate Tobin Belzer, Ph.D., is a sociologist of American Jewry. Her research and program evaluations have focused on young adults’ Jewish identity, Jewish organizational culture, Jewish education, and comparative congregational studies. She has worked with numerous Jewish organizations and…
Ran Boytner
Ran Boytner earned his BA degree from the University of Haifa (Israel) in 1990 and a Ph.D. degree in Anthropology from UCLA in 1998. He worked at the Skirball Museum, Loyola Marymount University, and the Getty Conservation Institute. Since 2007,…
Brenda Brasher
Visiting Assistant Professor Tulane University Brenda Brasher is visiting assistant professor at Tulane University. She serves as editor-in-chief of the Millennialism and Society Series (London: Equinox Press), and is author of Apocalyptic Desire ( Equinox Press,2006), Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism, Religion…
Anthea Butler
Associate Professor of Religion University of Pennsylvania Anthea Butler is a historian of American and African American Religion, specializing in African American Religious History, Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, Gender, and Religion and Popular Culture. She is associate professor of religion at…
Lynn Swartz Dodd
Lecturer in Religion Director, Archaeology Research Center Lynn Swartz Dodd was awarded a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA in 2002. She currently is a faculty member in Religion at the University of Southern California and directs…
Kristin M. Ferguson
Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Southern California Kristin Ferguson earned a doctor of philosophy degree in International Comparative Social Welfare Policy and Social Work from the University of Texas at Arlington in May of 2003 in a bi-national,…
Inger Furseth
KIFO Centre for Church Research, Norway Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology Dr. Inger Furseth is research associate at KIFO Centre for Church Research, Norway and professor at the Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology. She is the author of An Introduction…
Matt Gainer
Matt Gainer is a documentary photographer whose work explores social and political movements, religious identity and community, and tensions between people and the environments they occupy — with particular focus on California and the American West. He is currently working…
Macarena Gomez-Barris
Assistant Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity Macarena Gomez-Barris is assistant professor of sociology and American studies and ethnicity. She co-directs the 2009 CRCC/College Commons seminar, “Transnational Charisma and Traveling Spirits.” Her research interests focus on memory, culture,…
Martin H. Krieger
Professor of Policy, Planning, and Development Martin Krieger, Ph.D., does social-science informed aural and photographic documentation of Los Angeles, including storefront houses of worship and industrial Los Angeles. He is also a research fellow of the Center for Religion…
LaVonna Lewis
Clinical Associate Professor of Policy, Planning, and Development LaVonna Blair Lewis, Ph.D., MPH, is a Clinical Associate Professor, SPPD, and the Director of the Master's Program in Health Management and Policy. She joined the University of Southern California (USC) faculty…
Nancy Lutkehaus
Professor of Anthropology Gender Studies and Political Science Nancy Lutkehaus is professor of anthropology, gender studies and political science at the University of Southern California. She is author or editor of five books, including Margaret Mead: The Making of an…
Craig McGarvey
Independent Consultant Craig McGarvey is an independent consultant working with philanthropic organizations throughout the United States. He served for a decade with The James Irvine Foundation, first as director of administration and then as program director of Irvine’s Program in…
Lori Meeks
Assistant Professor of Religion and East Asian Languages and Cultures Affiliations: Academic Advisory Council, Research Associate Lori Meeks is assistant professor of religion and East Asian languages and cultures. Her current research is centered on the social and cultural history…
Anne Porter
Assistant Professor of Religion, Art History, and Classics Anne Porter is a Near Eastern archaeologist specializing in the complex societies of Mesopotamia from the fourth to mid-second millennium BCE. She has had twenty years experience in field work, and…
Ed Ransford
Professor of Sociology Ed Ransford is professor of sociology at the University of Southern California. He researches the interaction of race and class inequalities and studies how these inequalities impact health and medical care access. His current work identifies the…
Megan Hibler Reid
Assistant Professor of Religion Megan Reid is assistant professor of religion at the University of Southern California. Prof. Reid received her Ph.D. in Religion from Princeton University in 2005. She was a Carnegie scholar from 9/1/2007-9/1/2009. She investigated concepts of…
Nadia Roumani
Nadia Roumani is the Director of the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute, a faith-based leadership training and civic engagement program that strengthens young leaders in the Muslim community who are working towards the full participation of Muslims in American public…
Eliz Sanasarian
Professor of Political Science Eliz Sanasarian is a professor of political science at the University of Southern California. Dr. Sanasarian has been awarded the President's Circle faculty award for outstanding merit in the areas of teaching, research, and service, and…
Donna Spruijt-Metz
Associate Professor of Research Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Keck School of Medicine Dr. Donna Spruijt-Metz is Associate Professor of Research at the Keck School of Medicine's Department of Preventive Medicine. Her research focuses on pediatric obesity. Her current studies…
Daniel E. Walker
Founder, Perfect Works Daniel Walker is the founder of Perfect Works, a collective enterprise that uses history, the arts, and experiential learning models to bring progressive change to the world. Dr. Walker is the founding director of the Gospel Music…
Janelle Wong
Associate Professor of Political Science and American Studies and Ethnicity Affiliations: Academic Advisory Council, Research AssociateJanelle Wong is Associate Professor of Political Science and American Studies and Ethnicity. Her recent research focuses on growing numbers of Latino and Asian evangelical,…
Ann Marie Yasin
Associate Professor of Classics and Art History Affiliations: Academic Advisory Council, Research Associate Ann Marie Yasin specializes in Roman and late antique art and material culture and holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Classics and Art History. Her…
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