People
Director
Graduate Student Fellows
Moses Biney
PhD Student in Sociology, Rice University
Jauhara Ferguson
PhD Student in Sociology, Rice University
Brenton Kalinowski
PhD Student in Sociology, Rice University
Bianca Mabute-Louie
PhD Student in Sociology, Rice University
Akpan Ubong-Abasi
PhD Student in Religion, Rice University
Undergraduate Student Fellows
Aishi Ayyanathan
Undergraduate Student, Rice University
Kennedi Macklin
Undergraduate Student, Rice University
Aditi Velgekar
Undergraduate Student, Rice University
William Wang
Undergraduate Student, Rice University
Non-Resident Research Fellows
Daniel Bolger
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University
Esther Chan
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Di Di
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Santa Clara University
Jacqui Frost
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Purdue University
David R. Johnson
Associate Professor of Higher Education, Georgia State University
Simranjit Khalsa
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Memphis
Oneya Okuwobi
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Cincinnati
Jared Peifer
Associate Professor of Management, Baruch College
Pamela Prickett
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam
Christopher P. Scheitle
Assistant Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
Bob Thomson
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Cleve V. Tinsley IV
Assistant Professor of History and Political Science, Virginia Union University
Brandon Vaidyanathan
Associate Professor of Sociology, The Catholic University of America
Project Co-Leaders
Elaine Howard Ecklund
Professor of Sociology, Rice University
John H. Evans
Professor of Sociology, UC San Diego
Andrea Henderson-Platt
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina
Pamela Prickett
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam
Speakers
Wazir Ali
Resident Imam, Houston Masjid of Al-Islam and Masjid Al-Qur’an
Ruth Bancewicz
Church Engagement Director, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion
Betsy Barre
Executive Director, Teaching and Learning Collaborative, Wake Forest University
Dorothy Bass
Director, Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People in Faith
Katelyn Beaty
Acquisitions Editor, Baker Publishing Group
Elias Bongmba
Professor of Religion, Rice University
Evelyn Bush
Associate Professor of Sociology, Fordham University
Heidi Campbell
Professor of Communication, Texas A&M
Ashley Clemmer
Director of Programs and Community Engagement, Rothko Chapel
Harvey Clemons
Pastor, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Francis Collins
Director, National Institutes of Health
Craig Considine
Lecturer in Sociology, Rice University
Greg Cootsona
Lecturer in Religion Studies and Humanities, California State University Chico
Marcus D. Cosby
Senior Pastor, Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church
Sophie DAmico
Undergraduate Student, Rice University
Denise Daniels
Hudson T. Harrison Professor of Entrepreneurship, Wheaton College
Georgia Dunston
Professor of Human Immunogenetics, Howard University
Elaine Howard Ecklund
Professor of Sociology, Rice University
Korie Edwards
Associate Professor of Sociology, The Ohio State University
Michael Emerson
Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Sean Fitzpatrick
Executive Director, The Jung Center
Steve Gross
Rabbi, Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism
Gregory Han
Director of Interfaith Relations and Education, Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston
Jonathan Hill
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Calvin University
Shirazeh Houshiary
Visual Artist
Lee Hsia
Campus Pastor, Houston's First Baptist Church
Alexander Johnson
Executive Pastor, Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church
Frauke Josenhans
Associate Curator, Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University
Se Kim
Director of Membership and Governance, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Mark Labberton
President, Fuller Theological Seminary
Marilyn Lee
Executive Director, Loving Houston
Moramay López-Alonso
Associate Professor of History, Rice University
Gerardo Marti
Professor of Sociology, Davidson College
M. Hasna Maznavi
Founder and President, The Women's Mosque of America
Omar McRoberts
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago
Lupe Mendez
Founder, Tintero Projects
Afshi Charania Merchant
Aga Khan Council for Southwestern United States
Eric Mingle
House Church Director, Seven Mile Road Houston
Stephanie Y. Mitchem
Professor of Religious Studies, University of South Carolina
Geoffrey Mitelman
Rabbi and Founding Director, Sinai and Synapses
Steven Morgen
Associate Rabbi, Congregation Beth Yeshurun
Richard J. Mouw
President Emeritus and Professor of Faith and Public Life, Fuller Theological Seminary
Enuma Okoro
Writer
Jerry Park
Associate Professor of Sociology, Baylor University
Nichole R. Phillips
Associate Professor in the Practice of Sociology of Religion and Culture, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Jason Plotkin
Program Director, Congregation Emanu El
Pamela Prickett
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam
Gus Reyes
Director of Christian Life Commission, Texas Baptists
Matthew H. Russell
Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Fuller Institute for Recovery Ministry, Fuller Theological Seminary
Christopher P. Scheitle
Assistant Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
Praveen Sethupathy
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Rebecca Samuel Shah
Research Professor, Baylor University’s Institute for the Studies of Religion
Jason Shelton
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington
Manpreet K. Singh
Board Secretary, The Sikh Coalition
Felicia Wu Song
Associate Professor of Sociology, Westmont College
SpearIt
Professor of Law, Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Dru Stevenson
Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law
Ruth Lopez Turley
Professor of Sociology, Rice University
Brandon Walker
President, The Summer Institute
Rozella Haydee White
Owner, RHW Consulting
Jonathan Wiles
Senior Vice President of Programs, Living Water International
Janelle Wong
Professor of American Studies, University of Maryland
Fenggang Yang
Professor of Sociology, Purdue University