Welcome, New Scholars!

• Shana Gadarian Political Science
• Marco Gonzalez-Navarro Economics
• Colin Moore Political Science
• Maria Rendon Sociology

News

Eric McDaniel (Cohort 15) is the co-recipient of an Honorable Mention for the 2009 Political Research Quarterly Best Article Award (with co-author Christopher Ellison) from the Western Political Science Association for their June 2008 Political Research Quarterly Article: "God’s Party? Race, Religion, and Partisanship over Time".

Rene Almeling (Cohort 15) has received an Honorable Mention for the 2009 Viviana Zelizer Award from the American Sociology Association's Section on Economic Sociology for her article "Selling Genes, Selling Gender: Egg Donation, Sperm Donation, and the Medical Market in Genetic Material".

Helen Marrow (Cohort 15) has received the 2008 American Sociological Association Dissertation Award for the best PhD dissertation for the calendar year for, "Southern Becoming: Immigrant Incorporation and Race Relations in the Rural U.S. South."

Tim Büthe (Cohort 14) has published, "The Globalization of Health and Safety Standards: Delegation of Regulatory Authority in the SPS Agreement of the 1994 Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization" in Law and Contemporary Problems.

Robert Mickey (Cohort 13) has received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan.

Tony Chen (Cohort 12) has received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan.

Current Scholar Bios

• Rene Almeling
• Kyna Fong
• Shana Gadarian
• Marco Gonzalez-Navarro
• Helen Marrow
• Eric McDaniel
• Colin Moore
• Maria Rendon

ERIC MCDANIEL holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and is currently on leave from the University of Texas at Austin, where he is an assistant professor in the Department of Government.  His research focuses on religion and politics and racial and ethnic politics.  He is particularly interested in the role of Black religious institutions in shaping Black political behavior.  His recent book, Politics in the Pews: The Political Mobilization of Black Churches (University of Michigan Press, September 2008), examines the determinants of Black church political engagement. He is currently working on a project that examines the political consequences of differing religious interpretations.  As a RWJF Scholar, he is interested in examining the how religious institutions and religious beliefs shape health behaviors and attitudes towards the health care system.

Email: emcdaniel@berkeley.edu

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