Joseph O. Baker Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sociology
Sociology
Contact:
Introduction to Sociology
Social Statistics
Research Methods
Sociology of Religion
Deviance and Social Control
Criminology
My research interests are primarily in studies of religion and secularity, deviance, penology, and ideology. I am currently finishing a book outlining and testing a parsimonious yet powerfully predictive theory of the strategies individuals and groups use to manage the stigma of being branded as "deviant."
I am also a senior research associate for the Association of Religion Data Archives.
Articles
Whose Moral Community? Religiosity, Secularity, and Self-rated Health Across Communal Religious Contexts.Journal of Health and Social Behavior. [with Samuel Stroope]
Make America Christian Again: Christian Nationalism and Voting for Donald Trump in 2016 Presidential Election. Sociology of Religion. [with Andew L. Whitehead and Samuel L. Perry]
Gendering (Non)Religion: Politics, Education, and Gender Gaps in Secularity in the United States. Social Forces 94(4):1623-45. [with Andrew L. Whitehead]
Hell to Pay: Religion and Punitive Ideology among the American Public. Punishment & Society 18(2):151-76. [with Alexis Booth]
Desecration, Moral Boundaries and the Movement of Law: The Case of Westboro Baptist Church. Deviant Behavior 36(1): 42-67. [with Christopher D. Bader and Kittye Hirsch]
Structural and Cultural Sources of Community in American Congregations. Social Science Research 45: 1-17. [with Samuel Stroope]
Public Perceptions of Incompatibility between "Science and Religion." Public Understanding of Science 21(3): 340-54.
