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Mark A. Chaves
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Professor
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Religion
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Soc-Psych Building 248
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Phone: (919) 660-5783
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Fax: 919-660-5623
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Homepage
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Curriculum Vitae
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Research Description
Professor Chaves specializes in the sociology of religion. Most of his research is on the social organization of religion in the United States. Among other projects, he directs the National Congregations Study (NCS), a wide-ranging survey of a nationally representative sample of religious congregations conducted in 1998, 2006-07, and 2012. NCS results have helped us to better understand many aspects of congregational life in the United States. Professor Chaves is the author of Congregations in America (Harvard, 2004), Ordaining Women: Culture and Conflict in Religious Organizations (Harvard 1997), and many articles. His latest book, American Religion: Contemporary Trends, was published in 2011 by Princeton University Press.
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Areas of Interest
social organization of religion
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Awards, Honors and Distinctions
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Chair, American Sociological Association’s Sociology of Religion Section,
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2006
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Distinguished Book Award (for Congregations in America),
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from the American Sociological Association’s Sociology of Religion Section,
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2006
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Outstanding Book Award (for Congregations in America),
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from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA),
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2006
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Best Article Award,
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from the Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division,
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2005
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Elected to membership in the Sociological Research Association,
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2005
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Award for Outstanding Article in the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly,
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from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action,
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2002
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Distinguished Book Award,
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from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion,
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1999
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Young Faculty Fellowship,
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Project on Governance of Nonprofit Organizations, Indiana University Center on Philanthropy,
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1992-1993
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Robert J. McNamara Student Paper Award,
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from the Association for the Sociology of Religion,
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1991
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Student Paper Award,
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from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion,
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1988
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Certificate of Distinction in Teaching,
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Harvard University,
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1986
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Alfred K. Priest Fellowship for Graduate Studies,
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Dartmouth College,
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1982
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Francis W. Gramlich Philosophy Prize,
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Dartmouth College,
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1982
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Phi Beta Kappa,
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Dartmouth College,
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1982
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Selected Publications
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- Mark Chaves.
- American Religion: Contemporary Trends.
- Princeton University Press,
- 2011.
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- Mark Chaves.
- "Serendipity in the Study of Religion and Society."
- Studying Religion and Society.
- Ed. Titus Hjelm and Phil Zuckerman.
- Routledge,
- 2012.
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- Mark Chaves.
- "Religious Congregations."
- The State of Nonprofit America, Second Edition.
- Ed. Lester Salamon.
- Brookings Institution Press,
- 2012.
- 362-393.
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- Mark Chaves.
- "Rain Dances in the Dry Season: Overcoming the Religious Congruence Fallacy."
- Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
- 49
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- 1-14.
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- Chaves, Mark.
- Congregations in America.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press,
- 2004.
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- Chaves, Mark.
- Ordaining Women: Culture and Conflict in Religious Organizations.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press,
- 1997.
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PhD Students
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Marcus Mann
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Jacob Ritter
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Scott Muir
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David Eagle
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Brad R. Fulton
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Andrew A. Miles
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Wen Reagan
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Cyrus Schleifer
