Shawna L. Anderson
Duke University Department of Sociology
Soc/Psych Building Room 268
Box 90088, Durham, NC 27708-0088
919-660-5687
EDUCATION
PhD—Sociology, degree expected May 2009
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
MA—Sociology, May 2005
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
BA—Psychology, May 2003 Minor – Sociology
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
PUBLICATIONS & PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
Chaves, Mark and Shawna L. Anderson. “Continuity and Change in American Religion, 1972-2006.” Forthcoming in
Social Trends in the United States, 1972-2006: Evidence from the General Social Survey, ed. by Peter V. Marsden.
Princeton University Press.
Chaves, Mark and Shawna L. Anderson. “Continuity and Change in American Congregations: Introducing the Second
Wave of the National Congregations Study.” Forthcoming in Sociology of Religion.
Anderson, Shawna L., Jessica Hamar Martinez, Catherine Hoegeman, Gary Adler, and Mark Chaves. 2008. “Dearly
Departed: How Often Do Congregations Close?” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 47:321-328.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Anderson, Shawna L. 2008. “Conflict Over Homosexuality in Religious Congregations.” Paper presented at the American
Sociological Association annual meeting, Boston.
Anderson, Shawna L. and Mark Chaves. 2007. “Conflict in Religious Congregations.” Paper presented at the Society for
the Scientific Study of Religion annual meeting, Tampa.
Anderson, Shawna L., Jessica Hamar Martinez, Catherine Hoegeman, Gary Adler, and Mark Chaves. 2006. “Dearly
Departed: Congregation Closures since 1998.” Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion annual
meeting, Portland.
Anderson, Shawna L. 2005. “Unwed Fathers’ Involvement and the Role of Religion.” Paper presented at the American
Sociological Association annual meeting, Philadelphia.
POSITIONS HELD
08/07-present
Research Associate, Duke University Department of Sociology, Durham, NC
05/07-present
Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Associate, University of Arizona Department of Sociology, Tucson, AZ
08/05-present
Project Manager, 2006-07 National Congregations Study (Mark Chaves, PI)
08/03-05/07
Graduate Assistant, University of Arizona Department of Sociology, Tucson, AZ
05/05-08/05, 05/04-08/04
Research Assistant, Nagle Consulting, Tucson, AZ
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2005-present
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion member
Association for the Sociology of Religion member
Religious Research Association member
2003-present
American Sociological Association member
2006-2007
Co-chair, Graduate Student Association, University of Arizona Department of Sociology
2003-2004
Graduate Representative, Undergraduate Studies Committee, University of Arizona Department of Sociology