Daniel Allen: Embodying Integration: A Sociological Study of Faith and Learning in Christian Higher Education
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Olivet Nazarene Univeristy, Bourbonnais, Illionis
Alonso Aravena-Mendez: Health in Times of COVID: Social Behaviors and Dimensions of Well-being in the Midst of a Global Pandemic
Graduate Student, Department of Economics, Baylor University
Jesse DeDeyne: A Different Kind of Evangelical: An Examination of the Political Diversity that Exists within Evangelical Protestantism
Pastor, Emanuel and St. John Lutheran Churches, Fairfax, MN
Hannah Evans: Diverging Paths: How Race Shapes Religiosity in Emerging Adulthood
Doctoral Research Fellow, Hartford International
2021-2022
Rebecca Bonhag: Political Theology and the Conflicts of Democracy
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University
Jason (J.J.) Burtt: Ego-Tribalism in Religion, Politics, and Media: A Changing Landscape Calls for a New Theory of Trust
Sessional Assistant Professor of Sociology at Trinity Western University, British Columbia, Canada
Amanda Hernadez: Feminism, Feminists, and Faith: Intersectional Identities (Outstanding Dissertation Award Nominee)
Equity Development Associate, South Alamo Reginal Alliance for the Homeless; Visiting Assistant Professor, Trinity University
First Placement: Director of Research and Evaluation, South Alamo Reginal Alliance for the Homeless
Yingling Liu: Rural/Urban Health Disparities among the Oldest Old in China
Assistant Professor, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
2020-2021
Michael Lotspeich-Yadao: Three Manuscripts on the Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, and the Resiliency and Growth of Military Veteran-Owned Firms in the Rural United States
Research Scientist, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2019-2020
Brita Andercheck: Individualized religious styles : a latent class analysis of religion and its implications for political attitudes and family formation outcomes.
Director of the Office of Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
First Placement: Assistant Director in Transportation, City of Dallas
James Clark Davidson: Stressing In: A Sociological Examination of Discrimination and Health of Racial and Health of Racial and Ethic Minority Groups
Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University, Northridge
Research Associate, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations, and Health Disparities
Justin Nelson: Understanding Addiction: A Sociological Analysis of Technological Device Addiction and Attachment in the Digital Age
Acting Department Chair and Assistant Professor, Campbell University, North Carolina
Bethany Smith: Educational Trajectories During the Great Recession Effects of Community, Homeownership and Race
Research Analyst at Ken Consulting, INC., Bowie, Maryland
Renae Wilkinson : The Long Arm of Childhood Bereavement: Parental Death and Pathways to Adult Health and Educational Inequalities (Outstanding Dissertation Award)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Human Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University
2018-2019
Emily (Hunt) Hinojosa: The Complexity of Disadvantage: Examining the Effects of Moral Ecology on Adolescent Educational Outcomes.
Director of Academic Excellence Initiatives, Office of Engaged Learning and Clinical Assistant Professor, Baylor University
First Placement: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Virginia
Kenneth Vaughan, Jr.: Religion, Anti-Immigrant Sentiment, and Attitude toward Democracy: An Evaluation of Changing Europe (Outstanding Dissertation Award
Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
Murat Yilmaz: The Changes and Patterns of Turkish Family Values under the Conflicts of Religion and Modernity
Assistant Professor, Hitit University, Çorum Merkez/Çorum, Turkey
2017-2018
William Henderson: Ontological Coherence and Psychological Distress: The Role of Divine Beliefs.
Assistant Professor, Union University
Su Kang: Cross-National Analysis of the Association Between Subjective Social Status and Health.
Research Fellow, The Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University.
First Placement: Research Analyst, Center for Health and Bioscience, Baker Institute, Rice University
Blake Kent: Accelerated and Micro-longitudinal Approaches to Understanding Depressive Symptoms and Human Flourishing.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Paul McClure: Modding My Religion: Exploring the Effects of Digital Technology on Religion and Spirituality.
Assistant Professor, Lynchburg College
Xiuhua Wang: Religion in Post-Communist China: Exploring the Dynamic of Religious Coping and Religious Tolerance in a Regulated Society.
UX Researcher at Facebook
2016-2017
Brittany Fitz-Chapman: The Impact of Technology, Talent, and Tolerance on Community Satisfaction.
Director of Data and Research, Prosper Waco
Robert Thomson Jr.: Religion and Different Injustice. (Outstanding Dissertation Award)
University of Alabama in Huntsville
First Placement: Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Rice University
Jasmine Wise: Student Success in Higher Education: An Analysis of the Effects of Support and Community.
Kimberly (Edwards) Nishant: Religious Participation During the Quarter-Life Crisis: Examining the Relationship Between Congregations and Emerging Adults
Product Manager, Amazon Connections
Todd Ferguson: Gender and Status in the Religious Congregation.
Assistant Professor, Mary Hardin-Baylor University
Jeff Tamburello: Changing Patterns in Marijuana Use among High School Seniors: Latent Modeling of Time-Series Cross-Sections (1976-2013).
Senior Social Science Analyst, Health Care Team – Research Support Group, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC
Demographic Survey Statistician, US Census Bureau, Suitland, MD
Joshua Tom: Religion and Interracial Marriage.
Assistant Professor, Seattle Pacific University
First Placement: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Virginia, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture in Charlottesville, VA.
2014-2015
Katie (Halbesleben) Arnhart: Contextualizing Immigrant Adolescents' High School Outcomes by Their School Environments and Friend Groups.
Senior Research Analyst, Federation of State Medical Boards
Jenna (Giebel) Rogers: Religion and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Religious Beliefs and Values on Female Entrepreneurship.
Research Director, Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences, University of Wisconsin, Madison
First Placement: Post-doc, Research Associate, Center for Women's Health Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Brandon Martinez: The Intersection of Race and Religion in the United States (Outstanding Dissertation Award)
Assistant Professor, Providence College, Providence, RI
Andrew Pagel: Utilizing a Web Survey to Examine Retention within an Insurance Company.
Director of Institutional Research, University of the Incarnate word, San Antonio, Texas
Second Placement: Director of Evaluation and Surveys, University of Texas, Arlington
First Placement: Director of Institutional Research & Effectiveness, Wayland Baptist University.
Ashley Palmer: Romantic Partner Selection in a Religious Marriage Market.
Adjunct Professor, Ringling College of Art and Design, Liberal Arts Department, Sarasota.
First Placement: Teaching Assistant/Instructor, UNC Wilmington, NC
2013-2014
Cassidy (Pederson) Cooper: Graduation Rates, Success and High School Quality.
Assistant Professor, University of Mobile, Alabama
Philip Davignon: Faith-Based Higher Education and the Religiosity of Christian College Students.
Department Chair & Associate Professor, Sociology and Family Studies, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee.
First Placement: Senior Research Analyst, Federation of State Medical Boards, Euless, TX
Aaron Franzen: Physician and Patient Interactions: The Role of Belief and Values in Directing Clinical Conversations.
Assistant Professor, Hope College, Holland, Michigan
Anna Garland: Community Satisfaction: The Solution for Rural Communities.
Associate Dean of Incarnate Word Academy High School
Adjunct Professor, Lone Star College-Kingwood.
2012-2013
Debbie McMahon: Are We Content with eContent Delivery? A Comparative Analysis of an eTextbook versus Print Experience in the University Classroom.
Business Owner, Big Frog Custom T-Shirts and More of San Antonio, TX
First Placement: Coordinator of Assessment and Program Improvement, Baylor University Libraries
Samuel Stroope: Health Disparities in India: The Role of Gender, Family, and Culture.
Associate Professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
First Placement: Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2011-2012
Scott Draper: Effervescence and Solidarity in Religious Organizations.
Associate Professor, College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID
First Placement: Assistant Professor, College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID
Wesley Hinze: Self-Employment in the United States.
Instructor, Parish Community College
Jeremy Rhodes: Religious Identities: Self-Identification and Denominational Affiliation.
Director of Research and Community Impact at Prosper Waco
Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Baylor University
First Placement: Associate Professor, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, TX
Andrew Whitehead: Religion, Sexuality, and Gender: An Individual and Organizational Analysis.
Associate Professor, Clemson University
First Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Mobile
2010-2011
Alessandra Gonzalez: Variations in the Sociology of Islam and Gender: A Multi-level Analysis of Islam and Gender in Majority Muslim Contexts
Senior Research Associate, Department of Economics
Second Placement: Post-doc Research Associate at City University of New York
First Placement: Post-doc Scholar and Concurrent Lecturer, Department of Economics,University of Chicago
2009-2010
Joseph Baker: Science and Religion in 21st Century America: A Sociological Perspective.
Associate Professor, East Tennessee State Universtiy
First Placement: Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University
Jeniece Lusk: Whose Change Is It?: A Multimodal Exploration of Urban Ecology and Gentrification Resistance in Crumbling Black Communities.
Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
First Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
Jared Maier: Congregational Growth, Closure, Identity, and Diversity.
Elizabeth Embry: Wages of Mexican American Women: Beyond Human Capital.
Statistical Data Analyst, III Early Warning System, Austin, Texas
First Placement: Analyst, ALI Solutions
Yang Liu: Beyond the West: Religion, Conformity, and Subjective Well-Being in Contemporary Chinese Society.
Instructor, Renmin University, Beijing, China
James (Rusty) Parker: Social Disorganization Theory and Crime Across the Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Divide.
Senior Manager, Research and Insights, Atlanta Hawks.
First Placement: Science Strategist, Schapiro Group, Georgia
Edward Polson: Cultivating the Common Good: Civic Life and Religious Contexts in American Society.
Assistant Professor, BU School of Social Work, Waco,Texas
First Placement: Assistant Professor, Dep. Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, LSU, Shreveport, Louisiana
Buster Smith: American Buddhism: A Sociological Perspective.
Associate Professor, Catawba College, North Carolina
2007-2008
Jodien Johnson: Federal Employment Concentration and Religion process in Rural America.
Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Baylor University
Kathy Krey: The Significance of Place: A Multi-lever Analysis Situating Trust in a Community Context.
Director of Research, Texas Hunger Initiative, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
First Placement:Analyst Programmer, Institutional Research & Testing, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
First Placement: Senior Research Analyst, Perryman Group, Waco, Texas
2006-2007
Lacey Chapman-Gillentine: Do Modern Video Games Impact the Cultural Perceptions and Acceptance of Racial Stereotypes? A Qualitative Assessment of Video Game Usage.
Part-time Instructor, McLennan Community College, Waco, Texas
2004-2005
Patricia (Liz) Kelly: Courting the Presidential Library System: Are President George W. Bush and Baylor University a Match Made in Heaven?
Associate Professor, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Alex Trouteaud: Traveling Longer to Stay in Place: Understanding Commuting in Rural and Urban America.
Director of Criminal Justice Research at Larua and John Arnold Foudation, Washington, DC
First Placement: Senior Vice President of Research, Anderson Press Incorporated, Atlanta, Georgia
2003-2004
Helen Kennedy Powell Wise: Casinos and the Quality of Life: Evidence From The Riverboats in Louisiana.
Assistant Professor, Sociology, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, Louisiana
2001-2002
Jonathan Wivagg: A Comprehensive Approach to Community Network Planning: A Case Study of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Senior Study Director, Westat, San Antonio, Texas
First Placement: Research Director, PTV DataSource
Aaron Young: Police Performance, Public Safety, and Curfew Application: A Longitudinal Study of Community Perspects at the Local Level.
Assistant Vice President of Research and Data Integration, Federation of State Medical Boards
First Placement: Marketing Research, Reliant Energy
2000-2001
Leslie Wilch McCallister: An Examination of the Impact of Ethnicity and Ethnic Identification on Consumer Behavior.
Professor, East Tennessee State University
1999-2000
Stephanie Littizette Mixon: The Role of Religion in Higher Education: Evidence from Faculty Surveys at Baylor, Notre Dame, Boston College, and Brigham Young and from OLS Regression Models Based on All ‘National’ Private Universities.
1998-1999
Sydney (Seiger)Waller : A Segmentation Modeling Analysis of Factors Affecting Mammography Compliance.
Chief Marketing Officer, TXU Energy
1997-1998
Michelle Mae Rasco: Social Network Analysis for Use in Change of Venue Cases.
1996-1997
Gary Wayne Brinker: A Comparative Analysis of Cost-effectiveness and Data Quality Between Computer-assisted telephone interviewing and traditional paper methods
