George Yancey

Education

Ph.D. Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 1994
M.A. Economics, University of Texas at Austin, 1989
B.S. Economics, West Texas State University, 1985

Biography

Dr. George Yancey is a Professor of Sociology at Baylor University. He has published several research articles on the topics of institutional racial diversity, racial identity, academic bias, progressive Christians and anti-Christian hostility. His books include Compromising Scholarship (Baylor University Press) a book that explores religious and political biases in academia, What Motivates Cultural Progressives (Baylor University Press) a book that examines activists who oppose the Christian Right, There is no God (Rowman and Littlefield) a book that investigates atheism in the United States, and So Many Christians, So Few Lions (Rowman and Littlefield) a book that assess Christianophobia in the United States.

Recent Publications

Yancey, George. Supplemental file for Identity Politics, Political Ideology, and Well-being: Is Identity Politics Good for Our Well-being?

Yancey, George. Forthcoming. "Is Christianity Still a Dominant Group in the United States”. Journal of Contemporary Religion

Jeong, Elijah, Sarah E. Madsen, Esther Chan, George Yancey and Savanah Landerholm. 2024. “Race, Role, and Religion: Exploring Campus Racial Climate Perceptions” Religion & Education 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/15507394.2024.2354877 

Yancey, George 2024. “When Christians do not like other Christians: Outgrouping Between Progressive and Conservative Protestants” Journal of Religion and Society 26: 79-103.

Yancey, George 2024.. “Finding Antiracists: Construction of an Antiracism Scale” Sociological Focus 57(2): 1-22

Yancey, George 2024. “Enemy of my Enemy?: An Examination of Potential Religious Group Threat Effects on Racial Attitudes” Sociological Focus 57(4):

Yancey, George 2024. “Explaining Racial Attitudes: Race, Political Identity, Education, and Religious Outgrouping” Review of Religious Research 66(1): 34-55 https://doi.org/10.1177/0034673X241231280 

Clark, Cory et. al. 2023 “Prosocial Motives Underlie Scientific Censorship by Scientists: A Perspective and Research Agenda” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (48): e2301642120

Yancey, George. 2023  “Identity Politics, Political Ideology, and Well-being: Is Identity Politics Good for Our Well-being?” Sociological Forum 38(4): 1245 -1265.

Books

Yancey, George, 2022. Beyond Racial Division: A Unifying Alternative to Colorblindness and Antiracism, IVP

Yancey, George, Laurel Shaler and Jerald Walz. 2019. Investigating Political Tolerance at Conservative Protestant Colleges and Universities, Routledge.

Yancey, George and Alicia Brunson. 2018. Prejudice in the Press?: Investigating Bias in Coverage of Race, Gender, Sexuality and Religion, McFarland Publishers.