Sabrina Danielsen CURRICULUM VITAE Resident Assistant Professor in Sociology Creighton University 402-280-4909 Department of Cultural and Social Studies 2500 California Plaza Omaha NE 68178 EDUCATION 2014 Ph.D. Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA. 2009 M.A. Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA. 2007 B.A. Sociology and Anthropology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA. SabrinaDanielsen@creighton.edu ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2014-Present Resident Assistant Professor in Sociology. Department of Cultural and Social Studies. Creighton University. PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES 2016 Fenelon, Andrew and Sabrina Danielsen. Leaving My Religion: Understanding the Relationship between Religious Disaffiliation, Health, and Well-Being. Social Science Research. 57(May): 49-62. 2016 Danielsen, Sabrina. Shifting Concerns About Social Problems: Religious and Political Identity Among Evangelical and Mainline Protestants, 1960-2013. Journal of Religion & Society. Supplement 13(2016): 156-175. 2014 Wilde, Melissa J. and Sabrina Danielsen. Fewer and Better Children: Race, Class, Religion, and Birth Control Reform in America. American Journal of Sociology. 119(6): 1710-60. - Winner, Charles Tilly Best Article Award (2015) from the American Sociological Association s Comparative and Historical Section. - Winner, Distinguished Article Award (2015) from the American Sociological Association s Sociology of Religion Section. - Winner, Distinguished Article Award (2015) from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion 2013 Danielsen, Sabrina. Fracturing Over Creation Care? Shifting Environmental Beliefs Among Evangelicals, 1984-2010. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 52(1): 198-215. Sabrina Danielsen - Page " 1 - Last Updated: 5/24/16
BOOK REVIEWS Forthcoming Danielsen, Sabrina. Book Review of Secular Faith: How Culture Has Trumped Religion in American Politics, by Mark A. Smith. Contemporary Sociology. 2014 Danielsen, Sabrina. Book Review of The Rationalization of Miracles, by Paolo Parigi. Sociology of Religion. 75(1): 169-171. MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Danielsen, Sabrina and Brittni Porath. Working Towards Health: Diverse Efforts to Improve Health Among Religious Groups. Danielsen, Sabrina. Shifting Alliances and Opponents: Religious Restructuring and Mainline Protestants Changing Stances on Abortion since 1960. Danielsen, Sabrina. Mobilizing on Abortion: Social Networks, Civil Disobedience and the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion, 1967-1973. Wilde, Melissa J. and Sabrina Danielsen. Who Were the Social Gospelers? Class and Religion on the Eve of the Depression. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2016 Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (CURAS) Faculty Research Fund ($2,000) 2013-2014 School of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania 2012-2013 Critical Writing Teaching Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania 2011 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Research Grant ($750) 2011 Fichter Research Grant ($2,000) 2011 Otto and Gertrude K. Pollak Summer Research Fellowship ($1,000) 2010 Otto and Gertrude K. Pollak Summer Research Fellowship ($2,500) 2007-2012 William Fontaine Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania COURSES TAUGHT Creighton University, Omaha NE Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work. College of Arts and Sciences Introduction to Sociology: Self and Society (SOC101): 6 sections over Fall 2014-Fall 2016 Quantitative Research Methods (SOC312): 8 sections over Fall 2014-Fall 2016 Healthcare, Society, and Culture (SOC315): 2 sections over Fall 2014-Spring 2015 Social Inequality and Stratification (SOC411): 1 section in Spring 2016 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA Department of Sociology. School of Arts and Sciences Sociology of Media and Popular Culture (SOC137): 3 sections over Summer 2010- Summer 2013 Sabrina Danielsen - Page " 2 - Last Updated: 5/24/16
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA Critical Writing Program. School of Arts and Sciences Culture War in America? (WRIT088): 2 sections over Fall 2012-Spring 2013 UNDERGRADUATE INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ADVISING 2016 Tess Starman. The Effects of Social Class on Christian Religious Motivation and Practice. Senior Capstone Paper. Department of Cultural and Social Studies. Creighton University. 2016 Amber Guerra. The Anthropology of Community Healthcare: A Construction and Analysis of Community Care and Urban Health Disparities. Senior Capstone Paper. Department of Cultural and Social Studies. Creighton University. 2016 Shane D sa. Different Ways of Delivering Diabetes Care Honors Student Project. College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. Creighton University. 2015 Nora Frigo. Physical Disability and Limb Loss: Body, Self, and Society. Senior Capstone Paper. Department of Cultural and Social Studies. Creighton University. 2015 Cahmeelah Cuartero-Crawford. The HPV Vaccine & Religious Sentiment: A Content Analysis of Online Discourse. Senior Capstone Paper. Department of Cultural and Social Studies. Creighton University. CONFERENCE TALKS 2016 Shifting Alliances and Opponents: Abortion, Mainline Protestants, and Religious Restructuring since 1960. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA. Aug 2016. Sociology of Religion Regular Session: Religious Vitality and Threat. 2016 Uniting in Opposition: Race and Religion in the Early Abortion Rights Movement in America. Kripke Center Symposium on Religion and Politics. Omaha, NE. Feb 2016. 2015 Shifting Concerns About Social Problems: Religious and Political Identity Since 1960. Kripke Center Symposium on Religion and Identity. Omaha, NE. Feb 2015. 2014 With Andrew Fenelon. Leaving My Religion: Understanding the Relationship Between Religion, Social Support, and Health. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, IN. Oct 2014. Religious Health and Development Session. 2014 Religion, Race, Class and Gender in the Politics of Abortion before Roe v. Wade. Gender, Sexuality and Women s Studies 40th Anniv. Conference. Philadelphia. Feb 2014. Race, Class, Gender and Religion Session. 2014 Clergy Consultation Service and the Religious Mobilization on Abortion before Roe v. Wade. Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. Feb 2014. Social Movement Activisms Regular Paper Session 2013 Mainline Protestants and the Politics of Abortion after Roe v. Wade. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. Nov 2013. Politics of Abortion Session. Sabrina Danielsen - Page " 3 - Last Updated: 5/24/16
2013 Religious Restructuring, Mainline Protestants, and the Politics of Abortion Since 1960. Culture and Interaction Cluster, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA. Sept 2013. 2012 Mainline Protestant Denominations and Abortion Law Reform and Repeal, 1960-1973. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ. Nov 2012. Religion and Abortion Session. 2012 Liberalizing on Abortion: Religion and Abortion Law Reform, 1960-1973. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. Aug 2012. Collective Behavior and Social Movements Roundtable. 2012 Mainline Protestants and the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights. Association for the Sociology of Religion Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. Aug 2012. Moral Attitudes Session. 2011 Fracturing Over Creation Care: Environmental Beliefs and Discourse Among Evangelicals. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. Aug 2011. Sociology of Culture Session: Rightward Tendencies: Conservatism in the Age of Obama. 2011 With Melissa J. Wilde. Fewer but Better Children: Race Suicide, American Religion and Debates Over Birth Control, circa 1931 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. Aug 2011. Thematic Session, Race, Class, Gender and Religion. 2010 With Melissa J. Wilde: Creating Heaven on Earth: Birth Control, Eugenics, and the Social Gospel in the Early 20th Century. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. Oct 2010. Religion and Perspectives on Sexuality Session. 2009 Creation Care: Trends in Evangelicals Environmentalism, 1984-2008. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. Oct 2009. Trends and Changes in Religious- Based Environmentalism Session. 2009 Creation Care: Trends in Evangelicals Environmentalism, 1984-2008. Association for the Sociology of Religion Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Aug 2009. Religion, Social Movements, and Religious Movements Session. 2009 With Melissa J. Wilde: An Unholy Alliance: Birth Control, Eugenics and American Religion in the Early Twentieth Century. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Aug 2009. Religion and Culture Wars Roundtable. 2009 With Melissa J. Wilde: The Origins of the Culture Wars: Birth Control, Eugenics and American Religion in the Early Twentieth Century. Culture and Interaction Cluster, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA. Jan 2009. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Association for the Sociology of Religion, Robert J. McNamara Student Paper Award Committee (Member 2015, Chair 2016-2017) Creighton University, Spirit of St. Francis Sustainability Award Committee (Member 2015) Sabrina Danielsen - Page " 4 - Last Updated: 5/24/16
AD HOC REVIEWER American Journal of Sociology American Sociological Review Journal of Religion and Health Journal of Religion & Society Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Social Science Research Mobilization PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Sociological Association, 2007-Present Sociology of Religion Section Sex and Gender Section Political Sociology Section Comparative-Historical Sociology Section Midwestern Sociological Society, 2016 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2009-Present Association for the Sociology of Religion, 2009-Present Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society Faculty Associate, 2014-Present Sabrina Danielsen - Page " 5 - Last Updated: 5/24/16