Faculty
The Center for the Study of Social Movements' faculty span multiple disciplines and are the leaders of innovative research projects that are published in academic books and the discipline's top journals. Faculty lead and present their work in SPAM, edit and manage Mobilization and Mobilizing Ideas, and mentor the center's graduate students. Below are the faculty currently affiliated with the center along with their contact information.
Kraig Beyerlein
Associate Professor, Director, Center for the Study of Religion and Society
4044 Jenkins Nanovic
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: (574) 631 8517
Email: kbeyerl1@nd.edu
Web: sociology.nd.edu/kraig-beyerlein/
Research Interests:
Sociology of Religion, Social Movements/Collective Behavior, Civil Engagement/Social Capital, Quantitative Methods, Social Networks, Sociology of Culture
Ann Mische
Associate Professor, Peace Studies and Sociology, Faculty Fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Affairs
111 Hesburgh Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Email: ann.e.mische.2@nd.edu
Web: sociology.nd.edu/ann-mische/
Research Interests:
Sociology of Culture, Social Movements, Political Sociology, Social Networks, Organizations, Deliberation and Decision-Making, Sociological Theory
Terence McDonnell
Associate Professor, Sociology; Director of Graduate Studies; Concurrent faculty, Keough School of Global Affairs
4049 Jenkins Nanovic
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: (574) 631 7599
Email: tmcdonn2@nd.edu
Web: sociology.nd.edu/terence-mcdonnell/
Research Interests:
Culture and Media, Health and AIDS, Social Movements, Gender and Sexuality , Urban Studies, Theory, Methods
Rory McVeigh
Director of the Center for the Study of Social Movements
Nancy Reeves Dreux Professor in Sociology
4080 Jenkins Nanovic
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: (574) 631 0386
Email: rmcveigh@nd.edu
Web: sociology.nd.edu/rory-mcveigh/
Research Interests:
Inequality, Social Movements, Political Sociology, Race and Ethnicity.
Erika Summers-Effler
Associate Professor, Sociology
4050 Jenkins Nanovic Halls
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: (574) 631 3838
Email: eeffler@nd.edu
Web: sociology.nd.edu/erika-summers-effler/
Research Interests:
Theory, Social Movements, Qualitative Methods
Dana Moss
Assistant Professor, Sociology
4055 Jenkins Nanovic Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: (574) 631 5076
Email: dmoss2@nd.edu
Research Interests:
Collective Behavior and Social Movements; Global and Transnational Sociology; Peace, War, and Social Conflict; International Migration; Qualitative and Comparative Methods; Political Sociology