Jennifer McKinney



Jennifer McKinney

Department of Sociology • Seattle Pacific University • 3307 Third Avenue West • Seattle, WA 98119

206.281.2595 Phone • 206.281.2771 Fax • mckinj@spu.edu •

Education

Ph.D. Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, May 2001.

Dissertation: “Clergy Connections: The Impact of Networks on Evangelical Renewal Movements.” Advisor: Dr. Roger Finke.

M.S. Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, December 1995.

Thesis: “‘They Passed Out Guns in the Chapel’: The Social Construction of Religious

Groups in the National Print Media.” Advisor: Dr. Roger Finke.

B.A. Sociology, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, Kentucky, May 1991.

Professional Experience

2007-present Associate Professor

Department of Sociology, Seattle Pacific University

2005-present Director

Women’s Studies Program, Seattle Pacific University

2001-2007 Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology, Seattle Pacific University

2001 Assistant Director

American Religion Data Archive (ARDA), Pennsylvania State University



1997–2000 Research Associate

American Religion Data Archive (ARDA), Purdue University



1998 Instructor

Department of Sociology, Purdue University

1994–1996 Consultant

Social Research Institute, Purdue University

Publications

McKinney, Jennifer and Robert Drovdahl. 2007. “Vocation as Discovery: The Contribution of Internship Experiences.” The Journal of Youth Ministry 5:2 51-71.

McKinney, Jennifer. 2005. “Evangelicals and Gender: Culture First.” Catalyst: Contemporary Perspectives for Evangelical United Methodist Seminarians 32:1 3-5.

Hamilton, Michael S. and Jennifer McKinney. 2003. “Turning the Mainline Around: How Renewal Groups Are Changing the Face of Wayward Protestantism.” Christianity Today August pp. 34-40. Reprinted in James V. Heidinger and Steve Beard. 2004. Streams of Renewal: Welcoming New Life into United Methodism. Wilmore, KY: Living Streams Publications.

McKinney, Jennifer and Roger Finke. 2002. “Reviving the Mainline: An Overview of Clergy Support for Evangelical Renewal Movements.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 41:4 773-785.

Finke, Roger, Jennifer McKinney and Matt Bahr. 2000. “Doing Research and Teaching with the American Religion Data Archive.” In Religion and the Internet: Research Prospects and Promises, edited by Jeffrey K. Hadden and Douglas E. Cowen. New York: JAI Press.

Finke, Roger, Jennifer McKinney and Matt Bahr. 1999. “Democratizing Access to Data.” The IASSIST Quarterly 23:11-14.

Spencer, J. William and Jennifer McKinney. 1997. “We Don’t Pay for Bus Tickets, But We Can Help You Find Work: The Micro-Politics of Trouble in Human Service Encounters.” The Sociological Quarterly 38:185-204.

Book Reviews

McKinney, Jennifer. 2003. My Brother’s Keeper: What the Social Sciences Do (and Don’t) Tell Us About Masculinity by Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen. Interpretation: Journal of Bible and Theology 57:3 336-338.

McKinney, Jennifer. 1997. Religion and Mass Media by Judith Buddenbaum and Daniel Stout. American Journal of Sociology 102:6 1776-1777.

Learning Module

“Attitudes versus Behavior: Religion and Helping Others.” 2006. The Association of Religion Data Archives .

Grants and Awards

Faculty Research Grant, Seattle Pacific University 2007

Academic Renewal Grant, Seattle Pacific University 2006

Women’s Studies Course Development Grant, Seattle Pacific University 2006

Post-baccalaureate Ministry Internship Evaluation, Principle Investigator 2003-present

Theology and Vocation Grant, Seattle Pacific University 2004

Women’s Studies Course Revision Grant, Seattle Pacific University 2003

Summer Stipend Grant, Louisville Institute 2002

Academic Renewal Grant, Seattle Pacific University 2002

Dissertation Fellowship, Louisville Institute 2000-2001

Research Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion 1999

Areas of Specialization

Sociology of Religion, Research Methods, Marriage and Family, Gender, Women’s Studies

Courses Taught

Introduction to Sociology, Marriage and Family, Social Psychology, Research Methods, Sociology of the Family, American Religious Movements Seminar, Family and Gender Seminar, Sociology of Gender, Introduction to Women’s Studies, Sociology Capstone Seminar

Work in Progress

“Clergy Social Capital: Faith in Christ or Faith in the Organization?”

“Men Are Saved by Jesus, Women through Childbirth: Images of Women in an Evangelical Urban Megachurch”

Reviewer (Books and Manuscripts)

American Journal of Sociology

Christian Scholars Review

Interpretation

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

New York University Press

Sociological Focus

Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance

The Sociological Review

Professional Memberships

American Sociological Association

Religion Section

Sex and Gender Section

National Council on Family Relations

National Women’s Studies Association

Religious Research Association

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

Participation at Professional Meetings

“Gender and Religious Authority.” Session Convener for the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Portland, Oregon, October 2006.

“Women’s Religious Organization.” Session Convener for the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Portland, Oregon, October 2006.

“Vocation as Discovery: The Contribution of Internships.” The Faith, Hope, and Work Conference, Wesleyan Center for 21st Century Studies, Point Loma Nazarene University, February 2006 (with Bob Drovdahl).

“Soul Searchers or Soul Savers: The Religious Background Factors That Influence Seminary Selection and Clergy Beliefs.” The Religious Research Association, Kansas City, Missouri, October 2004.

“And They Were First Called Christians: Author-Meets-Critics” for Magnus Zetterholm’s The Formation of Christianity in Antioch: A Social Science Approach to the Separation Between Judaism and Christianity. Organizer and Convener for the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Kansas City, Missouri, October 2004.

The American Religion Data Archive Conference. University Park, Pennsylvania, March 2004.

The Louisville Institute Winter Seminar. Louisville, Kentucky, January, 2003.

“A Theoretical Model Predicting Clergy Involvement in Renewal Movements.” The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association, Salt Lake City, November 2002.

The Louisville Institute Winter Seminar. Louisville, Kentucky, January, 2001.

“The American Religion Data Archive.” Data Resources Poster Session, American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 2000 (with Matt Bahr and Roger Finke).

“Navigating the American Religion Data Archive.” American Academy of Religion/Society for Biblical Literature, Boston, Massachusetts, November, 1999.

“Reversing the Decline? Renewal Movements in the Traditional Mainline: An Introduction.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association, Boston, Massachusetts, November, 1999.

“Surfing for Saints: Religion Resources on the Web.” Panelist for the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association, Boston, Massachusetts, November, 1999.

“The American Religion Data Archive.” Data Resources Poster Session, American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois, August, 1999 (with Matt Bahr).

“An Inventory of Current and Future ARDA Collections.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association, Montreal, Canada, November, 1998.

“The American Religion Data Archive.” Data Resources Poster Session, American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August, 1998 (with Jody Wilkinson).

“Introducing the American Religion Data Archive.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association, San Diego, November, 1997

“Data Preparation and Data Inventory for the American Religion Data Archive.” Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, October 1997.

“Constructing Saints and Sinners.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association, Nashville, November 1996.

“They Passed Out Guns in the Chapel: The Construction of Religious Groups in the National Print Media.” Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April 1996.

“We Don’t Pay For Bus Tickets, But We Can Help You Find Work: The Micro-Politics of Trouble in Human Service Encounters.” Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April 1995 (with J. William Spencer).

Invited Presentations and Brown Bags: Campus

“What’s Wrong with a Little Sexual Violence?” Spring 2006. Sophia: A Gender Equality Club.

“Busting Out.” Winter 2007. Respect Your Body Week, Seattle Pacific University.

“Where Do We Go from Here?” Winter 2007. Men, Women and Faith Week sponsored by Sophia: A Gender Equality Club, Seattle Pacific University.

“Men in Families.” Fall 2006. Sophia: A Gender Equality Club, Seattle Pacific University.

“Global Backlash: Why Has Gender Become a Central Battleground in the Struggle Over Globalization?” Fall 2006. Panelist for Seattle Pacific University’s Common Day of Learning.

“Media and Gender: Panel Discussion on Killing Us Softly.” Spring 2006. Sophia: A Gender Equality Club, Seattle Pacific University.

“May Madness Forum.” Spring 2006. Open Forum for the Women of SPU, Seattle Pacific University.

“May Madness: A Christian Response.” Spring 2006. Emerson Hall Education Program, Seattle Pacific University.

“Resurrection from a Sociologist’s Perspective.” Spring 2006. Celebration Week Faculty Panel, Seattle Pacific University.

“American Christian Traditions: What Does the Next Generation Have to Choose From?” Fall 2005. Organizer and Panelist for Seattle Pacific University’s Common Day of Learning.

“Gender Considerations.” Summer 2004. Seattle Pacific University’s Campus Ministries’ Iona Discernment Pilgrimage.

“Learning to Love Learning.” Fall 2003. Panelist for Seattle Pacific University’s Common Day of Learning.

“Clergy Connections: Evangelical Renewal Movements in the Mainline.” Spring 2003. College of Arts and Sciences Symposium, Seattle Pacific University.

“Bound for Glory.” Spring 2003. Panelist for Thelma and Louise at the Image: A Journal for the Arts and Religion annual film festival.

“Advertising Images and Women.” Winter 2003. Ashton Hall Educational Program, Seattle Pacific University.

“A Day in the Life of a Sociologist: With Apologies to the Beatles.” Fall 2002. Faculty Retreat Seminar, Seattle Pacific University.

Invited Presentations: Community

“Encountering Reality.” May 14, 2007. Panelist for Kindlings Muse at the C.S. Lewis Center.

“Liar, Lunatic or Lord?” May 7, 2007. Panelist for the Kindlings Muse at the C.S. Lewis Center.

“Wilberforce Updated: Today's Global Justice Issues” March 5, 2007. Panelist for Kindlings Muse.

“Born Again into the Family of God.” Fall 2005. Advent series. Shoreline Covenant Church Adult Sunday School, Shoreline, Washington.

“Who is My Neighbor: The Family.” Winter 2005. Shoreline Covenant Church Adult Sunday

School, Shoreline, Washington.

“Calling and the Christian.” Study series. Winter 2005. Women’s CORE, Calvary Chapel

Assembly of God, Seattle, Washington.

“Evangelicalism in America.” Summer 2003. Summer Seminar Series, Calvary Chapel Assembly of God, Seattle, Washington.

“The State of Christianity in America.” Summer 2003. Summer Seminar Series, Calvary Chapel Assembly of God, Seattle, Washington.

Instructional Development

2007 University Core Curriculum Sequence 1000, 2000, 3000

Center for Scholarship and Faculty Development Summer Courses (SPU)

2007 New York Times Workshop

Center for Scholarship and Faculty Development Teaching Workshop

2006 University Foundations Sequence 1000, 2000, 3000

Center for Scholarship and Faculty Development Summer courses (SPU)

2006 Sociology of Gender Seminar (SOC 559)

University of Washington

2004 Hewlett Capstone Seminar

Seattle Pacific University

2002 New Faculty Seminar/New Faculty Retreat

Seattle Pacific University

2001 Preventing Cyber-Plagiarism

Pennsylvania State University

1997 Developing a Computer-based Social Science Curriculum

MicroCase Corporation Summer Workshop

1996 Teaching Sociology Seminar

Purdue University

1996 College Teaching Workshop

Purdue University

University and Guild Service

2007 Tenure Review Committee, Department of Political Science

2006-present Faculty Advisor, Sophia

2006- present New Student Advising and Registration Program

2006- present Communion Server, Chapel

2006-present Faculty Book Cadres (Why Are All of the Black Children Sitting on the Same Side of the Cafeteria by Beverly Tatum; Gender and Grace by Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen; Source of Light Jurgen Moltmann)

2005-2006 President’s Task Force on the Christian Faith Exploration Program

2005-2006 Mentor, Washington State Achievement Scholars

2005-2006 Faculty Mentor, Center for Scholarship and Faculty Development

2004-2005 Women’s Celtic Christianity Cadre

2004-2005 Faculty Advisor, the Home Away From Home Theme House

2003-2005 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Distinguished Book Award Committee

2002-present Advisory Board, American Religion Data Archive

2002-present All University Committees (Christian Scriptures, Psychology, English, Political Science)

2002-2004 Debriefer, Seattle Pacific Reach-out International (SPRINT)

2002-2003 Faculty Mentor, Center for Scholarship and Faculty Development

2002-2003 Faculty Advisor, Cascade Yearbook

University Scholars’ Honors Projects

2005-2006 Faculty Advisor, “A Comparative Study of Women in Political Leadership” by Sara Van Hofwegen.

2004-2005 Faculty Advisor, “Dynamic and Changing: An Examination of the Relationship between Evangelical Christianity and Eating Disorders” by Rebekah Soule.

2003-2004 Faculty Reader, “Gender and Gender Role Differences in the Interaction of Social Support, Locus of Control and Coping Styles of Psychological Symptoms of Stress” by Emily Ora Soule.

2002-2003 Faculty Advisor, “Running on Faith” by Sarah Kraybill.

2002-2003 Faculty Advisor, “Teachers, Textbooks and Letter Jackets: A Social Study of American History 101” by Erik Evenson.

Professional Reports

2006 World Vision International: A Report on the Qualitative Transformational

Development Indicators from the International Area Development Programs

2004 The American Religion Data Archive: An Audit of ARDA Policies,

Procedures, and Resources

2003 School of Theology’s University Foundations Course Sequence: A Survey of Student Outcomes

2002 The American Religion Data Archive: An Audit of ARDA Policies,

Procedures, and Resources

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