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Michael O. Emerson, PhD Professor, Department of Sociology Director of CORRUL Rice University Dr. Michael Emerson received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of the Center on Race, Religion and Urban Life at Rice University. In addition to numerous research articles, he is the author of several books, including the award winning Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America (Oxford University Press) and People Of the Dream: Multiracial Congregations in the United States (Princeton University Press), recently awarded the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for the book making the most significant contribution to overcoming racism, Awarded by the Racial and Ethnic Minority section of the American Sociological Association. Currently he is directing a multi-million dollar funded research project to follow a racially and ethnically diverse group of 2600 Americans over the next twenty years to understand change and continuity in their religious lives. In partnership with Shell Oil and the Shell Center for Sustainability, he is also principle investigator of a multidisciplinary team studying issues of environmental sustainability in coastal cities of the United States and China. |
Department of Sociology, MS-28 Rice University 6100 S. Main Street Houston, TX 77005-1892 (713) 348-4448 (713) 348-5296 Fax
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