Michael Lindsay

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Elites
• Religion
• Inequality

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Sociology, 2006, Princeton University.
• M.A., Sociology, 2004, Princeton University (with distinction).
• Postgraduate Diploma, 2001, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University, Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.
• Master of Divinity, 2000, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presidential Scholar.
• B.A., English & Speech, 1994, Baylor University (summa cum laude and Phi Betta Kappa).

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2008 Distinguished Article Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, “Evangelicals in the Power Elite: Elite Cohesion Advancing A Movement.”  American Sociological Review. Volume 73:60-82.
• 2008 Outstanding Book, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite  (New York: Oxford University Press).
• First Place, 2006 Worldwide Competition for Junior Sociologists, International Sociological Association, World Congress of Sociology, Durban, South Africa.
• Fredric M. Jablin Award, 2006, Jepson School of Leadership Studies and International Leadership Association, Chicago, Illinois.
• Robert McNamara Student Paper Award, 2005, Association for the Sociology of Religion.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Lindsay, D. Michael, 2008.  “Evangelicals in the Power Elite: Elite Cohesion Advancing A Movement.”  American Sociological Review.  Volume 73:60-82.
• Lindsay, D. Michael, 2008.  “Mind the Gap: Religion and the Crucible of Marginality in the United States and Great Britain.”  The Sociological Quarterly 49: 653-88.
• Lindsay, D. Michael, 2007.  “Ties that Bind and Divisions that Persist: Evangelical Faith and the Political Spectrum.”   American Quarterly.  Volume 59: 883-909.
• Lindsay, D. Michael, 2007.   “Evangelical Elites in the U.S. Military.”   The Journal of Political and Military Sociology.  Volume 35:1-16.
• Lindsay, D. Michael, 2007.  Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite  (New York: Oxford University Press).
• Gallup, George, Jr., and D. Michael Lindsay, 1999.  Surveying the Religious Landscape: Trends in U.S. Belief (Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse).

SELECTED RECENT NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PRESS COVERAGE

• American Right, Left Find Common Ground Abroad
  Michael Lindsay, assistant professor of sociology and Rice Scholar at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in an article about efforts by evangelical Christian politicians to tackle human rights issues.
  Congressional Quarterly
  http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000003184539
• In Political Ads, Christian Left Mounts Sermonic Campaigns
  Lindsay is quoted in an article on a new political campaign by the Christian left.
  Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124657726311989209.html
• National Day of Prayer Gets a Political Makeover
  Lindsay is quoted in an article reporting on the reaction of religious leaders to President Barack Obama's decision not to mark the National Day of Prayer with a White House event.
  Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (This article also appeared in the Biblical Recorder and Beliefnet.com.)
  http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=18063
• Study Examines Choice of Religion
  Lindsay is quoted in the following articles reporting on the results of a Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life survey on why people change religions.
  Washington Post (This article also appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune.)
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/27/AR2009042701460.html

For a more comprehensive list of publications and press coverage, visit www.owlnet.rice.edu/~mlindsay/index.html