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Christopher P. Scheitle Doctoral Candidate 404 Oswald Tower Department of Sociology The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 Office Phone: 814-865-4564 Email: cps153@psu.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D.   The Pennsylvania State University, Expected May 2008
M.A.    The Pennsylvania State University, May 2005
B.A.     Trinity University, May 2003.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Religion, Organizations, Social Theory, Social Psychology, Science and Technology

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

2007-2008 – Student Representative for the American Sociological Association’s Section on Religion

2007 Robert McNamara Student Paper Award – Association for the Sociology of Religion – “Leadership Compensation in Christian Non-Profit Organizations.”

2007 Student Paper Award – American Sociological Association’s Section on Religion – “Organizational Niches and Religious Markets: Uniting Two Literatures.” 

2006 Student Paper Award – American Sociological Association’s Section on Religion – 
“The Social and Symbolic Boundaries of Religious Groups: An Analysis of Congregational Website Links.” 

2006-2007 Joan Huber and William Form Graduate Scholarship in Sociology — The Pennsylvania State University

2006-2007 College of the Liberal Arts Dissertation Support Grant —The Pennsylvania State University

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Scheitle, Christopher P. and Roger Finke.  Forthcoming.  “Maximizing Congregational Resources: Selection versus Production.”  Social Science Research.

Scheitle, Christopher P. and Kevin Dougherty.  Forthcoming.  “Density and Growth in a Congregational Population: Reformed Churches in New York, 1628-2000.”  Review of Religious Research.

Scheitle, Christopher P.  2007.  “Organizational Niches and Religious Markets: Uniting Two Literatures.”  Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion.  3(2): www.religjournal.com **Winner 2007 ASA Section on Religion Student Paper Award**

Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Christopher P. Scheitle.  2007.  “Religion among Academic Scientists: Distinctions, Disciplines, and Demographics.”  Social Problems.  54: 289-307.

Finke, Roger, Matt Bahr, and Christopher P. Scheitle.  2006.  “Toward Explaining Congregational Giving.”  Social Science Research 35: 620-641.

Finke, Roger and Christopher P. Scheitle.  2005.  “Accounting for the Uncounted: Computing Correctives for the 2000 RCMS Data.”  Review of Religious Research 47: 5-22.

Scheitle, Christopher P.  2005.  “The Social and Symbolic Boundaries of Religious Groups: An Analysis of Congregational Website Links.”  Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion. 1(6):  www.religjournal.com.  **Winner of 2006 ASA Section on Religion Student Paper Award**

Scheitle, Christopher P.  2005.  “In God We Trust: Religion and Optimism Toward Biotechnology.”  Social Science Quarterly 86: 846-856

Scheitle, Christopher P.  2005.  “Bringing Out the Dead: Gender and Historical Cycles of Spiritualism.”  Omega. 50(3): 245-261.