Education

• PhD Baylor University (2012) 
• MA Baylor University (2009) 
• BA Purdue University (2005) 

Awards

• Christianity Today Book Award, Award of Merit – Politics and Public Life for Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States (2021) 
•  Awarded Early Promotion and Tenure, Clemson University (2019) 
•  Distinguished Article Award, Association for the Sociology of Religion (2019) 
•  Distinguished Article Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (2019) 
•  College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences Associate Dean’s Recognition of Scholarship in Journal Publications, Clemson University (2018) 
•  College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences Award for Excellence in Research, Emerging Scholar, Clemson University (2017) 

Publications

Book 

• Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States (Oxford University Press, 2020) 

Selected Peer-Reviewed Articles (2018-2021) 

• Save the Economy, Liberty, and Yourself: Christian Nationalism and Americans’ Views on Government COVID-19 Restrictions (Sociology of Religion, 2021) 
•  Prejudice and Pandemic in the Promised Land: How White Christian Nationalism Shapes Americans’ Racist and Xenophobic Views of COVID-19 (Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2021) 
•  Culture Wars and COVID-19 Conduct: Christian Nationalism, Religiosity, and Americans’ Behavior During the Coronavirus Pandemic (Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2020) 
•  How Culture Wars Delay Herd Immunity: Christian Nationalism and Anti-Vaccine Attitudes (Socius, 2020) 
•  Christian America in Black and White: Racial Identity, Religious-National Group Boundaries, and Explanations for Racial Inequality (Sociology of Religion, 2019) 
•  Only Bad for Believers? Religion, Pornography Use, and Sexual Satisfaction among American Men (The Journal of Sex Research, 2019) 
•  Make America Christian Again: Christian Nationalism and Voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election (Sociology of Religion, 2018) 
•  Religion and Disability: Variation in Religious Service Attendance Rates for Children with Chronic Health Conditions (Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2018) 
•  Unbuckling the Bible Belt: A State-level Analysis of Religious Factors and Google Searches for Porn (The Journal of Sex Research, 2018) 

Service

• Associate Editor, Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review
• Editorial Board, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
• Board of Directors, Religion Research Association
• Distinguished Article Award Committee, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

Academic Interests

Christian nationalism; religion and childhood disability; gender, sexuality, & religion