克里斯汀Geraty

克里斯汀Geraty is Associate Provost & Dean of Engaged Learning and Associate Professor of Sociology. 作为社会学家, one overarching question drives Kristin's scholarly interests: How can we better understand the cultural processes that drive organizational change? Drawing on theories from cultural sociology and social movement theory, and using qualitative 研究方法, she has examined this phenomenon in two settings: the mobilization of religious congregations to engage in broad-based community organizing efforts and the mobilization of a variety of institutional actors around curricular change in higher education. 

Kristin has taught courses at North Central on the sociology of religion, 城市社区, 研究方法, 和职业 & professional development. She is interested in academy-community partnerships and in the potential for community-based research to foster social change. Kristin's portfolio as a practitioner in engaged learning has focused on preparing students, 教师, 工作人员, and community partners for equitable and high-quality experiences in the following areas: general education, 职业准备, 荣誉教育, community-engaged learning, and undergraduate research. In addition to developing student programs in these areas, she's also focused on assessment of student outcomes, 教师发展, and employer and community partner engagement.

选定的奖学金

Geraty,克里斯汀.  2017.  “Navigating Entrenched Understandings of Community Organizing in Suburban Congregations” in 宗教 and Progressive Activism: New Stories about 信仰 and Politics editors Ruth Braunstein, Todd Fuist, and Rhys Williams.  New York: New York University Press. 

梅利莎·王尔德., 克里斯汀Geraty, Shelley Nelson, and Emily Bowman.  2010.  “Religious Economy or Organizational Field?  Predicting Bishops’ Votes at the Second Vatican Council.”  American Sociological Review 75(4): 586-606.