Faculty Guide

Title

Associate Professor of Sociology

Sociology

Expertise

Sociology of Religion, Culture, Health and Medicine, Immigration, Gender, Sexuality, Research Methods, Buddhism.

Awards and Honors

Michael Walzer '56 Award for Teaching Excellence, Brandeis University (2008)

Radcliffe Fellowship, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University (2008)

Visiting Scholar, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (declined) (2008)

Grant, Association of Muslim Health Professionals and Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (2007)

Individual Research Grant, American Academy of Religion (2007)

Brandeis University, Women's Studies Research Center, Student-Scholar Partnership (2006)

Faculty Fellow, Contextual and Textual Methods Project, Princeton Univeristy Center for the Study of Religion (2006 - 2008)

Spiritual Capital Research Program, Metanexus Institute (2006 - 2008)

General Grant, Louisville Institute (2005 - 2007)

Research Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (2004)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research, Harvard University (2004 - 2006)

Summer Stipend, Louisville Institute (2004)

Younger Scholar in American Religion, Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture, Indiana University (2004 - 2005)

Marvin Bressler Graduate Student Teaching Award, Sociology Department, Princeton University (2001)

Research Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (2001 - 2002)

Teaching Enhancement Fund Grant, American Sociological Association (2001 - 2002)

Princeton Society of Fellows of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Graduate Prize Fellowship, Princeton University (2000 - 2002)

Fullbright IIE Fellowship, Sri Lanka (1998 - 1999)

Courses Taught

SOC	1a	Order and Change in Society
SOC	118a	Observing the Social World: Doing Qualitative Sociology
SOC	129a	Sociology of Religion
SOC	169b	Issues in Sexuality
SOC	181a	Methods of Social Inquiry
SOC	211b	Advanced Topics in the Sociology of Religion
SOC	240a	Approaches to Sociological Research
SYS	1c	How Do We Know What We Know?
USEM	78a	Praying for a Cure? Religion, Health, and Healing in America

Scholarship

Cadge, Wendy; Fair, Brian. "Religion, Spirituality, Health and Medicine: Sociological Intersections." Handbook of Medical Sociology. Ed. Byrd, Chloe; Freemont, Allan; Timmermans, Stefan; Conrad, Peter. Vanderbilt University Press, 2010 (forthcoming)

Cadge, Wendy. "Saying Your Prayers, Constructing Your Religions: Medical Studies of Intercessory Prayer." Journal of Religion (2009). (forthcoming)

Laird, Lance; Cadge, Wendy. "Constructing American Muslim Identity: Tales of Two Clinics in Southern California." Muslim World (2009). (forthcoming)

Cadge, Wendy. "Religion, Spirituality and Health: An Institutional Approach." Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion. Ed. Clarke, Peter. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. 836-856.

Cadge, Wendy. "De Factor Congregationalism and the Religious Organizations of Post-1965 Immigrants to the United States." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 76. 2 (2008): 344-374.

Cadge, Wendy. "What We Pray." Baltimore Sun December 14, 2008: Op-Ed Pag

Cadge, Wendy; Daglian, M.. "Blessings, Strength, and Guidance: Prayer Frames in a Hospital Prayer Book." Poetics 36. (2008): 358-373.

Cadge, Wendy; Freese, Jeremy; Christakis, Nicholas. "Hospital Chaplaincy in the United States: A National Overview." Southern Medical Journal 101. 6 (2008): 626-630.

Cadge, Wendy; Olson, Laura; Wildeman, Christopher. "How Denominational Resources Influence Debates about Homosexuality in Mainline Protestant Congregations." Sociology of Religion 69. 2 (2008): 187-207.

Cadge, Wendy; Wildeman, Christopher. "Facilitators and Advocates: How Mainline Protestant Clergy Respond to Homosexuality." Sociological Perspectives 51. 3 (2008): 587-603.

Catlin, Elizabeth; Cadge, Wendy; Ecklund, Elaine Howard; Gage, Elizabeth; Zolfrank, Angelika Annette. "The Spiritual and Religious Identities, Beliefs, and Practices of Academic Pediatricians in the United States." Academic Medicine 83. 12 (2008): 1146-1152.

DeVries, Raymond; Berlinger, Nancy; Cadge, Wendy. "Lost in Translation? Sociological Observations and Reflections on the Practice of Hospital Chaplaincy." The Hastings Center Report 38. 6 (2008): 9-13.

Cadge Wendy and Ecklund, Elaine Howard. "Immigration and Religion." Annual Review of Sociology 33. (2007): 17.1-17.21.

Cadge Wendy, Day Heather, Wildeman Christopher. "Bridging the Denomination-Congregation Divide: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Congregations Respond to Homosexuality." Review of Religious Research 48. 3 (2007): 245-259.

Cadge, Wendy. "Reflections on Habits of the Heart, Buddhism in America, and Religious Individualism." Sociology of Religion 68. 2 (2007): 201-205.

Cadge, Wendy; Olson, Laura. Religious Leaders Opinions about Social Issues: A Pilot Study. Gill Foundation. Denver, Colorado: 2007.

Ecklund, Elaine Howard; Cadge, Wendy; Gage, Elizabeth A.; Catlin, Elizabeth A.. "The Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Practices of Academic Pediatric Oncologists in the United States." Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 29. 11 (2007): 736-742.

Laird, Lance; Cadge, Wendy. Muslim Community-Based Health Organizations. Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and the Association of Muslim Health Professionals.. Clinton, Michigan: 2007.

Ammerman Nancy, Cadge Wendy, Milagros Pena, Woodberry Robert, McRoberts Omar. "Presidential Address: On Being a Community of Scholars - Practicing the Study of Religion." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 45. 2 (2006): 137-148.

Bender, Courtney & Cadge, Wendy. "Constructing Buddhism(s): Interreligious Dialogue and Religious Hybridity" with Courtney Bender." Sociology of Religion 67. 3 (2006): 229-247.

Cadge,Wendy & Catlin, Elizabeth. "Making Sense of Suffering and Death: How Health Care Providers' Construct Meanings in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." Journal of Religion and Health 45 (2006): 2.

Cadge,Wendy & Davidman, Lynn. "Ascription, Choice, and the Construction of Religious Identities in the Contemporary United States." Journal of Scientific Study of Religion 45. 1 (2006): 23-38.

Cadge,Wendy & Ecklund, Elaine Howard. "Religious Service Attendance Among Immigrants: Evidence from the New Immigrant Survey Pilot." American Behavioral Scientist 49. 11 (2006): 1574-1595.

Cadge,Wendy & Wuthnow, Robert. "Religion and the NonProfit Sector." Handbook of NonProfits. Ed. Powell, Walter & Steinberg, Richard. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. 485-505.

Olson, Laura, Cadge, Wendy & Harrison, James. "Religion and Public Opinion about Same-Sex Marriage." Social Science Quarterly 87. 2 (2006): 340-360.

Cadge,Wendy & Sangdhanoo, Sidhorn. "Thai Buddhism in America: A Historical and Contemporary Overview." Contemporary Buddhism 6 (2005): 1.

Cadge,Wendy. "Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Buddhist Practitioners." Gay Religion. Ed. Gray, Edward & Thumma, Scott. Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press, 2005

Cadge,Wendy. "Reconciling Congregations Bridging Gay and Straight Communities." Gay Religion. Ed. Gray, Edward R. & Thumma, Scott. Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press, 2005

Cadge,Wendy. "Religions of Immigrants in the Mid-Atlantic States." Religion in the Middle Atlantic States: Fount of Diversity. Ed. Balmer, Randall & Silk, Mark. AltaMira Press, 2005

Cadge,Wendy. Heartwood: The First Generation of Theravada Buddhism in America. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2005.

Cadge,Wendy & Bender, Courtney, Bender, Courtney. "Yoga and Rebirth in America: Asian Religions are Here to Stay." Contexts: Understanding People in Their Social Worlds 3. 1 (2004): 45-51.

Cadge,Wendy. "Gendered Religious Organizations: The Case of Theravada Buddhism in America." Gender and Society 18. 6 (2004): 777-793.

Curran, Sara, Chung, Chang, Cadge, Wendy & Varangrat, Anchalee. "Boys and Girls' Educational Opportunities in Thailand: The Effects of Siblings, Migration, and Accesibility of Schools." Research in Sociology of Education 14 (2004): 59-102.

Wuthnow, Robert & Cadge, Wendy. "Buddhists and Buddhism in the United States: The Scope of Influence." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 43. 3 (2004): 361-378.

Cadge,Wendy. "Vital Conflicts: The Mainline Protestant Denominations Debate Homosexuality." The Hand of God: Faith Based Activism and the Public Role of Mainline Protestantism. Ed. Wuthnow, Robert & Evans, John. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002

Carter, Marion, Rivero, Estella, Cadge, Wendy & Curran, Sara. "Conceptualizing Your Community-Based Learning Project: Decision Points for the Initial Stages of Project Design." Teaching Sociology 30 (2002): 158-173.

Olson, Laura & Cadge, Wendy. "Talking about Homosexuality: The Views of Mainline Protestant Clergy." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 41. 1 (2002): 153-167.

DiMaggio, Paul, Cadge, Wendy, Robinson, Lynn & Steensland, Brian. "The Role of Religion in Public Conflicts Over the Arts in the Philadelphia Area, 1965-1997." Crossroads: Art and Religion in American Life. Ed. Arthurs, Alberta & Wallach, Glenn. New York: The New Press, 2001