Kristen Lucken

Lecturer in International and Global Studies, Religious Studies, and Sociology

klucken@brandeis.edu
617-470-0016
Rabb Graduate Center, 370

Departments/Programs

International and Global Studies
Religious Studies
Sociology

Degrees

Boston University, Ph.D.
University of Denver, M.A.
University of Montana, B.S.

Expertise

sociology of religion, immigration, religious and ethnic identity, nationalism

Profile

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Kristen Lucken directs the Master’s in Global Studies program at Brandeis. Her research explores immigration, ethnic and religious pluralism, social inclusion and nationalism.

Living and working in the Soviet Union and former Yugoslavia during a time of major historical change (1990-1998), Dr. Lucken witnessed the rise of ethno-religious nationalism and the unexpected dissolution of multi-cultural states. In 2005, she was awarded an Earhart Fellowship to join Peter Berger’s Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs at Boston University, where she earned her doctorate. There, she investigated the rise of ethnic nationalism in the Balkans and spent time with Bosnian refugees in New England to understand how immigrant religious and ethnic identities are maintained and transformed through the process of migration.

Since arriving at Brandeis in 2010, Dr. Lucken has taught courses in sociology, religion, and International and Global Studies. Her published works address Bosnian refugee settlement in New England, the transnational religious lives of Hindu and Muslim-American immigrants, and the role played by religious institutions in immigrant ethnic identity maintenance. A current collaborative cross-national project investigates religion and spirituality in public institutions.

Courses Taught

GS	202b	Critical Global Issues
IGS	130a	Global Migration
REL	107a	Introduction to World Religions
SOC	122a	The Sociology of American Immigration
SOC	129a	Sociology of Religion

Awards and Honors

Religion, Science, and the Nature of Human Life | Kristen Lucken | TEDxBrandeisU (2020)

Religion Fellowship, School of Theology, Boston University (2011 - 2013)

Earhart Fellowship, Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, Boston University (2005 - 2006)

Scholarship

Lucken, Kristen. "Nations Under God: How Churches use Moral Authority to Influence Policy." by Anna Grzymala-Busse. International Journal of Comparative Sociology (IJCS) 2017 (forthcoming)

Why Hasn’t Religion Died Out? A Conversation with Peter Berger and Ross Douthat. Lucken, Kristen. Harvard University, Oct. 15, 2015.

Lucken, Kristen. "A Tale of Two Bostons." Rev. of The New Bostonians: How Immigrants Have Transformed the Metro Region since the 1960s and A People’s History of the New Boston, by Marilynn S. Johnson and Jim Vrabels. Massachusetts Historical Review 2017

Lucken, Kristen. "Beyond Home and Return: Negotiating Religious Identity Across Time and Space Through the Prism of the American Experience." Situating Children of Migrants across Borders and Origins: A Methodological Overview. Ed. Bolzman, Claudio, Laura Bernardi, and Jean-Marie Le Gogg. Springer Open, 2017. 233-250.

Wendy Cadge, Ines Michalowski, Mar Griera and Lucken, Kristen. "Religion in Public Institutions: Comparative Perspectives from the U.S., U.K. and Europe." Journal for the Sociological Study of Religion (2017).

Lucken, Kristen. "Book Review of The Next Generation: Immigrant Youth in a Comparative Perspective." by Richard Alba and Mary Waters, eds.. Nordic Journal of Migration Research vol. 4 Feb. 2013

Lucken, Kristen. "Bosnians in Search of Community: Keeping Faith and Ethnicity Alive in Boston." What’s New about the New Immigration to the U.S.?. First ed. vol. 1 Ed. Marilyn Halter. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2013. 1-25.

Lucken, Kristen, George Ritzer. "Immigrant Integration." Encyclopedia of Globalization. First ed. Five vols. 2012.

Lucken, Kristen. "Becoming Indian-American: Faith and Citizenship in a Christian Cultural Environment." La Migration en Héritage Dans Les Amériques, Université Paris- Diderot/Institut des Amériques. June 2012.

Lucken, Kristen. "Borders and Transnationalism: A Religious Perspective." Migration, Theology, and Faith Forum, Episcopal Divinity School. March 2012.

Lucken, Kristen. "My God Would Accept Your God: Indian-Americans Come of Age in a Christian-Dominant Culture." Religion Fellows Program, School of Religious and Theological Studies, Boston University. April 2012.

Lucken, Kristen. "Negotiating Uncertainty and Reinventing Community: Bosnian Refugees in New England." European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Conference, Paris, Naterre. July 10-13, 2012.

Lucken, Kristen. "Bosnians In New England: Reinventing Yugoslavia." What’s New about the New Immigration to the U.S.?, Massachusetts Historical Society. April 2011.

Routledge, Peggy Levitt (Wellesley College and Harvard University) and Melissa Barnett (Harvard University), ed. Beyond Home and Return: Negotiating Religious Identity Across Time and Space Through the Prism of the American Experience. London: Routledge, 6 (4) 2011.

Lucken, Kristen. "Bosnian Muslims in New England: Identity Maintenance and Integration Patterns." The Religion Forum, London School of Economics. May 2010.

Lucken, Kristen. "Bosnian Muslims: Religious Revival or Secular Ethnicity?." American Anthropological Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. October 2010.

Lucken, Kristen. "Book Review of A World Survey of Religion And The State." by Jonathan Fox. Canadian Journal of Sociology vol. 34 2009: 491-2.

Lucken, Kristen. "Bosnians in Boston: Ethnic Identity Maintenance in a Post-Migration Setting." September 2009.

Lucken, Kristen. "The Impact of Religious and Ethnic Networks on Immigrant Integration." Social Scientific Study of Religion Annual Conference, Denver, CO. October 2009.