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Lynn Davidman

Robert M. Beren Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies

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lynndavidman@ku.edu

Academic Department

Sociology and Religious Studies

Awards

  • Curricular Development Grant, Brown University $12,500 per annum
  • Humanities Research Grant, Brown University.  $3,000 per annum to support my research for DANCING AT TWO WEDDINGS
  • Invited Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
  • Grant from the Lucius Littauer Foundation.  $5,000 per year to support my work on Unaffiliated Jews
  • Research Grant from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture.  $3,000 to support my work on Unaffiliated Jews
  • Visiting Scholar, Boisi Center for Religion and Public Life, Boston College
  • Salomon Research Grant, Brown University, $3000 per annum to support my research on race and Jewish identity
  • Residential Fellowship at the Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College
  • Residential Fellowship: Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of American Religion
  • Faculty Research Development Grant, Brown University, $4,000
  • University of Pittsburgh, Faculty Development Grant, $3,000
  • National Jewish Book Award in the Category of Contemporary Jewish Life,                         awarded for Tradition in a Rootless World
  • Consultant to a Lilly Funded Project, based at the Hartford Seminary, on the Study of Women’s Religious Communities
  • Center for the Study of American Religion, Princeton University
  • Owner Managed Business Institute, Women in Family Businesses
  • Nominated for Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Pittsburgh
  • University of Pittsburgh Lilly Teaching Fellowship
  • University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh
  • University of Pittsburgh, Office of Research, Research Development Fund
  • Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Dissertation Fellowship
  • Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University to support my dissertation
  • Woodrow Wilson Women’s Studies Dissertation Fellowship
  • Barnard College Alumnae Research Fellowship to support my dissertation
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Barnard College
  • Summa cum laude, Barnard College

Professional Memberships

  • Member of Advisory Board for Sociological Quarterly
  • Honorary Degree Committee
  • Lectureship Committee
  • Sophomore Concentration Adviser
  • Gender Studies Faculty BoardCommittee to Select Candidates for the Dean of the Faculty, Summer 2002

Degrees

  • Undergraduate: B.A. (HONS) Psychology & Religion, 1975, Barnard College, New York, NY
  • Graduate degree: M.A., Religion and Psychological Studies, 1978, Divinity School, Chicago, IL
  • Ph.D., Sociology, 1986, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

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