Robert M. Beren Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies
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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