Faculty: Mark Mulder

Mark Mulder, Associate Professor, Sociology

616-526-6755
mmulder@calvin.edu
Office: Spoelhof Center 229

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Educational Background

• BA Trinity Christian College
• MA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• PhD University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Teaching Interests

Diversity and inequality in the United States, urban sociology, sociology internship seminar, qualitative methods

Research Interests

Urban studies, faith-based homeless shelters, intentional communities, the concept of “place”

Selected Publications

"Congregational Responses to Growing Urban Diversity in a White Ethnic Denomination." Social Problems 56: 335-356. 2009. (with Kevin Dougherty)

"Urban Growth, Community, and the Environment: An Experiential Pedagogy." Cities and the Environment. 1(1). 2008. (with Don De Graaf)

"Mobility and the (In)Significance of Place in an Evangelical Church: A Case Study from the South Side of Chicago." Geographies of Religions and Belief Systems 3 (1): 16-43. 2009.