Mark Mulder, Associate Professor, Sociology
616-526-6755
mmulder@calvin.edu
Office: Spoelhof Center 229
Weekly Schedule
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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
“The Role of the Congregation in Community Service: A Philanthropic Case Study” (with Kristen Napp, Zig Ingraffia, Neil Carlson, Khary Bridgewater, and Edwin Hernandez). The Foundation Review, Fall 2012.
“Evangelical Church Polity and the Nuances of White Flight: A Case Study from the Roseland and Englewood Neighborhoods in Chicago. Journal of Urban History, January 2012.
“Understanding Religion Takes Practice: Anti-Urban Bias, Geographical Habits, and Theological Influences,”(with James K.A. Smith) in Ecclesiology and Ethnography, Christian Scharen, ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdman’s Publising Co. (2012)
"Congregational Responses to Growing Urban Diversity in a White Ethnic Denomination." Social Problems 56: 335-356. 2009. (with Kevin Dougherty)
