Elaine Howard Ecklund
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Assistant Professor of Sociology Director, Program on Religion and Public Life, Institute for Urban Research
Elaine Howard Ecklund, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of sociology at Rice University, where she is director of the Religion and Public Life Program at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and also a Rice scholar at the Baker Institute. Her work focuses on the ways science and religion intersect with other life spheres, such as public life, immigration and gender. Ecklund has received major grants from the National Science Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation and John Templeton Foundation. Her research articles have been covered in USA Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Nature, The Washington Times, Physics.org, Science and Theology News, Newsweek, The Washington Post, CNN.com, MSNBC.com, Chicago Public Radio, Houston Public Radio, Xinhua News and other national and international news media outlets. With a core interest in translating academic research to a broader public, she has written blogs and essays for The Scientist, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Social Science Research Council, and Science and Religion Today. Ecklund is currently working on a study of influences on science careers (with Anne Lincoln of Southern Methodist University) and cross-national approaches to how scientists view religion and ethics. She has recently completed a study of how scientists at top universities understand religion, spirituality and ethics. The resulting book, “Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think” (Oxford University Press), on the religious and faith lives (or lack thereof) of university scientists, challenges misconceptions about the religion and science debates. Ecklund received her master’s and doctorate degrees in sociology from Cornell University. Courses
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