CURRICULUM VITAE

Dennis R. Hoover

PERSONAL
EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
GRANTS
PUBLICATIONS
WORKS IN PROGRESS
CONFERENCE PAPERS
PUBLIC LECTURES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
MEDIA
REFERENCES

PERSONAL

Born: November 14, 1967, Ephrata, PA.
Married: September 30, 1995, Ruth Melkonian.
Address: Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106. 
(860) 297-4233 (office), (860) 232-3462 (home), Dennis.Hoover@trincoll.edu

EDUCATION

D.Phil. in Politics, August 1997, University of Oxford, Lincoln College, Oxford, England.

D.Phil. Thesis: "Conservative Protestant Politics in the United States and Canada: The Mobilization of Evangelical Social Movements Across the Continental Divide, 1960s -1990s."

Abstract
In light of the late-twentieth century resurgence of evangelical politics across North America, especially the rise of the populist Reform Party in western Canada during the 1990s, this thesis employs original research (including content analysis and extensive interviews with activists and MPs) and secondary sources (including national and cross-national survey data) to compare evangelical political mobilization in the U.S. and Canada. It explains similarities and differences through a theoretical framework adapted, with some revisions, from social movement theory—a synthetic approach drawing from the “culturalist,” “rationalist,” and “structuralist” strains of mobilization literature.

Thesis Supervisor: Alan Ware, Worcester College, Oxford.
Thesis Examiners: Kenneth D. Wald, University of Florida; Gillian Peele, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

 

M.Phil. in Politics, June 1992, University of Oxford, Lincoln College, Oxford, England.

Examined Fields and Tutor
American Politics [primary emphasis--national institutions, parties, political culture, American exceptionalism]: Alan Ware, Worcester College, Oxford.
Political Institutions [primary emphasis--advanced industrial societies]: David Goldey, Lincoln College, Oxford.
Political Theory [primary emphasis--contemporary political theory]: David Miller, Nuffield College, Oxford.
Modern Theories of Law and State [primary emphasis--constitutional and legal theory]: Geoffrey Marshall, Queen’s College, Oxford.

Comprehensive Examiners: David Miller, Nuffield College, Oxford; Alan Ware, Worcester College, Oxford; Peter G. J. Pulzer, All Souls College, Oxford. 

M.Phil. Thesis: "The Political Mobilization of the American Evangelical Left."
Thesis Supervisors: L. J. Sharpe, Nuffield College, Oxford; Alan Ware, Worcester College, Oxford.

 

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Magna Cum Laude, May 1990, Messiah College, Grantham, PA.

Additional Seminars:

"Survey Research on American Religion and Politics," led by Lyman A. Kellstedt, John C. Green, James L. Guth, and Corwin E. Smidt, Wheaton College, 1997.

"American Politics Research Seminar," led by Byron Shafer, Nuffield College, Oxford, 1992.

 

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Executive Director, Council on Faith & International Affairs, Institute for Global Engagement, Eastern University, St. Davids, PA -- January 13, 2003 - present. 

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Eastern University, St. Davids, PA -- January 13, 2003 - present. 

Resident Fellow/Program Associate, and Associate Editor of Religion in the News magazine—August 9, 1999 - January 12, 2003, Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, Trinity College, Hartford, CT.

Visiting Assistant Professor—Fall 2001, and Spring 2000, Trinity College, Hartford, CT. Course taught: American Government (100 level). 

Adjunct Assistant Professor—Fall 1998, Reinhardt College, Roswell, GA. Course taught: American Government (100 level). 

Adjunct Assistant Professor—Spring 1998, and Fall 1997, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA. Courses taught: Contemporary World Issues (200 level); American Government (100 level); International Relations (200 level); World Religions (100 level).

Adjunct Instructor—Fall 1994, Rowan College of New Jersey, Glassboro, NJ. Course taught: Introduction to Political Science (100 level). 

 

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Crossroads Doctoral Scholar Fellowship program, 1995 (seminar and monograph series funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts).

Sara Norton Prize, 1992 (essay prize awarded by the University of Oxford in recognition of excellence in research on a topic of American political culture and institutions; M.Phil. thesis submitted).

Overseas Research Student Award, 1990-1993 (merit-based scholarship program for overseas students at British universities).

GRANTS

CCCU Initiative Grant: $15,000 for research, conferences, and manuscript preparation for the study, "Cooperative Christianity in Comparative Perspective" with Daniel Goodwin of Atlantic Baptist University (Project Director, dgoodwin@abu.nb.ca), Mark Noll of Wheaton College, Richard Loughheed of Faculte de Theologie Evangelique, and Samuel Reimer of Atlantic Baptist University. 

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

“Christian Conservatives Go to Court: Religion and Legal Mobilization in the United States and Canada,” (with Kevin den Dulk, Grand Valley State University), International Political Science Review, forthcoming.

“Evangelicalism Meets the Continental Divide,” (with Kenneth D. Wald, University of Florida, Samuel H. Reimer, Atlantic Baptist University, and Michael D. Martinez, University of Florida), Political Research Quarterly 55:2 (June 2002): 351-374.

 Book Chapters

"The Sources of Social Capital, Reconsidered: Voluntary Associations, Advocacy, and the State," in Social Structures, Social Capital, and Personal Freedom, eds. Dale McConkey and Peter Augustine Lawler (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000).

"The Christian Right Under Old Glory and the Maple Leaf," in Sojourners in the Wilderness: The Christian Right in Comparative Perspective, eds. Corwin E. Smidt and James M. Penning (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997).

Book Reviews

Eric Michael Mazur, The Americanization of Religious Minorities: Confronting the Constitutional Order (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999), in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 40:4 (December 2001): 787-788.

Janine Stingel, Social Discredit: Anti-Semitism, Social Credit, and the Jewish Response. (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2000), in The American Review of Canadian Studies 30:4 (Winter 2000): 560-561.

Mark J. Rozell and Clyde Wilcox, Second Coming: The New Christian Right in Virginia Politics (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996), in the Review of Religious Research (September 1997): 93-94.

Barbara Yarnold, Abortion Politics in the Federal Courts (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995), in APSA Religion and Politics Newsletter, summer 1996.

Encyclopedia Entries

Laura Olson and Paul Djupe, eds., Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics (New York: Facts on File, forthcoming):

"Religion and the Media"
"Jim Wallis"
"Call to Renewal"
"The Mennonite Tradition"

Books and Monographs

Religious Persecution as a U.S. Policy Issue (Hartford, CT: Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, 2000), co-edited with Rosalind I.J. Hackett and Mark Silk.

"Regulating the ‘Special Interests’: Public Justice and the Political Activity of Nonprofit Organizations" (Philadelphia: Crossroads Program Monographs, 1999).

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Books

Religion, Politics, and American Exceptionalism (tentative title). Book prospectus under review at various publishers; full manuscript solicited for review by Lexington Books.

Journal Articles

"Christian Conservatives and Political Participation: Motive, Means, and Opportunity in the United States and Canada" (with Jolly Emrey, University of New Hampshire). Under review.
 

CONFERENCE PAPERS*

"Ecumenism of the Trenches?: The Politics of Evangelical-Catholic Alliances in Canada and the United States," paper for the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, 26 May, 2002, University of Toronto.

"Mobilizing Evangelical Christians: Do Political Opportunity Structures and Resources Matter?" (with Jolly Emrey, University of New Hampshire), paper for the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 30-September 2, 2001, San Francisco, CA.

"Transnational Evangelical Politics: Understanding Evangelical Exceptionalism in the United States and Canada," (with Kenneth D. Wald, University of Florida, Samual Reimer, Atlantic Baptist University, and Michael Martinez, University of Florida), paper for the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, October 19, 2000, Houston, TX

"Canadian Exceptionalism?: Evangelical Politics in North America," paper for the New England Religion Discussion Society, May 17, 2000, Hartford Seminary, Hartford CT.

"In Search of Christian America(s)," paper for the Trinity College Faculty Reading Group, December 13, 1999, Trinity College, Hartford, CT.

"Culture War Across the Continental Divide?: A U.S. Perspective on Canada’s Conservative Christian Politics," paper for the American Academy of Religion Workshop for Journalists, October 24, 1999, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

"A Conservative Christian Revival in Court: Evangelicals and Political Litigation in the United States and Canada" (with Kevin den Dulk), paper for the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2-5, 1999, Atlanta, GA.

"Conservative Religious Interest Groups and the Courts: Comparing Canada," paper for the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 17, 1999, Chicago, IL.

"Special Interests: Public Justice and the Advocacy Role of Nonprofit Organizations," paper for the Faith and Public Policy Conference, October 21, 1998, Union University, Jackson, TN.

"Comparative Evangelical Politics: An Organizational Analysis," paper for the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 3-6, 1998, Boston, MA.

"Political Activity Restrictions, Nonprofit Politics, and the Christian Right," paper for the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 5-8, 1997, Norfolk, VA.

"Conservative Protestant Politics in Canada: Comparative and Theoretical Perspectives," paper for the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, November 4, 1996, Nashville, TN.

"Redressing Elite Biases in American Interest Group Politics," monograph proposal given at the Crossroads Conference on Faith and Public Policy, July 29, 1996, Eastern College, St. Davids, PA.

* I have also served as a discussant on several panels -- details available on request

PUBLIC LECTURES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS

"Religion and the Current Presidential Campaign," panel discussion, October 2, 2000, Trinity College, Hartford, CT.

"Religion and Elections: ‘Culture Wars’ and Beyond," lecture delivered at First Church Congregational, October 2, 2000, Weathersfield, CT.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

Article Referee:
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion  

Book Manuscript Referee:
Greenwood Publishing Group

Memberships: 
American Political Science Association 
Association for Canadian Studies in the United States 
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

MEDIA 
(coverage of research; background and on-the-record interviews with journalists; commentary columns solicited by journalists—
details available on request) 

REFERENCES

Alan Ware, Worcester College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2HB, England. E-mail, alan.ware@Worcester.ox.ac.uk. Tel.: 44 865 278300.

David Miller, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 1NF, England; e-mail, carol.phillips@nuffield.oxford.ac.uk. Tel.: 44 865 278524.

Kenneth Wald, Department of Political Science, University of Florida, P.O. Box 117325, Gainesville, FL, 32611-7325. E-mail, kenwald@polisci.ufl.edu. Tel.: (352) 392-0262, Ext. 267. 

Mark Franklin, John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science and Chair, Department of Political Science, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106. E-mail, Mark.Franklin@trincoll.edu. Tel.: (860) 297-5292.

Mark Silk, Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106. E-mail, Mark.Silk@trincoll.edu. Tel.: (860) 297-2352.

L. J. Sharpe, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 1NF, England; e-mail, elaine.herman@nuf.ox.ac.uk. Tel.: 44 865 278500.

Gillian Peele, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6QA, England; e-mail, gillian.peele@lady-margaret-hall.oxford.ac.uk. Tel.: 44 865 274385.  

 

 

 

 

Last Updated: August 12, 2002