LANDON SCHNABEL

Department of Sociology Email: [email protected]

Indiana University Homepage: landonschnabel.com
744 Ballantine Hall Twitter: @LandonSchnabel
1020 E. Kirkwood Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47405-7103

EDUCATION
In Progress Ph.D. in Sociology, Indiana University
Dissertation: Gender, Religion, and Politics
Committee: Brian Powell (Chair), Andrew Halpern-Manners, Youngjoo Cha, Clem Brooks
Preparing Future Faculty Certificate (2014)
Qualifying Exam: Sociology of Gender (2014)
Minor: Gender Studies (2014)
2013 M.A. in Sociology, Indiana University
Thesis: Gender Attitudes and the Evangelical Pursuit of Distinction
2012 M.Div., summa cum laude, Andrews University
2010 B.A. in Theology (Business Minor), summa cum laude, Walla Walla University

RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS

Gender & Sexualities Religion Public Opinion & Politics
Stratification & Inequalities Quantitative Methods

SELECTED AWARDS
2017 Distinguished Article Award, Honorable Mention. Religion Section, American
Sociological Association.
Student Paper Award, Honorable Mention. Religion Section, American Sociological
Association.

2016 Robert J. McNamara Paper Award. Association for the Sociology of Religion.
Student Paper Award. Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section, American
Sociological Association.
Janet A. Harkness Paper Award, Honorable Mention. World Association for Public
Opinion Research/American Association for Public Opinion Research.
Student Paper Award. Midwest Sociological Society.
Student Paper Award. North Central Sociological Association.
Robert Dentler Award for Outstanding Student Achievement. Sociological Practice and
Public Sociology Section, American Sociological Association.

2015 Cheryl Allyn Miller Early Career Award for an outstanding contribution to the field of
women and work. Sociologists for Women in Society.
Schuessler Award for Graduate Research. Department of Sociology, Indiana University.
Student Paper Award. Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco Section, American Sociological
Association.

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2015 (cont.) Equality Knowledge Project Award and Mini-Grant. Center for the Study of Equality and
Human Rights.

2014 Student Paper Award. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Star Volunteer Spotlight. Middle Way House Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Shelter.
Social Action Award. Department of Sociology, Indiana University.

SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS

2017 Herman Wells Fellowship. Indiana University.
Global Religion Research Initiative Dissertation Fellowship. Templeton. (declined)
SAGE Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award. Section on Teaching
and Learning, American Sociological Association.
Schuessler Research Grant. Department of Sociology, Indiana University.
Student Travel Award. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.

2016 Fichter Gender, Sexuality, and Religion Research Grant. Association for the Sociology of
Religion.
Jacquet Research Grant. Religious Research Association.
Student Travel Award. American Association for Public Opinion Research.
Gallagher Travel Grant. Association for the Sociology of Religion.
Student Travel Award. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Lee Travel Award. Society for the Study of Social Problems.
Travel Award. Graduate and Professional Student Government, Indiana University.

2015 John Edwards Fellowship. Indiana University.

NSF-Funded TESS (Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences) Grant for
Americans Views on Refusal of Services to Same-Sex Couples and Interracial
Couples. Principal Investigators: Landon Schnabel, Lauren Apgar, and Brian
Powell.
Gallagher Travel Grant. Association for the Sociology of Religion.
Travel Award. Graduate and Professional Student Government, Indiana University.

2014 Travel Award. Graduate and Professional Student Government, Indiana University.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES & CHAPTERS

2017 Landon Schnabel and Eric Sevell. Should Mary and Jane Be Legal? Americans
Attitudes toward Marijuana and Same-Sex Marriage Legalization, 1988-2014.
Public Opinion Quarterly. 81(1): 157-172.
Graduate Student Paper Award, ASA Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco Section

Samuel L. Perry and Landon Schnabel (equal authorship). Seeing is Believing: Religious
Media Consumption and Public Opinion toward Same-Sex Relationships. Social
Currents. In press.
Robbee Wedow, Landon Schnabel, Lindsey Wedow, and Mary Ellen Konieczny. Im
Gay and Im Catholic: Negotiating Two Complex Identities at a Catholic
University. Sociology of Religion. In press.

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2016 Landon Schnabel. The Gender Pray Gap: Wage Labor and the Religiosity of High-
Earning Women and Men. Gender & Society. 30(4): 643-669.
Cheryl Allyn Miller Early Career Award, Sociologists for Women in Society
Distinguished Article Award, Honorable Mention, ASA Religion Section
Graduate Student Paper Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Schuessler Award for Graduate Research, Department of Sociology, Indiana University
Graduate Student Paper Award, North Central Sociological Association

Andrew Halpern-Manners, Landon Schnabel, Elaine M. Hernandez, Judy L. Silberg, and

Lindon J. Eaves. The Relationship between Education and Mental Health: New
Evidence from a Discordant Twin Study. Social Forces. 95(1): 107-131.

Landon Schnabel. Gender and Homosexuality Attitudes across Religious Groups from
the 1970s to 2014: Similarity, Distinction, and Adaptation. Social Science
Research. 55(1): 31-47.
Landon Schnabel. Religion and Gender Equality Worldwide: A Country-Level
Analysis. Social Indicators Research. 129(2): 893-907.

Landon Schnabel, Matthew Facciani, Ariel Sincoff-Yedid, and Lori Fazzino.

Gender and Atheism: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and an Agenda for Future
Research. Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. 7(1): 75-97.

Landon Schnabel, Lindsey Breitwieser, and Amelia Hawbaker. Subjectivity in Feminist

Science and Technology Studies: Implications and Applications for Sociological
Research. Sociology Compass. 10(4): 318-329.

2015 Landon Schnabel. How Religious Are American Women and Men? Gender Differences
and Similarities. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 54(3): 616-622.

Landon Schnabel and Lindsey Breitwieser. Recent Advances in Feminist Science and
Technology Studies: Reconceptualizing Subjectivity and Knowledge. Advances
in Gender Research. 20(1): 43-63.
2014 Landon Schnabel. The Question of Subjectivity in Three Emerging Feminist Science
Studies Frameworks: Feminist Postcolonial Science Studies, New Feminist
Materialisms, and Queer Ecologies. Womens Studies International Forum.
44(3): 10-16.

Landon Schnabel. When Fringe Goes Mainstream Again: A Comparative Textual

Analysis of the Tea Party Movements Contract from America and the Republican
Party Platform. Politics, Religion & Ideology. 15(4): 604-624.

2013 Landon Schnabel. When Fringe Goes Mainstream: A Sociohistorical Content Analysis
of the Christian Coalitions Contract with the American Family and the Republican
Party Platform. Politics, Religion & Ideology. 14(1): 94-113.

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REVISE & RESUBMIT INVITATIONS
Landon Schnabel. Sexuality and Social Attitudes. Revise and resubmit, Social Forces.
Robbee Wedow, Landon Schnabel, Ryan Masters, Stefanie Mollborn, and Jason Boardman. Body Size
Reference Norms and Subjective Weight Status: A Gender and Life Course Approach. Revise
and resubmit, Social Forces.
Landon Schnabel. Gendered Religiosity. Revise and resubmit, Review of Religious Research.

UNDER REVIEW
Landon Schnabel. Secularism and Fertility Worldwide.
Robert J. McNamara Paper Award, Association for the Sociology of Religion
Graduate Student Paper Award, Honorable Mention, ASA Religion Section
Landon Schnabel. Opiate of the Masses? Social Status, Religion, and Politics.
Landon Schnabel. More Religious, Less Dogmatic: Reexamining Gender Differences in Religion.
Graduate Student Paper Award, ASA Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section
Graduate Student Paper Award, Midwest Sociological Society
Janet A. Harkness Paper Award, Honorable Mention. World Association for Public Opinion Research
Landon Schnabel, Conrad Hackett, and David McClendon. Where Men Appear More Religious Than
Women: Turning a Gender Lens on Religion in Israel.
Landon Schnabel. Education and Attitudes toward Interpersonal and State-Sanctioned Violence.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
2017 Book Review: Work and Family in the New Economy. Gender & Society. 31(1): 121-
122.
Book Review: Jane Crow. Christian Century. Forthcoming.
2016 Book Review: Political Peoplehood: The Roles of Values, Interests, and Identities.
Contemporary Sociology. 45(3): 368.
Is Trump an Outsider Candidate? Sightings.
(https://divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings/trump-outsider-candidate)
2015 Book Review: Why are Women More Religious than Men? Secularism and
Nonreligion. 4(7): 1-2.
Book Review: How College Works. Teaching Sociology. 43(1): 68-70.
Indiana University Community Attitudes and Experiences with Sexual Assault Survey
Report. A report produced in a collaboration by the Indiana University Dean of
Students Office, Office of Student Welfare & Title IX, Kinsey Institute, and
gender studies and sociology departments.
Sample Comparison Report on the Indiana University Community Attitudes and
Experiences with Sexual Assault Survey. An internal methodological report
produced on behalf of the Indiana University Dean of Students Office and Office
of Student Welfare & Title IX.
Delta Focus Violence Prevention Report: An End of Grant Cycle Evaluation. A report
produced on behalf of the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Building Healthy Relationships Questionnaire. An evaluation instrument fielded to
thousands of teens throughout Indiana before and after violence prevention
education programs. With the 2014-2015 Indiana University Public Sociology
Forum.

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2014 Technology in the Traditional Classroom. Essay published in the American
Sociological Associations Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for
Sociology (TRAILS). (http://trails.asanet.org)
Gender in the Classroom: Work & Family. Teaching Guide for the Gender & Society
Classroom Project. Invited update in 2015.
2013 A Review of the Protective Order Assistance Partnership in Bloomington, Indiana. A
report produced on behalf of the Protective Order Assistance Partnership and
Middle Way House.
Reprinted in Indiana Law Responds to Family Violence and Sexual Assault: The Past,
Present, and Future. 2014. Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, Bloomington.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2017 Opiate of the Masses? Social Status, Comfort from Religion, and the Suppression of
Political Consciousness.
American Sociological Association, Association for the Sociology of Religion,
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Is the Gender Wage Gap Really a Family Wage Gap in Disguise? With Youngjoo Cha
and Kim Weeden.
Population Association of America
Body Size Reference Norms and Subjective Weight Status: A Gender and Life Course
Approach. With Robbee Wedow, Ryan Masters, Stefanie Mollborn, and Jason
Boardman.
American Sociological Association
2016 Secularism and Fertility Worldwide.
American Sociological Association, Population Association of America,
Association for the Sociology of Religion, Advancing the Demographic Study of
Religion Conference
Sexuality and Social Attitudes.
American Association for Public Opinion Research
More Religious, Less Dogmatic: Reexamining Gender Differences in Religion.
Sociologists for Women in Society, World Association for Public Opinion
Research, American Sociological Association (2015)
2015 The Relationship between Education and Mental Health: New Evidence from a
Discordant Twin Study. With Andrew Halpern-Manners and Elaine M. Hernandez.
American Sociological Association
Seeing is Believing: Religious Media Consumption and Public Opinion toward
Same-Sex Relationships. With Samuel Perry.
Association for the Sociology of Religion
2014 The Gender Pray Gap: Wage Labor and the Religiosity of High-Earning Women and
Men.
American Sociological Association, Sociologists for Women in Society, Society
for the Scientific Study of Religion
Gender and Homosexuality Attitudes across Religious Groups from the 1970s to 2012:
Similarity, Distinction, and Adaptation.
Sociologists for Women in Society, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

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INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2017 Presidential Panel: Surviving Graduate School and Preparing for the Job Market.
Association for the Sociology of Religion Conference
Author Meets Critics: Cross-National Public Opinion about Homosexuality by
Amy Adamczyk.
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Conference
2016 Thematic Panel on Womens Religiosity: Gender and Religion in Israel.
Religious Research Association Conference
Author Meets Critics: The Gender Gap in Religion around the World by the Pew
Research Center.
Religious Research Association Conference
Keynote: The Social Roots of Health Disparities.
Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students Conference
Gender Differences in Religiosity.
Department of Sociology, Southern Illinois University
2015 Americans Views on Refusal of Services to Same-Sex Couples and Interracial Couples.
Equality Knowledge Project Speaker Series, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Gender Differences in Religiosity.
Pew Research Center
Presidential Panel: Gender and Religion.
Association for the Sociology of Religion Conference
2014 Indiana Law Responds to Family Violence and Sexual Assault: The Past, Present, and
Future.
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
2013 Protective Order Assistance Partnership: Who We Serve.
Bloomington, Indiana City Hall Panel: Moving Beyond Domestic Violence
Protective Order Assistance Partnership and Case Outcomes.
Monroe County Board of Judges Meeting

TEACHING
Instructor
Spring 2017 Analytic Problem Solving: Statistical Models for Decision Making in Business (LAMP 316)
Liberal Arts & Management Program junior seminar and service-learning course
focused on statistics, data analysis, and using data for sexual violence prevention.
34 students.
Fall 2016 Analytic Problem Solving: Statistical Models for Decision Making in Business (LAMP 316)
Liberal Arts & Management Program junior seminar and service-learning course
focused on statistics, data analysis, and using data for sexual violence prevention.
30 students.
Summer 2015 Sociological Research Practicum (SOC 492/SOC 567)
Dual-listed undergraduate and graduate course focused on collecting nationwide
survey data. Co-Instructor with Brian Powell. 43 students.

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Spring 2015 Contemporary Issues on Family and Education (SOC 566/SOC 660)
Graduate course focused on mentoring first-year graduate students in the design,
analysis, and writing of their Masters theses. Co-Instructor with Brian Powell. 10
students.
Fall 2014 Introduction to Sociology (SOC 100)
Lower-division general sociology course. 62 students.

Teaching Assistant
Constructing Sexuality (SOC 422/SOC 522)
Dual-listed undergraduate and graduate writing-intensive seminar (Fall 2012, Spring 2013,
and Spring 2014)
Gender & Politics (SOC 101)
Lower-division topical course (Fall 2013)

SERVICE
PUBLICATIONS
2014-Present Occasional Reviewer. American Sociological Review (3), Gender & Society (1), International
Journal of Comparative Sociology (2), Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (5), Journal of
Family Issues (2), Journal of Homosexuality (1), Journal of Women, Politics & Policy (1),
Review of Religious Research (3), Sage Publications (3), Social Currents (2), Social Forces
(3), Social Science Research (4), Sociology of Religion (2), Sociological Perspectives (1).
2015-2017 Editorial Assistant. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
NATIONAL
2017 Student Paper Award Committee. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Division.
Society for the Study of Social Problems.
2016-2017 Graduate Student Representative. Religion Section, American Sociological Association.
2016 Distinguished Article Award Committee. Religion Section, American Sociological
Association.
2016 Career Development Committee. Sociologists for Women in Society.
2016 Session Organizer. Breakfast with Scholars: Race, Class, and Gender. Sociologists for
Women in Society.
2014-2016 Student Concerns Committee. Sex & Gender Section, American Sociological Association.
2015 Student Paper Award Committee. Religion Section, American Sociological Association.
2015 Session Presider. Religion Section, American Sociological Association.
2015 Session Convener. Association for the Sociology of Religion.
2014 Session Convener. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
UNIVERSITY
2016-Present Committee Member. Data request review committee for the Indiana University-
Bloomington sexual assault climate survey.
2016-Present Committee Member. Provosts review committee for the Indiana University-
Bloomington sexual assault climate survey.
2015-Present Title IX Campus Climate Survey Consultant for Indiana University [all campuses]
Community Attitudes and Experiences with Sexual Assault. Indiana University
Sexual Violence Prevention Task Force and Dean of Students Office, Gender
and Womens Affairs.
2017 Advisor. Liberal Arts & Management Program Student Survey Committee.
2016 Keynote Speaker. Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students.

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DEPARTMENT
2017 Student Representative for External Review.
2015-2016 Honors Students Mentor.
2013-2016 Graduate Students Mentor.
2014-2015 President. Public Sociology Forum.
2013-2014 Member. Personnel Committee.
COMMUNITY
2015-Present Services Evaluator and Consultant. Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Indianapolis, IN.
2013-2015 Research Volunteer. Protective Order Assistance Partnership. Bloomington, IN.
2012-2016 Research Volunteer. Middle Way House Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Shelter.
Bloomington, IN.
Featured in a 2014 Star Volunteer Spotlight in the Middle Way House newsletter.

CONSULTING
2015-Present Pew Research Center. Washington, D.C.
2015-Present Indiana University (all campuses) Sexual Violence Prevention Task Force.
Bloomington, IN and all other Indiana University campuses.
2015-Present Indiana University Dean of Students Office, Gender & Womens Affairs. Bloomington,
IN.
2015-Present Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Indianapolis, IN.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Association for Public Opinion Research
Association for the Sociology of Religion
American Sociological Association
Sections: Political Sociology; Sex and Gender; Sociology of Religion; Sociology of Sexualities.
Population Association of America
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Sociologists for Women in Society
World Association for Public Opinion Research

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REFERENCES
Brian Powell Andrew Halpern-Manners
James H. Rudy Professor Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology Department of Sociology
744 Ballantine Hall 744 Ballantine Hall
Indiana University Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405 Bloomington, IN 47405
[email protected] [email protected]
812-855-7624 812-855-3988

Youngjoo Cha Clem Brooks

Associate Professor James H. Rudy Professor
Department of Sociology Department of Sociology
744 Ballantine Hall 744 Ballantine Hall
Indiana University Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405 Bloomington, IN 47405
[email protected] [email protected]
812-856-1798 812-855-8939

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