Dr. Roger Baumann
Assistant Professor of Sociology616.395.7059baumann@hope.edu

Roger Baumann joined the Hope College Department of Sociology and Social Work faculty in 2020. His research and teaching focus on race, religion and global political solidarities.
Areas of Expertise
- Race and Ethnicity
- Religion
- Social Movements
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Social Theory
- Cultural Sociology
- Global and Transnational Sociology
- Peace and Justice Studies
Education
- Ph.D., sociology, Yale University, 2020
- MTS, religion, ethics and politics, Harvard University, 2009
- B.A. (Hons.), Religious Studies, University of Waterloo, 2007
Selected Publications
- “A Social Fields Theory of Pilgrimage: African American Christians in Israel and Palestine,” Sociological Forum, 34 (3), 2019
- “What Are ‘Political’ Black Churches?” OUPblog, 2017
- “Political Engagement Meets the Prosperity Gospel: African American Christian Zionism and Black Church Politics,” Sociology of Religion, 77 (4), 2016

Dr. Roger Baumann
616.395.7059
baumann@hope.eduVan Zoeren Hall Room 258 41 Graves Place Holland, MI 49423