Elaine Howard Ecklund Named Director of Rice University's Boniuk Institute
From the release:
"Elaine Howard Ecklund, an internationally acclaimed sociologist of religion, is the new director of the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance at Rice University. The Boniuk Institute is dedicated to advancing religious literacy, respect and mutual understanding among people of all and no faiths through research efforts, educational initiatives and community engagement.
Ecklund, as the Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences, professor of sociology, graduate program director and director of Rice’s Religion and Public Life Program, has dedicated her career to studying how religion intersects with science as well as social identities like race and gender, publishing seven books and over 100 research articles on those topics."
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