Dr. David Smilde
(Curriculum
Vitae) Dr. David Smilde, Assistant Professor of
Sociology, has been at the University of Georgia since
2001. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University
of Chicago in 2000. There are three common elements
to all of Dr. Smilde's research. At an empirical level,
he seeks to examine the way individuals and groups
use culture to understand and gain agency over the
difficult situations created by global restructuring.
At a theoretical level, he is interested in the way
cultural phenomena are conceptualized, especially as
they are embedded in action. At a methodological level,
he is interested in methods of analysis and modalities
of presentation that can improve the validity and reliability
of qualitative research. Key to this, in his view,
are the potentials of software for qualitative data
analysis. He is currently finishing a book on the conversion
of men to Pentecostalism in Venezuela, and beginning
a new project on religion and political conflict in
Venezuela during the era of Hugo Chavez.
Selected Honors, Awards, and Grants
2004. Distinguished Article Award, Section on the Sociology of Religion, American Sociological Association/
2004. Faculty Research Grant from the University of Georgia Center for Humanities and Arts. Grant for two course buy-out to write book.
2003-05. Faculty Seminar Program grant from the University of Georgia Center for Humanities and Arts. Grant to bring in outside presenters to the Georgia Workshop on Culture, Power and History ($2000).
2001. Residential Fellowship, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Spring Semester ($18,600).
Selected Publications
Smilde, David. forthcoming. Works of the Flesh, Fruit of the Spirit': Men and Religious Empowerment in Venezuelan Evangelicalism. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Smilde, David. 2005. "A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Conversion to Venezuelan Evangelicalism: How Networks Matter." American Journal of Sociology 111.
Smilde, David. 2004. "Popular Publics: Street Protest and Plaza Preachers in Caracas." International Review of Social History 49:179-195.
Smilde, David. 2003. "Skirting the Instrumental Paradox: Intentional Belief through Narrative in Latin American Pentecostalism." Qualitative Sociology 26:313-329.
Smilde, David, Keta Stephany, and Margarita Lopez Maya. 2002. Protesta y cultura en Venezuela. Buenos Aires: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales: Agencia Sueca de Desarrollo Internacional.
Contact Information
Department of Sociology
115 Baldwin Hall
Athens, GA 30602-1611
706-542-8071 (office)
706-542-4320 (fax)
dsmilde@uga.edu
