Faculty & Staff
Sally K. Gallagher, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Sociology
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-3703
Phone: 541-737-5367
Fax: 541-737-5372
E-mail: sgallagher@oregonstate.edu
Areas of Interest:
Work and Family
Gender
Sociology of Religion
International Development
Current Projects:
Work, Family and Cultural Change in Syria
Religious Traditions, Community and Identity
Brief Vita
Education:
Ph.D. - Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1991
M.A. - Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1987
B.A. - Sociology, Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts 1981
Selected Publications:
Books:
- Evangelical Identity and Gendered Family Life. 2003. Rutgers University Press.
- Older People Giving Care: Helping Family and Community. 1994. Auburn House.
Articles:
- Defining spiritual growth: Congregations, community & connectedness. 2009 (forthcoming). Sociology of Religion, 70 (3). (Sally K. Gallagher and Chelsea Newton).
- Agency, resources and identity: Working class women's experiences in Damascus. 2007. Gender & Society, 21: 227-49.
- Children as religious resources: The role of children in social re-formation of class, culture and religious identity. 2007. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 46: 169-83.
- Godly manhood going wild?: Changing ideals of masculinity among conservative Protestants. 2005. Sociology of Religion 66: 135-160 (Sally K. Gallagher and Sabrina L. Wood).
- Where are the anti-feminist evangelicals?: Evangelical identity, subcultural location and attitudes toward feminism. 2004. Gender and Society, 18: 451-72.
- Connections and constraints: The effects of children on kinkeeping. 2001. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 63 (1): 265-275. (Sally K. Gallagher and Naomi Gerstel).
- Men's caregiving: Gender and the contingent character of care. 2001. Gender & Society 15 (2): 197-217. (Naomi Gerstel and Sally K. Gallagher).
Recent Grants:
- Library Travel Grant. Oregon State University. Awarded for follow-up research in Damascus, Syria. 2008.
- Assessing Religious Community in a Postmodern World, The Louisville Institute for the Study of American Religion, General Grants Program. 2003-07.
- Constant H. Jacquet Research Award from the Religious Research Association, "Searching for Tradition: Assessing the Choice of Religious Community" 2002-03
Honors & Awards:
- Oregon State University, College of Liberal Arts, Master Teacher Program. 2003-05; 05-07.
- Research Fellow, Center for the Humanities, Oregon State University. 1997.
- Researcher of the Year Award, College of Liberal Arts, Oregon State University. 1996.
- Fulbright Scholar Award, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, United States Information Agency. Serieal Grant for research in Damascus, Syria. 1994.
