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JEREMY B. STRAUGHN, PH.D.
curriculum vitae
Westminster College
501 Westminster Avenue
Fulton, MO 65251
Jeremy.Straughn@westminster-mo.edu
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EDUCATION
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Chicago, 2001
Dissertation: “Homeland Dilemmas After State Socialism: The Politics of Narrative
and Nation-Building in the Former GDR”
Committee: G. Steinmetz, A. Abbott, W. Griswold, G. Herrigel
M.A., Sociology, University of Chicago, 1996
Thesis: “Unified Germany as a Minority System: A Cultural-Boundaries Approach”
M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School, 1991
A.B., German, Brown University, 1988
Undergraduate exchange, University of Rostock, GDR, 1986
CURRENT INTERESTS
Research: Politics, culture, social memory, collective identity, social change, religion
Teaching: Theory, political sociology, culture/media, globalization, religion, citizenship
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Visiting Assistant Professor, Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., Aug 2012-
Research Associate, The Churchill Institute, Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., Aug 2011-
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Purdue University, 2004-11.
Visiting Lecturer*, Department of Sociology & Department of Germanic Languages and
Literatures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2001-04. (*Courtesy of the Michigan
Society of Fellows)
Robert E. Park Lecturer, Social Sciences Collegiate Division, University of Chicago,
spring 2001.
Research Associate, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2000.
Current as of: April 2012

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Visiting Lecturer*, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, summer 1999. (*Concurrent with CIC Traveling Scholar
Program)
Visiting Scholar, Center for Sociology and the Study of the Life Course, Max Planck
Institute for Human Development (Berlin), October 1996 – July 1997, April –
December 1998.
HONORS & AWARDS
Clifford Geertz Award for best article in the sociology of culture, 2006.
Michigan Society of Fellows, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2001-04.
Honors, Special Field Examination, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago,
1995.
Honors, Preliminary Examination, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago,
1993.
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
Straughn, J.B. (P.I), “Living Socialism: Ideology, Institutions, and Social Change in the
(Former) German Democratic Republic.” PRF Summer Faculty Grant, 2006. ($7,000)
Straughn, J.B. (P.I), PRF Research Incentive Grant (for qualitative data analysis software),
2006. ($500)
Straughn, J.B. (P.I), “Living Socialism: Ideology, Social Change, and the Life Course in
the (Former) German Democratic Republic.” Purdue Library Scholars Grant, 2006.
($2,500)
Straughn, J.B. (P.I), “National Identity in America.” Research Grant, College of Liberal
Arts, Purdue University, 2004-5. ($7,000)
Writing Fellowship, University of Chicago Alumni Association, 1999. ($10,000)
Research Fellowship, SSRC Berlin Program for Advanced German and European
Studies, 1998. (18,000 DM)
Research Fellowship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 1996-7. ($17,260)
Research Grant, Germanistic Society of America, 1996-7. (Not used)
Travel Grant, USIA Fulbright Program, 1996. (Not used)
Research Fellowship, Council for European Studies, 1994. ($3,000)
Graduate Study Fellowship, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, 1992-6.
($32,000)

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PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Articles
Straughn, J.B., and A.L. Andriot. 2011. “Education, Civic Patriotism, and Democratic
Citizenship: Unpacking the Education Effect on Political Involvement.” Sociological
Forum 26 3: 556-580.
Straughn, J.B., and S.L. Feld. 2010. “America as a ‘Christian Nation’ Understanding
Religious Boundaries of National Identity.” Sociology of Religion 71 3:280-306.
Straughn, J.B. 2009. “Culture, Memory, and Structural Change: Explaining Support for
‘Socialism’ in a Post-Socialist Society.” Theory & Society 38 5: 485-525.
Straughn, J.B. 2007. “Historical Events and the Fragmentation of Memory in the Former
East Germany.” Journal of Political and Military Sociology 35:103-123.
Straughn, J.B. 2005. “‘Taking the State at Its Word’: The Arts of Consentful Contention
in the German Democratic Republic.” American Journal of Sociology 110 6 (May):
1598-1650.
Recipient, 2006 Clifford Geertz Award.
Warber, S.L., D. Cornelio, J.B. Straughn, G. Kile. 2004. “Biofield Energy Healing from the
Inside.” Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 10 6:1107-13.
Reviews and Essays
Straughn, J.B. 2012. Review of Fallen Elites: The Military Other in Post-Unification
Germany, by Andrew Bickford. Contemporary Sociology 41 2: 182-184.
Straughn, J.B. 2009. Review of Exit-Voice Dynamics and the East German Revolution, by
Steven Pfaff. American Journal of Sociology 114 4: 1211-1213.
Straughn, J.B. 2007. Review of Intellectuals and the Flag, by Todd Gitlin. Mobilization: An
International Quarterly 12 1: 97-98.
Straughn, J.B. 2006. “The Power of Patriotic Protests: A Comment on Jeffrey
Alexander.” Culture Newsletter 20 3 (Spring): 1, 7-9.
Straughn, J.B. 2002. Review of Ambiguous Memory: The Nazi Past and German National
Identity, by Siobhan Kattago. American Journal of Sociology 107 6: 1631-1632.
Straughn, J.B. 2001. Review of Where the World Ended: Re-Unification and Identity in the
German Borderland, by Daphne Berdahl. SAE Journal 1 1: 37-39.
Straughn, J.B. 1995. Review of Life Stories: The Creation of Coherence, by Charlotte Linde.
American Journal of Sociology 101 2: 518-520.
Work in Progress
Fein , L.C., and J.B. Straughn, “Losing the ‘Right to Have Rights’ Statelessness and
Citizenship Choice in Estonia.” Article manuscript in preparation.

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Straughn, J.B., Fragments of Memory: Narrative, Identity and Recollection in Post-Unity
Eastern Germany. Book manuscript in preparation.
INVITED APPEARANCES
Lectures and Papers
Straughn, J.B. 2011. “Support for the Idea of Socialism in a Post-Socialist Society.”
Culture, Power & History Workshop, University of Georgia, November 2011.
Straughn, J.B. 2007. “What Does It Mean to Be an American” Featured lecture, Rotary
Club of Lafayette, Indiana, April 2007.
Straughn, J.B. 2007. “On Being and Becoming American.” Invited lecture, Department
of Sociology, Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn.), April 2007.
Straughn, J.B. 2007. “Living Socialism: Ideology, Everyday Life, and Social Change in
the German Democratic Republic.” Purdue Library Scholars Seminar (West
Lafayette, Ind.), April 2007.
Straughn, J.B. 2000. “Between Loyalty and Opposition: ‘Austricksen’ and the Politics of
Everyday Life in East Germany and Beyond.” Conference on “Socializing
Knowledge: Transformation and Continuity in Post-Socialist Cultural Forms.”
University of Chicago.
Straughn, J.B. 1999. “Citizens' Rights and Human Rights: German Reunification as a
Model for Integration” Invited talk for the conference “New Generation—New
Approach: Germany and the USA in an Age of Global History” (Chicago, Ill.)
November 18-21.
Panels
Invited chair and moderator, session on Political Culture and State Building, MPSA
(Chicago, Ill.), April 2006.
Panelist, "Cultural Politics of Globalization and Community in East Central Europe,"
NSF workshop (Budapest, Hungary), May 12-15, 2005.
Co-organizer, chair, “Conflicted Identities: Imagining the National in the New
Millennium.” 13th International Conference of Europeanists (Chicago, Ill.), March
14-16, 2002.
Chair, discussant, “Testing Hirschman’s Exit-Voice-Loyalty Model as a Theoretical Tool
for Migration and Refugee Studies.” 26th Annual Meeting of the Social Science
History Association (Chicago, Ill.), November 15-18, 2001.

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Straughn, J.B. “Patriotic Duty and Support for War.” Paper presented at the Regular
Session on Collective Behavior, American Sociological Association (Atlanta, GA),
August 2010.
Straughn, J.B., and Tauna S. Sisco, “When the Rally Is Over: Patriotism, Presidential
Approval, and Dissent in the Aftermath of War.” Conference paper, panel on Social
Justice, Peace, and Environment, Society for the Study of Social Problems (San
Francisco, Calif.), August 2009. Accepted, but not presented.
Straughn, J.B. 2008. “American Like Me Social Membership and National Identity in
the United States.” Conference paper, refereed round table, American Sociological
Association (Boston, Mass.), August 2008.
Straughn, J.B. 2007. “Being and Becoming American: National Identity as Idealization
and Boundary Maintenance.” Presented at regular session on nations and
nationalism, American Sociological Association (New York, N.Y.), August 2007.
Straughn, J.B. 2006. “The Fractal Geography of Cultural Politics in the Postcommunist
Transition.” Presented at refereed round table, American Sociological Association
(Montreal, Quebec), August 2006.
Straughn, J.B. 2006. “Can Dissent Be Patriotic in Wartime Results from a
Representative U.S. Survey.” Presented at Midwest Political Science Association
(Chicago, Ill.), April 2006.
Straughn, J.B. 2005. “National Identification in the United States.” Presented at SSSP
Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, Penn.), August 2005.
Straughn, J.B. 2004. “Ideology, Socialization, and Social Change: Explaining Support for
the Socialist Idea in Eastern Germany, 1991-2.” Presented at regular session on
Political Culture, ASA Annual Meeting (San Francisco, Calif.), August 2004.
Straughn, J.B. 2004. “Nation-Building as Hegemonic Cleavage Formation: Toward a
Reinterpretation of Germany’s New ‘Wall in the Mind.’” Presented at Association for
the Study of Nationalities (ASN), Harriman Institute, Columbia University (New
York, N.Y.), April 2004.
Straughn, J.B. 2004. “Pride, Prejudice, or Particularity Why Most Eastern Germans
Don’t Assimilate.” Presented at the Conference of Europeanists (Chicago, Ill.), March
11-13, 2004.
Straughn, J.B, and Audra Rowley. 2003. “Measuring German Unity: Preliminary
Findings from a Survey of Measurement Approaches in the German Social-Science
Literature.” Poster presentation, UROP Spring Research Symposium (Ann Arbor,
Mich.), May 2003.
Straughn, J.B. 2001. “Homeland Dilemmas After State Socialism, or, Why East Germans
Can't Just Be Germans.” Presented at regular session on Nations and Nationalism.
ASA Annual Meeting (Anaheim, Calif.), August 2001.

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Straughn, J.B. 1999. “Narratives of Opportunity and Loss in the Collective Memory of the
East German Revolution.” Poster session at ASA Annual Meeting, Chicago, August
1999.
Straughn, J.B. 1997. “Cultural Boundaries and ‘East German Identity’ in Unified
Germany.” Regular session paper, ASA Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C.), August
1997.
Lloyd, R.D, and J.B. Straughn. 1996. “Neighborhood Change and Identity Construction
in an Artists’ Scene.” Refereed round-table paper, ASA Annual Meeting (New York,
N.Y.), August 1996.
Johnston, J. Straughn, J.B., Meaney, M., Krause, S.R., Fayer, G.A., and Commons, M.L.
1991. “Ethics within a University: A Scoring Application of the General Stage
Model.” Paper presented at the Sixth Adult Development Symposium, July, Boston,
Mass.
COURSES TAUGHT
Westminster College
INT/TNS 201: Introduction to International & Transnational Studies (fall 2012)
POL 112: Introduction to Political Science (fall 2012)
Columbia College-Jefferson City
SOCI 111: General Sociology (Introduction to Sociology)
Purdue University
SOC 402: Sociological Theory/Principles of Sociology
SOC 530/630: Political Sociology
SOC 590: Independent Study (“Reading Capital”; “National & Ethnic Identity”)
SOC 602: Contemporary Theories
SOC 609: Readings in Critical Cultural Theory
SOC 609N: Seminar on Nations and Nationalism
University of Michigan
SOC 300: Modern Social Change
SOC 305: Introduction to Social Theory
SOC 425/GER 432: Political Economy & Society of the Postwar Germanys
SOC 595: Ideology, Culture, & Power (Political Sociology)
GER 205: German Conversation
GER 232: Scientific and Mathematical German (co-taught)

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University of Chicago
SOC 203/304: Introduction to Quantitative Methods (teaching assistant)
SOC 243: Introduction to the Sociology of Nationalism
PLSC 298: Senior Honors Colloquium (Department of Political Science)
STUDENT MENTORING
Advisory Roles
Academic Probation Counselor, Westminster College, 2011-
Doctoral Committee Member, Brian Charek, 2010-
AP Committee Member, Corey Schimpf, 2009-
Doctoral Committee Member, David Thomas, 2008-
AP Major Professor, Malika Masimova, 2007-08
AP Major Professor, Jennifer Turner, 2006-07
AP Major Professor, Myung Kyung Chung, fall 2005
AP Committee Member, Myung Kyung Chung, spring 2006
BA Thesis Adviser, Chiann Karen Tsui, 2003-04
UROP Adviser, Audra Rowley, spring 2003
Research Assistants and Collaborators
Angie Andriot
Hubert Izienicki
Malika Masimova
Audra Rowley
Tauna Sisco
Jennifer Turner
Letters of Recommendation
Angie Andriot
Brian Charek
Kyle Lawrence
Fan Jiang
Lauren Griffin
Zhenyu Tang
Corey Schimpf
David Thomas
Malika Masimova
Myung-Kyung Chung
Joleen Bonner
Matthew Garrett
Sarah Kenny
Fiona Itani
Audra Rowley
Michael Thao
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Departmental (Purdue University)
Member, Undergraduate Committee, 2009-10.

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Member, Website Committee, Department of Sociology, 2008-09.
Member, Sociology Faculty Search Committee, 2006-07.
Member, Colloquium Committee, fall 2004 - spring 2005; 2007-08.
Chair, Colloquium Committee, fall 2005.
Extra-Departmental
Member, Selection Committee, Clifford Geertz Award for best article, ASA Section on
the Sociology of Culture, 2007-08.
Invited panelist, Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) seminar, Purdue University, February
2007.
Library Scholars Grant Advisory Panel, Purdue University, Fall 2007.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association
Sections: Collective Behavior & Social Movements, Comparative-Historical
Sociology, Political Sociology, Sociological Theory, Sociology of Culture
AD HOC REVIEWER
American Journal of Sociology
Citizenship Studies
Democratization
Social Forces
Sociology of Religion
Sociological Theory
Theory & Society
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
ASA Seminar on Service Learning, August 2011
Media Training Workshop (invited), Purdue University, fall 2007
Teaching Tutorial, Purdue University, fall 2005
ASA Workshop on Undergraduate Social Theory, August 2005
Human Subjects Research Workshop, Purdue University, October 2004
Grantsmanship Workshop, Purdue University, October 2004
Intramural Grants Workshop, Purdue University, August 2004
LISREL Models: General Structural Equations, ICPSR, summer 2003
Regression Analysis Workshop, CSCAR, Ann Arbor, MI, April 2003
Grant Proposal Writing Workshop, DRDA, Ann Arbor, MI, March 2003
Editorial Assistant, book series in Politics, History, & Culture (Duke University Press),
1999-2000. Editors: George Steinmetz, Julia Adams
Workshop for Teaching at Chicago, University of Chicago, Sept 2000
Manuscript Seminar, AJS, Chicago, IL. Spring-summer 1996

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Coordinator, Culture & Society Workshop, University of Chicago, 1995-6
Wilder House Intern, Book Series in Politics, History, and Culture (Cornell University
Press), 1994-6. Editors: David Laitin, George Steinmetz
MEDIA COVERAGE (*dedicated news stories)
LiveScience.com 5/2/11
Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal 11/2/10*
Religion News Service 10/20/10*
Lafayette-West Lafayette Journal & Courier 5/3/10, 10/21/10
New York Times 1/16/09
Congressional Quarterly 10/23/08*
Purdue Exponent 11/6/08
Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette 12/17/06
Elkhart (IN) Truth 9/9/06
Washington Times 7/4/06
Lincoln (NE) Journal Star 7/2/06*
Chicago Tribune 6/25/06
Indianapolis Star 4/26/06
Christian Science Monitor 4/25/06
KTAR 620AM (Phoenix, AZ) 4/25/06*
Associated Press 3/17/06
LANGUAGES
English (native), German (fluent), French (read with dictionary)