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John Wilson, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Sociology

John Wilson
Contact Info:
Office Location:  341 Soc-Psych
Office Phone:  (919) 660-5622, (919) 660-5614
Email Address: send me a message

Education:

Ph.D.University of Oxford (United Kingdom)1966
D. PhilUniversity of Oxford1966
B.A.University of Leicester1963
Research Interests:

I received my PH.D. from the University of Oxford in 1966 and taught for two years at the University of East Anglia in England before joining the sociology department at Duke. I have published books on social movements, religion, leisure, sport and social theory. Currently, I am conducting a number of studies of volunteers, looking at who volunteers, for what and how much, and what effect volunteering has on the volunteer. I teach History of Social Thought (SOC 138), Consuming Passions (SOC 141), and Sport and Society (SOC 153).

Areas of Interest:

Volunteering,
Collective Behavior/Social Movements,
Religion,
Leisure/Sports Recreation

Keywords:

Sociology • Social movements • Volunteering • Religion • Leisure • Sports • Recreation

Curriculum Vitae
Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Wilson, J, Religion and Volunteering, in The Economics of Religion, edited by Sauer, R (2023), pp. 187-244, World Scientific Publishing Company, ISBN 9789811273131
  2. Mantovan, N; Sauer, RM; Wilson, J, The effect of work-schedule control on volunteering among early career employees, British Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 60 no. 3 (September, 2022), pp. 536-562, WILEY [doi]  [abs]
  3. Son, J; Wilson, J, Is There a Bidirectional Causal Relationship Between Religiosity and Volunteering?, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, vol. 60 no. 4 (December, 2021), pp. 749-768, WILEY [doi]  [abs]
  4. Maraviglia, L; Sciolla, L; Wilson, J, Volunteering and Trust: New Insights on a Classical Topic, in Accounting for the Varieties of Volunteering New Global Statistical Standards Tested, edited by Guidi, R; Fonovic, K; Cappadozzi, T (July, 2021), pp. 267-287, Springer, ISBN 9783030705459  [abs]
  5. Wilson, J; Mantovan, N; Sauer, RM, The economic benefits of volunteering and social class., Social science research, vol. 85 (January, 2020), pp. 102368 [doi]  [abs]