Curriculum Vitae
Shayne Lee
Tulane University
Assistant Professor of Sociology and African Diaspora Studies
Education
Oral Roberts University B.A. Theology 1991-1994
Regent University M.A. Management 1994-1997
Trinity International University M.A. Religion 1997-1998
Northwestern University Ph.D. Sociology 1998-2002
Dissertation: The Structure of Spiritual Revolutions: Black Baptists and Social Change. Committee Members: Aldon Morris (Chair), Gary Alan Fine, Mary Pattillo
Teaching Experience
University of Houston 2002-05 Assistant Professor of Sociology
Tulane University 2005- 2010 Assistant Professor of Sociology and African Diaspora Studies
Tulane University 2010-current Associate Professor of Sociology and African Diaspora Studies
Publications
Books
1. Shayne Lee. 2005. T.D. Jakes: America’s New Preacher. New York and London: New York University Press. (Paperback edition 2007)
2. Shayne Lee and Phillip Sinitiere. 2009. Holy Mavericks: Evangelical Innovators and the Spiritual Marketplace. New York and London: New York University Press.
3. Shayne Lee. 2010 (In Press). Erotic Revolutionaries: Black Women, Sexuality, and Popular Culture. Lanham, MD: Hamilton.
Articles
4. Shayne Lee. 2003. The Church of Faith and Freedom: African American Baptists and Social Change. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 42:31-42
5. Shayne Lee. 2004. The Structure of a Spiritual Revolution: Black Baptists and Women in Ministry. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 33(2):154-177
6. Aldon Morris and Shayne Lee. 2005. “The National Baptist Convention: Tradition and the Challenges of Modernity.” In Church, Identity, and Change: Theology and Denominational Structures in Unsettled Times. New York: Eerdmans.
Papers Read
“The Power of Touch: Physicality and Group Cohesion in the Martial Arts,” Presented at The Chicago Conference of Ethnography, Northwestern University, February 1999.
“Your Daughters Shall Prophesy: Black Baptists and Cultural Change.” Presented at the Third Annual Ethnography Conference, Loyola University, February 2001.
“The Structure of a Spiritual Revolution: The Preaching Daughters of Second Baptist Church of Evanston.” Presented at the American Academy of Religion/Midwest Region Annual Meeting, DePaul University, March 2001
“A Silent Revolution.” Presented at Reflecting on the Past, Preparing for the Future, Northwestern University, April 21, 2001.
“Traditionalism verses Egalitarianism: Black Baptists and Women in Ministry.” Presented at the Association for the Sociology of Religion, Annual Meeting, Anaheim, Aug. 17, 2001.
“T. D. Jakes and the Neo-Pentecostal Revolution.” Presented at African American Studies Forum, Northwestern University, October 8, 2001.
Panelist for Race and Religion section of The Changing Terrain of Race and Ethnicity: Theory, Methods, and Public Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago. October 26, 2001
“Black Mega Churches and the Possibility of Social Action.” Presented at The Faith of a Race: African American Religion and Contemporary U.S. Public Policy, University of Chicago, June 28, 2003
“Great Jazz!: Black Neo-Pentecostalism in our Postmodern World.” Presented at Into All the World: Black Pentecostalism in Global Contexts, Harvard University, March 18, 2005.
“More Bang for Your Buck: Protestant Popes and the Spiritual Marketplace.” Presented at Sociological Colloquium at Northwestern University, March 30, 2006.
“Holy Mavericks: Evangelical Innovators and Contemporary American Religion.” Presented at Politics and the New Religions, Tulane University, October 4, 2006.
“New Trends in Contemporary American Religion.” Presented at the Episcopal Conference in Hammond Louisiana, April 18, 2007.
“What’s “Neo” in Pentecostalism?: T.D. Jakes and the New Black Church.” Presented at McCormick Theological Seminary, October 29, 2007
“They Preachin’!—Aw, Made You Look: The Black Church in the 21st Century.” Keynote address for the Twenty-Sixth Annual C. Eric Lincoln Lectureship Series. Clark Atlanta University, October 9, 2008.
“Deconstructing Darwinism: Evolutionary Theory and the Sociology of Scientific Knowldege.” Presented at Honors Program Round Table. Tulane University, April 9, 2009.
Reviews
Daphne Wiggins’s Righteous Content: Black Women’s Perspectives of Church and Faith. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 44(3) 2005.
Milmon Harrison’s Righteous Riches: The Word of Faith Movement in Contemporary African American Religion. The Journal for the Society of Pentecostal Studies 28(1) 2006
Korie Edwards’s The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches. Contemporary Sociology (In Press)
Jonathan Walton’s Watch This!: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Black Televangelism. The Journal for the Society of Pentecostal Studies (In Press)
Courses Taught at Tulane
Spring 2006
Foundations of Sociology SOCI 201
African American Religion and Liberation ADST 330-02
Sociology of Culture SOCI 210-04
Lagniappe 2006
Sociology of Culture SOCI 210-05
Fall 2006
Sociology of Religion SOCI 121-01
Hip Hop & Urban Culture ADST 330-01
Spring 2007
Foundations of Sociology SOCI 201-03
African American Feminist Thought ADST 330-01
Fall 2007
Foundations of Sociology 201-02
Intro to African Diaspora Studies ADST 200-01
Spring 2008
On Academic Leave
Fall 2008
Issues in Sociology of Gender SOCI 606-01
African American Comedy ADST 330-01
Spring 2009
Foundations of Sociology SOCI 201-03
Intro to African Diaspora Studies ADST 200-01
Fall 2009
Intro to African Diaspora Studies ADST 200-01
Spring 2010
ADST Internships
The Wire SOCI 210-01
University/Faculty/Department Committee Service
Fall2006 to present: ADST Executive Committee
Fall 2007: Search Committee for Sociology dept
Fall 2008 to present: Tulane University Honor Board
Fall 2009: Review Committee for Dean Altiero
Honors and Awards
Newcomb College Institute Favorite Faculty Award 2008
Tulane University Book Subvention Grant
The Robert F. Winch Memorial Honorable Mention Teaching Assistant—Northwestern University 1999-2000
ICEOP Fellow 1999-2002
Designated CIC Fellow for Northwestern University, 1998
Azusa Fellow, 1994-97
Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1994
Academic All-American, 1994
Other Professional Service and Activities
Spring 2006
Consultant for CBS News special on religion in America.
Spring 2006
Reviewed a book manuscript for NYU Press
Spring 2007
Wrote blurb for book published by NYU Press
Spring 2009
Reviewed a book manuscript for Oxford University Press
Reviewed an article manuscript for Social Psychology Quarterly
Media Public Service
I was quoted or mentioned as an expert commentator in the following articles:
Magazines:
The Atlantic:
“The Preacher” March 2006
The Texas Monthly:
“American Idol” August 2006
The Crisis
“The Politics of the Pulpit: Where Do We Go From Here?” July/August 2006
Ministry Today
“The Business of Ministry” March/April 2007
The Christian Century:
“Empowered: The Entrepreneurial Ministry of T.D. Jakes” July 10, 2007
The American Prospect
“The FundamentaList (No. 26)” March 19, 2008
Newspapers:
The New York Times:
Cover story: “A Minister’s Public Lesson on Domestic Violence.” September 20, 2007
USA Today:
“Outdoor Baptisms Dwindling.” August 4th 2009
The Washington Post:
“In Rebuking Minister, McCain May have Alienated Evangelicals.” May 29, 2008
“Car and Churchgoer: Chrysler Increasingly Courts African Americans at Their Places of Worship.” Saturday Dec. 16, 2006
The Christian Science Monitor:
“Backstory: Remaking the Black Church.” February 13, 2007
The Denver Post
“Televangelist Protégé Named Senior Pastor of One of Denver’s Largest Churches.” March 2, 2010
Philadelphia Inquirer:
“Building an Empire to Empower.” August 22, 2005
“What Did McNabb Mean” February 3, 2006
Dallas Morning News:
“With New Film, Bishop Jakes’ Reach Extends even Further” Sunday September 26, 2004
“In Storm, Jakes Sees a Calling” September 22, 2005
“The Fall and Rise of Carlton Pearson.” March 6, 2006
Miami Herald:
“Evangelist Stirring Up Crowds---and Controversy” September 3, 2005
“Book Captures the Black Church Experience” April 17, 2006
Atlanta Journal Constitution:
“A Portrait of Dignity: 1927-2006: Coretta Scott King: Message from New Birth hits on prosperity.” February 7, 2006
“MegaFest Starts Today.” July 19, 2006
“MegaFest not Coming to Atlanta in 2007.” October 31, 2006
“Best of Both Worlds: Pastor Forges on with Blended Message after Storm.” June 30, 2007.
“MegaFest Takes an Indefinite Break.” July 3, 2007
“City Gala Set to Praise Eddie Long.” August 17, 2007
The Tennessean:
“ ‘Secret’ Book Attracts Christian Fire.” March 20, 2007
The Virginian Pilot
“Chesapeake church gives offering back to parishioner each Sunday.” March 11, 2007.
“Megachurch’s Pastor a Visionary and Business Executive.” October 7, 2007
The Journal News:
“Evangelist megastar visiting Westchester” August 8, 2004
“Televangelist Promises Hope, Positivity” April 22, 2009
Other Media
Guest panelist on PBS television program The Connection which aired Tuesday July 13th and Sunday July 18th at 2004
Special guest on Earth 101, a two-hour live talk show on KPFT 90.1 FM July 20, 2004
Consultant for Time magazine’s special issue on the 25 Most Influential Evangelicals (February 2005).
Special guest on The Tom Pope Show (Powernomics radio network) to discuss T.D. Jakes: America’s New Preacher on October 27, 2005 12-1 pm
Atlanta Journal-Constitution feature story on my book and interview: Saturday, December 3, 2005.
Dallas Morning News feature story on my book: Saturday, January 21, 2006 (This story hit the national newswire and was reprinted in most major newspapers)
Special Guest on The Paradise Radio Network WCBQ-WHNC-AM to discuss T.D. Jakes: America’s New Preacher on April 12, 2006 10:00am
Special Guest on WGSO radio program “Ringside Politics” to discuss religion and politics August 21, 2007.
Special Guest on Fox television program “The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet” on June 2, 2008 to discuss violence in society.
Op-Eds
Philadelphia Inquirer:
Shayne Lee. “Punishing Vick for Our Crimes.” May 26, 2009
Shayne Lee. “An Unlikely Hero Cleared Obama’s Path.” July 10, 2009.