Education:
1981, Ph.D. Rutgers University, Sociology
1979, M.A. Rutgers University, Sociology
1977, B.A. Gordon College, Sociology
Present Positions:
Since 2004, Labrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture, and Social Theory in the Departments of Sociology and Religious Studies at the University of Virginia
Since 1995, founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture