David Sikkink
814 Flanner Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Office: 574/631-2736
Fax: 574/631-9238
e-mail: dsikkink@nd.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998
Dissertation: Public Schooling and Its Discontents: Religious Identities, Schooling Choices
for Children, and Civic Participation.
MA in Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994
The Taiping Vision and the Field of Cultural Production, 1837-53.
BA in Political Science, Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1985
Employment
Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame, Department of Sociology, 2006- present
Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, Department of Sociology, 1999-2006
Post-doctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998-1999
Survey Research Analyst, UNC Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, 1996-1998
Research and Teaching Interests
Education Religion Political Sociology
Statistics and Methods Social Movements Culture
Publications
Kraig Beyerlein and David Sikkink. Forthcoming. “Sorrow and Solidarity: Why Americans
Volunteered for 9/11 Relief Efforts.” Social Problems.
David Sikkink and Michael Emerson. Forthcoming. “School Choice and Racial Residential
Segregation in U.S. Schools: The Role of Parent Education.” Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Rory McVeigh and David Sikkink. 2005. “Organized Racism and the Stranger.”
Sociological Forum. 2 (4): 497-522.
David Sikkink and Jonathan Hill. 2005. “Religion and Education.” In Helen Rose Ebaugh (ed.),
Handbook on Religion and Social Institutions (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers).
Matthew Loveland, David Sikkink, Daniel J. Myers, and Benjamin Radcliffe. 2005. “Private Prayer
and Civic Involvement.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 44(1): 1-14.
Rory McVeigh, Daniel J. Myers, and David Sikkink. 2004. “Corn, Klansmen, and Coolidge:
Movements.” Social Forces 83(2): 653-690.
Michael Welch, David Sikkink, Eric Sartain, and Carol Bond. 2004. “Trust in God and Trust in
Man: The Ambivalent Role of Religion in Shaping Dimensions of Social Trust.” Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion 43(3): 317-43.
David Sikkink. 2004. “The Hidden Civic Lessons of Public and Private Schools.”. Journal of
Catholic Education 7(3): 339-365.
Albert J. Meyer and David Sikkink. 2004. “What Does It Profit a College to Add More Students?
The Relationship between Enrollment Growth and Financial Strength.” Christian Higher
Education 3(2): 97-113.
Christian Smith and David Sikkink. 2003. "Social Predictors of Retention in and Switching from the
Religious Faith of Family of Origin: Another Look using Religious Tradition Self-Identification."
Review of Religious Research 45 (2): 188-206.
David Sikkink. 2003. “The Loyal Opposition: Evangelicals, Civic Engagement, and Schooling for
Children.” In Michael Cromartie (ed.), A Public Faith: Evangelicals and Civic Engagement.
Rowman and Littlefield.
David Sikkink. 2003. “From Christian Civilization to Individual Civil Liberties: Framing Religion in
the Legal Field.” In Christian Smith (ed.), A Secular Revolution. Berkeley: University of
California Press.
Rory McVeigh and David Sikkink. 2001. “God, Politics, and Protest: Religious Beliefs and the
Legitimation of Contentious Tactics.” Social Forces 79(4): 1425-58.
David Sikkink and Andrea Mihut. 2000. “Religion and the Politics of Multiculturalism." Religion
and Education 27(2):30-46.
David Sikkink and Christian Smith. 2000. “Evangelicals on Education.” In Christian Smith,
Christian America? Berkeley: University of California Press.
David Sikkink. 1999. “The Social Sources of Alienation from Public Schools.” Social Forces 78
(1):51-86.
Mark Regnerus, David Sikkink, and Christian Smith (equal co-authors). 1999. “Voting With the
Christian Right: Contextual and Group Patterns of Electoral Influence.” Social Forces 77(4):
1375-1401.
Michael Emerson, Christian Smith, and David Sikkink. 1999. “Equal in Christ, But Not in the
World: White Conservative Protestants and Explanations of Black-White Inequality.” Social
Problems 46(3): 398-417.
Christian Smith, David Sikkink, and Jason Bailey. 1998. “Devotion in Dixie and Beyond: A Test of
Shibley’s Thesis on the Effects of Regional Origin and Migration on Individual Religiosity.”
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 37(3):494-506.
Mark Regnerus, Christian Smith, and David Sikkink. 1998. “Who Gives to the Poor? The Role of
Religious Tradition and Political Location on the Personal Generosity of Americans Toward the
Poor.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 37(3): 481-93.
David Sikkink. 1998. “‘I Just Say I’m a Christian’: Symbolic Boundaries and Identity Formation
Among Church-going Protestants.” In Douglas Jacobsen and Vance Trollinger (eds.),
Reforming the Center: American Protestantism, 1900 to the Present. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, pp. 49-71.
Christian Smith, with Michael Emerson, Sally Gallagher, Paul Kennedy, and David Sikkink. 1998.
American Evangelicalism: Embattled and Thriving. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
David Sikkink and Mark Regnerus. 1996. “For God and the Fatherland: Protestant Symbolic
Worlds and the Rise of National Socialism.” In Christian Smith (ed.), Disruptive Religion: The
Force of Faith in Social Movement Activism. New York: Routledge Publishers.
Other Publications
David Sikkink and Edwin Hernandez. 2003. “Religion Matters: Predicting Schooling Success among
Latino Youth.” Interim Report. Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame.
David Sikkink. 2001. “Speaking in Many Tongues: Diversity among Christian Schools." Education
Matters 1(2):36-45.
David Sikkink and Michael Emerson. 2000. “Homeschooling.” In Wade Clark Roof (ed.),
Contemporary American Religion. New York: Macmillan Reference.
Christian Smith and David Sikkink. 1999. “Is Private Schooling Privatizing?” First Things 92
(April): 16-20.
Book Review: From Civil Religion to Political Religion: The Intersection of Culture, Religion,
and Politics (Wilfrid Laurier University Press) by Marcela Cristi. American Journal of
Sociology 109(1): 271-3.
Publications In Progress
David Sikkink. Public Schooling and Its Discontents. Book manuscript.
David Sikkink. Religious Schools and Democratic Citizenship. Book manuscript.
David Sikkink and Rory McVeigh, “Who Wants to Protest?”
David Sikkink and Brooke Underwood. “Religion, Family Size, and Educational Attainment.”
Research Support
External
Templeton/Metanexus, 2006-7. $150,000. The Dynamics of Spiritual Capital in US
Congregations. Principal investigator. (Co-investigators: David Campbell and Michael
Emerson.)
Lilly Endowment, 2003-07. $3.4 million. Portraits of American Life Study (PALS). Principal
Investigator. (Co-PI: Michael Emerson.)
Louisville Institute General Grants Program, 2002. $50,000. Congregational Responses to
September 11 (Co-author: Daniel Myers.)
National Academy of Education/The Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-02.
$50,000. Religion, Race, and Schooling Choices for Children.
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Award, 1996, $7,500
Internal
Center for the Study of Latino Religion, University of Notre Dame, 2002-03. $27,000. Religion
and Educational Outcomes for Latino Youth
University of Notre Dame, Institute for Educational Initiatives, 2004-05. $5,000. Religion and
School Choice.
University of Notre Dame, 2000-03. $75,000 Religion and Political Action-taking and
Activism. (With Dan Myers and Benjamin Radcliffe.)
Pew Charitable Trusts, 1995-97. $348,000. Evangelical Identity and Influence-Strategies.
Associate Director of Research. (PI: Christian Smith.)
University Research Council Small Grant, UNC at Chapel Hill, 1997. $2,600 Religion and
Homeschooling Parents. (With Christian Smith.)
University Research Council Small Grant, UNC at Chapel Hill, 1996. $2,300 Religious Identity
Distinctions among Conservative Protestants. (With Christian Smith.)
Co-Investigator Grant Projects
Lilly Endowment, 2001-03. $4.1 million. Youth and Religion. Co-investigator topic: Religion and
Schooling Outcomes. (PI: Christian Smith.)
Pew Charitable Trusts, 2000-02. $300,000. Morality, Culture, and Religious Faith. Co-
investigator topic: Conservative Religion and Civic Engagement. (PI: Christian Smith.)
Pew Charitable Trusts, 1998-2001. $643,000. Religion and the Social Construction of
American Public Life. Co-investigator topic: The Cultural Construction of Religion in the Legal
Field. (PI: Christian Smith.)
Lilly Foundation, 1997-98, $350,000. Adult Education at Church-Related Colleges. Co-
investigator topic: Mission and Adult Education Programs at Church-related Colleges. (PI: Diane
Winston.)
Consulting to Grant Projects
Fordham Foundation, 1999. $6,000. Understanding Differences among Christian Schools in
the U.S
US Department of Education, 2001-03. $2.5 million. Public and Private School Differences. Co-
investigator topic: Parent Participation and School Sector. (PI: Maureen Hallinan.)
Pew Charitable Trusts, 2000-01, $1,500 Evangelicals and Civic Life. Paper topic: evangelicals
and participation in public schools. (PI: Michael Cromartie.)