Elaine Howard Ecklund

Who is Elaine Howard Ecklund?

Elaine Howard Ecklund is the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Sociology and the Director of Graduate Studies at the Rice University Department of Sociology, director of the Religion and Public Life Program in Rice's Social Science Research Institute, and a Rice Scholar at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy. Ecklund received a B.S. in Human Development and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Cornell University. Her research focuses on institutional change in the areas of religion, immigration, science, medicine, and gender. She has authored numerous research articles, as well as two books with Oxford University Press.