John H. Evans, Associate Professor
Ph.D. - Princeton, 1998

Areas of Specialization: Sociology of Culture, Knowledge, Religion, Medicine, Bioethics, Politics

Email Address:   jhevans@ucsd.edu
Phone number:    858-534-4972
Office location:  493 Social Science Building

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John Evans comes to UCSD Sociology with a Ph.D. from Princeton and a B.A. from Macalester College. He has been a Post-doctoral Fellow with the Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Program at Yale, a visiting member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, and an assistant professor at UC Los Angeles. His research focuses on religion, culture, politics and science. He is the author of Playing God? Human Genetic Engineering and the Rationalization of Public Bioethical Debate (2002, University of Chicago Press).

Classes to be taught in 2007/08:

Fall 2007
SOCC 154 - Religious Institutions in America
SOCG 253 - Research Practium II

Winter 2008
SOCA 108A - Survey Research Design
SOCC 138 - Genetics and Society

Spring 2008

Books and Recent  Publications:

*2002, Playing God? Human Genetic Engineering and the Rationalization of Public Bioethical Debate. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

*2002, The Quiet Hand of God: Faith-Based Activism and the Public Role of Mainline Protestantism. Edited Volume (with Robert Wuthnow). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

*2003, “Commodifying Life? A Pilot Study of Opinions Regarding Financial Incentives for Organ Donation.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 28 (6): 1003-1032.

*2003,“The Creation of a Distinct Sub-Cultural Identity and Denominational Growth.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 42 (3): 467-477.

*2003 “A Brave New World?: How Genetic Technology Might Change Us.” Contexts 2 (2): 20-25.

*2003 “Have Americans’ Attitudes Become More Polarized? – an Update.” Social Science Quarterly 84 (1): 71-90.

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