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Department
of Sociology Marshall Smith Hall 771 Phone (304) 696-2798 Fax: (304) 696-2803 |
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(304) 617-4991 Fall, 2007 |
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Professional |
Associate Professor,
2007-present, Marshall University Assistant Professor,
2004-2007, Marshall University Assistant Professor in Residence,
2002-2004, |
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Education |
Doctor of Philosophy, Sociology, 2002 Thesis Title: “Self Possessed: The Sociology of Altered States of Consciousness” Committee: David Heise (chair), Thomas Gieryn, Sheldon Stryker, P. Christopher Earley Qualifying Exam: Work and Organization, 1998 Committee: Michael Wallace (chair), Robert
Althauser,
Arthur S.
Alderson Master of Arts, Sociology 1999 Minor: Kelly School of Business: Organizational Behavior and Organizational Theory Thesis Title: “Measuring Informal Organization: The Informal Administrative Organization Position Scale” Committee: Michael Wallace (chair), Robert Althauser Bachelor of Science, Physics, 1978 Minor: Mathematics |
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Research & Teaching Interests |
Work and Occupations Sociology of Religion Organizational Behavior Social Psychology |
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Memberships |
American Sociological Association Association for the Sociology of Religion - Sociology of Religion Section Society for the Scientific Study of Religion - Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section Eastern Sociological Society - Science, Knowledge and Technology Section |
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Publications |
Laubach, Marty, Luis Martinie, and Roselinda Clemons. 2007. "The Practitioner, the Priest, and the Professor: Perspectives on Self-Initiation in the American Neopagan Community." Journal for the Academic Study of Magic. Laubach, Marty. 2007. “The Epistemology of Esoteric Culture: Spiritual Claim-Making within the American Neopagan Community.” Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies, 3:45-79. Laubach, Marty. 2005. “Consent, Informal
Organizational, and Job Rewards: A Mixed Methods Analysis.”
Social Forces, 84(2):
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Laubach, Marty. 2005. “Covenant of Unitarian
Universalist Pagans.” Jeffrey Kaplan and Bron Taylor (eds.),
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Laubach, Marty. 2004. “The Social Effects of Psychism: Spiritual Experience and the Construction of Privatized Religion.” Sociology of Religion, 65(3):239-263 Earley, P. Christopher and |
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Professional |
Pirog, Maureen; Chung, Choon-Guen;
Grieshop, Tara; Hung, Richard; Kirby, Paul; Klotz, Marilyn;
Pennington, Brian; Querimit, Leah; Thomassen, Lisa; Vyas, Mala, and
Laubach, Marty. 2001. Final Report on
Client Study of the Community Social Services Study of the Impact of Laubach, Marty. 2001. Sociology S313: Work
and Occupations Learning Guide. |
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Papers |
Laubach, Marty. “Self Possessed: An
Ethnophenomenological Study of Spirit Possession in the Neopagan
Community.” Under review at British Journal of Sociology |
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Research |
“Social and Intellectual Themes in the Development of Modern American Neopaganism” $2000 Marshall Summer Research Award: Seed money to write extramural grant to analyze documents from institutionalizing period of Neopagan movement IU Sociology Departmental Fellowship 1999 IU Sociology Departmental Tuition Fellowships 1995-1998 |
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Laubach, Marty and Michael Wallace. “Consent or Capitulation? The Effects of Consent on Class-Based Attitudes.” Wallace, Michael and Laubach, Marty. “Psychism and the Undermining of Rational Institutions.” Laubach, Marty. “Psychism and Schizotypy: A Boundary to a Boundary Condition?” Laubach, Marty. “The Social Effects of Psychism: Health and Happiness.” |
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Presentations |
Laubach, Marty. 2005. “The
Subjective Response of Workers: Job Design, Disposition, or
Consent?” Marshall University College of Liberal Arts
Research Colloquium Laubach, Marty. 2005. “Using Undergraduate Students as Teaching Assistants in Your Classes.” Eastern Sociological Society, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC |
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Laubach, Marty. 2004. “Self Possessed: An Ethnophenomenological Study Of Spirit Possession.” Marshall University College of Liberal Arts Research Colloquium Laubach, Marty. 2004. “The Social Effects of
Psychism: Spiritual Experience and the Construction of Privatized
Religion.” American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Wallace, Michael and Laubach, Marty. 2003. “Self Possessed: An
Ethnophenomenological Study Of Spirit Possession.” American
Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Laubach, Marty. 2003. “Consent
as a Measure of Informal Organizational Structure.” American
Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Laubach, Marty. 2003. “Spiritual
Experience and the Undermining of Rational Institutions.”
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Carl Couch-Greg Stone
Winter Symposium, |
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Research |
Principle Investigator, 2006-present: Survival Tactics within Nomadic Sub-Cultures and Homeless Populations Supervise student ethnographic observations of homeless and nomadic subculture. Principle Investigator, 2006-present: Culture Building Through Daily Interactions in the Punk Rock Community Supervise student ethnographic observations of the Punk Rock community. Principle Investigator, 2006-present: Fractures within the LGBT Community Supervise student ethnographic observations of the LGBT community. Principle Investigator, 2006-present: What’s Truth Got to Do with It? Supervise student survey of conservative Christian churches. Principle Investigator, 2006-present: Power Structures within Non-hierarchical Groups Supervise student ethnographic observations of the Rainbow family. Principal Investigator, 2003-2004. Social Relations in a Neopagan Group. Ethnographic observations of the effects of minority religious status and psychism on social relations in a Neopagan group. Principal Investigator, 2001-2002. Personal Uses of Altered States Experiences. Thomas Gieryn, Faculty Sponsor. Ethnographic observations of Neopagan class for spiritual altered states practices. Research Associate, 2000-2001
Client Study of the Community Social Services Study
of the Impact of Statistical analysis of welfare client data. |
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Research Associate, 1997-1998,
Indiana Survey of Workers in a Polarized Economy (ISWIPE). 1998
Sociological Research Practicum, Telephone survey of Principal Investigator, 1996-1999, Coping Strategies for Business in Transition. Michael Wallace, Faculty Sponsor. Ethnographic observations of small business undergoing transition from entrepreneurial to bureaucratic management and buy-out by conglomerate. Telephone Interviewer, January 1996-June 1996, Telephone survey of Principal Investigator, 1995-2002. Self Possessed: The Sociology of Altered States of Consciousness. Sheldon Stryker and David Heise, Faculty Co-Sponsors. Ethnographic observations of spirit possession;
text analysis of archival data on Neopagan organizations;
quantitative analysis using General Social Survey. |
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Teaching |
American Society Field Experience in Applied Sociology
Seminar Introduction to Sociology Marshall University: 21 offerings, 2004-present Individual and Society (Sociological Social
Psychology: graduate & undergraduate) Marshall University: 5 offering 2005-present Social Problems Social Statistics II (graduate level) Marshall University: 2 offering 2005, 2007 Social Stratification Sociology of Religion Marshall University: 2 offering 2006-present Science, Knowledge, and Technology Marshall University: 1 offering 2007 |
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Work and Occupations (graduate &
undergraduate) Independent Study: Individual Readings or
Research Marshall University: 6 students, 2005-present University of Connecticut: 3 students, 2003-2004 Indiana University: 4 students, 2000- 2002 |
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Service |
Marshall University
Faculty Senate representative from College of Liberal Arts (2006-present) liaison to Legislative Affairs Committee (2006-present) Faculty Evaluation & Compensation Review Ad
Hoc Committee elected faculty representative from College of Liberal Arts (2006-present) Multicultural Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Women (2006) representative from Sociology Department (2005-2007) Sociology Department maintain departmental web page (2005-present) committee to develop departmental merit plan (2005-2006) Chair, Statistics & Research Methods Faculty Search Committee, 2006, 2007 Chair, Masters Committee: Melissa Kimmel (2004-2006) Chair, Yeager Committee: Srijita DasGupta (2005-2006) |
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Prior |
General Acceptance Corporation Consultant, 1997-1999 Database Administrator, 1995-1997
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