Damon W. Mayrl
Associate Professor of Sociology
Office: Diamond 209 [ campus map ]
Box 4719
Phone: 207-859-4719
Fax: 207-859-5369
E-mail: damon.mayrl@colby.edu
Mailing Address:
4719 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8847
4719 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8847
Office Hours:
Th 1:00-3:30, or by appointment
Th 1:00-3:30, or by appointment
Education
B.A., Yale University
M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Areas of Expertise
- Political sociology
- Sociology of religion
- Comparative and historical sociology
- Sociology of culture
- Sociological theory
- Social movements
- Law and society
- Public policy
Courses Currently Teaching
| Course | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SO131 A | Introduction to Sociology |
| SO131 B | Introduction to Sociology |
| SO236 A | American Religion and Society |
| SO238 A | State, Society, and Politics |
Professional Information
Damon Mayrl joined the Colby faculty in 2017. He previously taught at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
Mayrl's research uses comparative and historical methods to illuminate the interplay of culture, religion, politics, and public policy. His first book, Secular Conversions (Cambridge University Press, 2016), examines how political institutions contributed to religious change in American and Australian education from 1800 to the present. His current projects investigate how symbolic conflicts influence the form and visibility of the American state, how local actors understand the rapidly changing landscape of church-state law, and how historical methods are actually practiced in social scientific research.
Mayrl currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the American Sociological Association's Section on Comparative and Historical Sociology; and on the editorial boards of Sociology of Religion and Civic Sociology. His articles have appeared or are forthcoming in American Journal of Sociology, Sociological Theory, Social Forces, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, European Journal of Sociology, Social Science Research, Social Science History, and Sociological Inquiry, alongside several edited volumes.
Mayrl's research uses comparative and historical methods to illuminate the interplay of culture, religion, politics, and public policy. His first book, Secular Conversions (Cambridge University Press, 2016), examines how political institutions contributed to religious change in American and Australian education from 1800 to the present. His current projects investigate how symbolic conflicts influence the form and visibility of the American state, how local actors understand the rapidly changing landscape of church-state law, and how historical methods are actually practiced in social scientific research.
Mayrl currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the American Sociological Association's Section on Comparative and Historical Sociology; and on the editorial boards of Sociology of Religion and Civic Sociology. His articles have appeared or are forthcoming in American Journal of Sociology, Sociological Theory, Social Forces, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, European Journal of Sociology, Social Science Research, Social Science History, and Sociological Inquiry, alongside several edited volumes.
Publications
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