斯蒂芬·美利奴, 博士学位, received a Bachelor of Science from Brigham Young University and a Master of Science from the University of Michigan, 在神经科学领域. 在密歇根大学, Merino found himself increasingly drawn toward sociological questions about society and human behavior, particularly those centering on race and religion. He made the disciplinary leap at Penn State University, where he received a Master of Arts and 博士学位 in sociology.
As an associate professor of sociology, Merino teaches General Sociology, 社会问题, 种族及民族关系, 社会不平等, 宗教社会学, 自我与社会, Research Methods and Environmental Sociology. He serves as the faculty representative for CMU's chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta, 社会学荣誉学会. He also hosts monthly movie nights for students in sociology courses.
一般来说, 在他的研究, he studies how religion and race shape people’s experiences with and reactions to their social environments. Much of his work has examined religious influences on social attitudes and responses to religious and racial diversity. He has also researched and written on religion and LGBTQ issues. One of his recent publications examines religious influences on gun control attitudes in the United States. His most recent publication investigates the role of religious participation in fostering contact across meaningful social divides, 比如种族和社会阶层.
Merino grew up in the Denver area before undergraduate and graduate studies took him away from his home state, along with four years of teaching in south Texas after finishing his 博士学位. A lifelong Broncos and Rockies fan, rugby referee, sci-fi and fantasy nerd, D&D迷, backpacker and lover of the outdoors, he is thrilled to be back in Colorado and teaching 卡内基梅隆大学.
作为老师, Merino seeks to provide students with the concepts, tools and confidence to view the social world and their experiences in it from a sociological perspective. His classroom approach is guided by the belief that through dialogue our ideas are challenged, 扩大和细化. He strives to design coursework and assignments that challenge students, stress sociological methods and make course content relevant to their lives. 此外, he seeks to help students be stronger writers, 更全面发展的市民, 和活跃, critical consumers of sociological research. 当课程结束时, he wants students to take with them a portable, 科学, yet empathetic approach to understanding social issues
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美利奴，斯蒂芬. 2019. “Religious Involvement and Bridging Social Ties: The Role of Congregational Participation.” Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and Ministry 1:291-308.
美利奴，斯蒂芬. 2018. “God and Guns: Examining Religious Influences on Gun Control Attitudes in the United States.《pp电子极速糖果》9:9 9.
美利奴，斯蒂芬. 2014. “Social Support and the Religious Dimensions of Close Ties.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 53:595-612.
美利奴，斯蒂芬. 2013. “Religious Social Networks and Volunteering: Examining Recruitment via Close Ties.” Review of Religious Research 55:509-527.
美利奴，斯蒂芬. 2013. “Contact with Gays and Lesbians and Same-Sex Marriage Support: The Moderating Role of Social Context.” Social Science Research 42:1156-1166.
美利奴，斯蒂芬. 2012. “反宗教的社会化? The Adult Religious Preferences of Individuals Raised with No Religion.” Secularism and Nonreligion 1:1-16.