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Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. Forthcoming. “Individual’s Use of Religion in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic as Complementary to Their Use of Medically Recommended Responses.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. Forthcoming. “Endorsement of Religion-Science Conflict as an Expression of Group Solidarity among Graduate Students in the Sciences.” Sociology of Religion. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srab003
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. Forthcoming. “COVID-19 Skepticism in Relation to Other Forms of Science Skepticism.” Socius. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211049841
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. 2021. “Christian Nationalism and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake.” Vaccine 39(45): 6614-6621.
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Ellory Dabbs. 2021. “Multiple (Non)Religious Identities Leads to Undercounting Religious Nones and Asian Religious Identities.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 60(2): 424-441.
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay, and Sara K. Guthrie. 2021. “Global Contexts: How Countries Shape the COVID-19 Experience of Amish and Mennonite Missionaries Abroad.” Religions 12(1): 1-18.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay, and Sara K. Guthrie. 2021. “Closed but Not Protected: Excess Deaths Among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Religion and Health 60: 3230-3244.
DiGregorio, Bernard D., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, and Rachel E. Stein. 2021. “‘When the Waves Roll High’: Religious Coping among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Religions 12(9): 1-17.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Carina Perrone, and Jeralynn S. Cossman. 2021. “The Influence of Reproductive History on Post-Reproductive Mortality: A Case Study of Amish Women.” The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities 2(1): 62-79.
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, and Brittany M. Kowalski. 2021. “Familial Ties, Location of Occupation, and Congregational Exit in Geographically-Based Congregations: A Case Study of the Amish.” Review of Religious Research, 63: 245-268.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2020. “More than Nothing: Examining the Worldview Influences of Nonreligious College Students.” Review of Religious Research 62: 249-271.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Brittany M. Kowalski, and Corey J. Colyer. 2020. “Congregational Cohesion, Retention, and the Consequences of Size Reduction: A Longitudinal Network Analysis of An Old Order Amish Congregation.” Sociology of Religion 81(2): 206-229.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2020. "Emotion, Religion, and Civic Engagement: A Multilevel Analysis of U.S. Congregations." Sociology of Religion. 81(1): 20-44. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srz012
Corcoran, Katie E. and Rodney Stark. 2020. "Region, Routine Activities, and Violent Victimization: A Cross-National Multilevel Analysis of 112 Countries." International Review of Victimology 26(2): 234-252. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269758019869108
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher Scheitle, and Erin B. Hudnall. 2020. "Organizational Activities and Property Crime Victimization." The Sociological Quarterly 61(1): 164-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2019.1583047
Corcoran, Katie E. 2019. "Religious Capital Specificity: Predicting Member Retention." Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on Religion Volume 15, Article 1.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer. 2019. "Fostering Interaction in a Strict Non-communal Group: A Case Study of Amish Visiting Practices." Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on Religion Volume 15, Article 3.
Hudnall, Erin B., Katie E. Corcoran, and Christopher P. Scheitle. 2019. "Is West Virginia A Religious Void? An Empirical Investigation." Review of Religious Research 61(2): 109-118.
Scheitle, Christopher P., Katie E. Corcoran, and Erin B. Hudnall. 2019. "Adopting a Stigmatized Label: Social Determinants of Identifying as an Atheist beyond Disbelief." Social Forces 97(4): 1731-1756.
Corcoran, Katie E. and Rodney Stark. 2018. "Culture, Region, and Cross-National Violent Crime." Sociological Forum 33(2): 310-333.
Scheitle, Christopher P., Katie E. Corcoran, and Caitlin Halligan. 2018. "The Rise of the Nones and the Changing Relationships between Identity, Belief, and Behavior." Journal of Contemporary Religion 33(3): 567-579.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2018. "Religious Tradition and Workplace Religious Discrimination: The Moderating Effects of Regional Context." Social Currents 5(3): 283-300.
Wurpts, Bernd, Katie E. Corcoran, and Steven Pfaff. 2018. "The Hanseatic League and the Coming of the Reformation: Urban Networks, Social Diffusion and the Adoptions of Protestantism." Social Science History 42(2): 213-244.
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Blaine Robbins. 2018. "A Double-Edged Sword: The Countervailing Effects of Religion Cross-National Crime." Social Science Quarterly 99(1): 377-389.
Snedker, Karen, Lindsey Beach, and Katie E. Corcoran. 2017. "Beyond the 'Revolving Door'? Reducing Criminal Recidivism in One Mental Health Court." Criminal Justice and Behavior: An International Journal 44(9): 1141-1162.
Corcoran, Katie E. and James K. Wellman, Jr. 2016. "'People Forget He's Human': Charismatic Leadership in Institutionalized Religion." Sociology of Religion 77(4): 309-333.
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Jacob TN Young. 2015. "Perceptions of Societal Injustice and Efficacy: Participation in Low/Moderate/High-Cost Collective Action." Sociological Inquiry 85(3): 429-461.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2015. "Thinkers and Feelers: Emotion and Giving." Social Science Research 52: 686-700.
Pfaff, Steven, Michael Hechter, and Katie E. Corcoran. "The Problem of Solidarity in Insurgent Collective Action: The Nore Mutiny of 1797." Social Science History 40(2): 247-270.
Wellman, James K. Jr., Katie E. Corcoran, and Kate Stockly-Meyerdirk. 2014. "'God is like a Drug...': Explaining Interaction Rituals in American Megachurches." Sociological Forum 29(3): 650-672.
Wellman, James K. Jr. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2013. "Religion and Regional Culture: Embedding Religious Commitment within Place." Sociology of Religion 74(4): 496-520.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2013. "Divine Exchanges: Applying Social Exchange Theory to Religious Behavior." Rationality and Society 25(3): 335-369.
Pfaff, Steven and Katie E. Corcoran. 2012. "Piety, Power, and the Purse: The Political Religious Economies Theory and Urban Reform in the Holy Roman Empire." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 51(4): 757-776.
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Blaine Robbins. 2012. "Religion and the Acceptability of White-Collar Crime: A Cross-National Analysis." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 51(3): 542-567.
Winner of the 2011 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Student Paper Award
Corcoran, Katie E. 2012. "Religious Human Capital Revisited: Testing the Effect of Religious Human Capital on Religious Participation." Rationality and Society 24(3): 343-379.
Winner of the 2011 Rationality and Society Student Paper Award
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Jacob T. N. Young. 2011. "The Context of Control: A Cross-National Investigation of the Link between Political Institutions, Efficacy, and Collective Action." British Journal of Social Psychology 50(4): 575-605.
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. Forthcoming. “Individual’s Use of Religion in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic as Complementary to Their Use of Medically Recommended Responses.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. Forthcoming. “Endorsement of Religion-Science Conflict as an Expression of Group Solidarity among Graduate Students in the Sciences.” Sociology of Religion. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srab003
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. Forthcoming. “COVID-19 Skepticism in Relation to Other Forms of Science Skepticism.” Socius. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211049841
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Bernard D. DiGregorio. 2021. “Christian Nationalism and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake.” Vaccine 39(45): 6614-6621.
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher P. Scheitle, and Ellory Dabbs. 2021. “Multiple (Non)Religious Identities Leads to Undercounting Religious Nones and Asian Religious Identities.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 60(2): 424-441.
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay, and Sara K. Guthrie. 2021. “Global Contexts: How Countries Shape the COVID-19 Experience of Amish and Mennonite Missionaries Abroad.” Religions 12(1): 1-18.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay, and Sara K. Guthrie. 2021. “Closed but Not Protected: Excess Deaths Among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Religion and Health 60: 3230-3244.
DiGregorio, Bernard D., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, and Rachel E. Stein. 2021. “‘When the Waves Roll High’: Religious Coping among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Religions 12(9): 1-17.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Carina Perrone, and Jeralynn S. Cossman. 2021. “The Influence of Reproductive History on Post-Reproductive Mortality: A Case Study of Amish Women.” The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities 2(1): 62-79.
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, and Brittany M. Kowalski. 2021. “Familial Ties, Location of Occupation, and Congregational Exit in Geographically-Based Congregations: A Case Study of the Amish.” Review of Religious Research, 63: 245-268.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2020. “More than Nothing: Examining the Worldview Influences of Nonreligious College Students.” Review of Religious Research 62: 249-271.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Brittany M. Kowalski, and Corey J. Colyer. 2020. “Congregational Cohesion, Retention, and the Consequences of Size Reduction: A Longitudinal Network Analysis of An Old Order Amish Congregation.” Sociology of Religion 81(2): 206-229.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2020. "Emotion, Religion, and Civic Engagement: A Multilevel Analysis of U.S. Congregations." Sociology of Religion. 81(1): 20-44. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srz012
Corcoran, Katie E. and Rodney Stark. 2020. "Region, Routine Activities, and Violent Victimization: A Cross-National Multilevel Analysis of 112 Countries." International Review of Victimology 26(2): 234-252. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269758019869108
Corcoran, Katie E., Christopher Scheitle, and Erin B. Hudnall. 2020. "Organizational Activities and Property Crime Victimization." The Sociological Quarterly 61(1): 164-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2019.1583047
Corcoran, Katie E. 2019. "Religious Capital Specificity: Predicting Member Retention." Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on Religion Volume 15, Article 1.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer. 2019. "Fostering Interaction in a Strict Non-communal Group: A Case Study of Amish Visiting Practices." Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on Religion Volume 15, Article 3.
Hudnall, Erin B., Katie E. Corcoran, and Christopher P. Scheitle. 2019. "Is West Virginia A Religious Void? An Empirical Investigation." Review of Religious Research 61(2): 109-118.
Scheitle, Christopher P., Katie E. Corcoran, and Erin B. Hudnall. 2019. "Adopting a Stigmatized Label: Social Determinants of Identifying as an Atheist beyond Disbelief." Social Forces 97(4): 1731-1756.
Corcoran, Katie E. and Rodney Stark. 2018. "Culture, Region, and Cross-National Violent Crime." Sociological Forum 33(2): 310-333.
Scheitle, Christopher P., Katie E. Corcoran, and Caitlin Halligan. 2018. "The Rise of the Nones and the Changing Relationships between Identity, Belief, and Behavior." Journal of Contemporary Religion 33(3): 567-579.
Scheitle, Christopher P. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2018. "Religious Tradition and Workplace Religious Discrimination: The Moderating Effects of Regional Context." Social Currents 5(3): 283-300.
Wurpts, Bernd, Katie E. Corcoran, and Steven Pfaff. 2018. "The Hanseatic League and the Coming of the Reformation: Urban Networks, Social Diffusion and the Adoptions of Protestantism." Social Science History 42(2): 213-244.
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Blaine Robbins. 2018. "A Double-Edged Sword: The Countervailing Effects of Religion Cross-National Crime." Social Science Quarterly 99(1): 377-389.
Snedker, Karen, Lindsey Beach, and Katie E. Corcoran. 2017. "Beyond the 'Revolving Door'? Reducing Criminal Recidivism in One Mental Health Court." Criminal Justice and Behavior: An International Journal 44(9): 1141-1162.
Corcoran, Katie E. and James K. Wellman, Jr. 2016. "'People Forget He's Human': Charismatic Leadership in Institutionalized Religion." Sociology of Religion 77(4): 309-333.
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Jacob TN Young. 2015. "Perceptions of Societal Injustice and Efficacy: Participation in Low/Moderate/High-Cost Collective Action." Sociological Inquiry 85(3): 429-461.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2015. "Thinkers and Feelers: Emotion and Giving." Social Science Research 52: 686-700.
Pfaff, Steven, Michael Hechter, and Katie E. Corcoran. "The Problem of Solidarity in Insurgent Collective Action: The Nore Mutiny of 1797." Social Science History 40(2): 247-270.
Wellman, James K. Jr., Katie E. Corcoran, and Kate Stockly-Meyerdirk. 2014. "'God is like a Drug...': Explaining Interaction Rituals in American Megachurches." Sociological Forum 29(3): 650-672.
Wellman, James K. Jr. and Katie E. Corcoran. 2013. "Religion and Regional Culture: Embedding Religious Commitment within Place." Sociology of Religion 74(4): 496-520.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2013. "Divine Exchanges: Applying Social Exchange Theory to Religious Behavior." Rationality and Society 25(3): 335-369.
Pfaff, Steven and Katie E. Corcoran. 2012. "Piety, Power, and the Purse: The Political Religious Economies Theory and Urban Reform in the Holy Roman Empire." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 51(4): 757-776.
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Blaine Robbins. 2012. "Religion and the Acceptability of White-Collar Crime: A Cross-National Analysis." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 51(3): 542-567.
Winner of the 2011 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Student Paper Award
Corcoran, Katie E. 2012. "Religious Human Capital Revisited: Testing the Effect of Religious Human Capital on Religious Participation." Rationality and Society 24(3): 343-379.
Winner of the 2011 Rationality and Society Student Paper Award
Corcoran, Katie E., David Pettinicchio, and Jacob T. N. Young. 2011. "The Context of Control: A Cross-National Investigation of the Link between Political Institutions, Efficacy, and Collective Action." British Journal of Social Psychology 50(4): 575-605.
Book Manuscripts
Wellman, James K. Jr., Katie E. Corcoran, and Kate Stockly. 2020. High on God: How Megachurches Won The Heart of America. New York: Oxford University Press.
Stark, Rodney and Katie E. Corcoran. 2014. Religious Hostility: A Global Assessment of Hatred and Terror. Waco: ISR Books.
Stark, Rodney and Katie E. Corcoran. 2014. Religious Hostility: A Global Assessment of Hatred and Terror. Waco: ISR Books.
Other Publications
Corcoran, Katie E. and James A. Kitts. 2012. “Communitarianism: Industrial Experiments.” In Encyclopedia of American Reform Movements, Facts on File.
Pfaff, Steven and Katie E. Corcoran. 2012. “Seattle Protests.” In Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, George Ritzer (ed.) Wiley-Blackwell
Publishing.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2010. “Book Review: BOUNDLESS FAITH: THE GLOBAL OUTREACH OF AMERICAN CHURCHES. By: Robert Wuthnow.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 49(1): 193-4.
Pfaff, Steven and Katie E. Corcoran. 2012. “Seattle Protests.” In Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, George Ritzer (ed.) Wiley-Blackwell
Publishing.
Corcoran, Katie E. 2010. “Book Review: BOUNDLESS FAITH: THE GLOBAL OUTREACH OF AMERICAN CHURCHES. By: Robert Wuthnow.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 49(1): 193-4.
