Assistant Professor (Ph.D. Northwestern Unversity)
220G Newcomb Hall
Phone: (504)862-3088
Fax: (504)865-5544
Email: slee5@tulane.edu
Research Interests
Sociology of Religion, African American Religion, Sociology of Culture, Gender and Sexuality, Media, Sociology of Scientific Knowledge.
Selected Publications
Shayne Lee and Phillip Sinitiere. 2009. Holy Mavericks: Evangelical Innovators and the Spiritual Marketplace. New York and London: New York University Press.
Shayne Lee. 2005. T.D. Jakes: America’s New Preacher. New York and London: New York University Press. (Paperback edition 2007)
Aldon Morris and Shayne Lee. 2005. “The National Baptist Convention: Tradition and the Challenges of Modernity.” In Church, Identity, and Change: Theology and Denominational Structures in Unsettled Times. New York: Eerdmans.
Shayne Lee. 2004. “The Structure of a Spiritual Revolution: Black Baptists and Women in Ministry.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 33(2):154-177
Shayne Lee. 2003. “The Church of Faith and Freedom: African American Baptists and Social Change.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 42:31-42
Current Research Projects
Drawing on scripting theory, a popular heuristic in sociology of sexuality, this project explores how the intersection of feminism and black popular culture is a valuable location for sexual politics. Whereas many feminist texts focus on how media representations of sexualized black women are problematic, this study shows how a variety of black female celebrities offer intriguing new sexual scripts that deconstruct gendered double standards and debunk gendered sexual myths and stereotypes about black women.
Courses Taught
The Wire (SOCI 210)
Foundations of Sociology (SOCI 201)
Issues of Sociology of Gender (SOCI 606)
African American Religion and Liberation
Sociology of Culture
Sociology of Religion (SOCI 121)
Intro to African Diaspora Studies (ADST 200)
African American Comedy
African American Feminist Thought
Hip Hop & Urban Culture |
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