BIO
“The joint department of Sociology and Social Work allows us to connect the professional and academic, applied and theoretical seamlessly.”
David Barry is an Associate Professor of Sociology and coordinates the Applied Sociology Practicum, which provides students with two tracks of professional applications: field internships and research placements. His areas of research and teaching include sociology of difference/inequality, religion/spirituality, globalization, social theory, social change/movements and environmental sociology. He also coordinates the Certificate for Social Justice and Equity.
Barry serves as chair for the Institutional Review Board on campus. He’s part of the College of Letters and Science Undergraduate Research Symposium Planning Committee. Barry has been featured in multiple UW-Stevens Point Community Lecture Series. View CV
TEACHING HONORS
- University Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship, and Service Award, UW-Stevens Point (2021)
- University Excellence in Scholarship Award, UW-Stevens Point (2020)
- University Leadership Mentor Award, UW-Stevens Point (2019)
- Excellence in Teaching Award, UW-Stevens Point (2018)
PUBLICATIONS
David Barry (2023). “Nuances in global identity: an exploratory study of college students.” Michigan Sociological Review, 35, 115-135.
David Barry (2020). “The relationship between religious nationalism and institutional pride: A case study in post-communist Europe,” Journal of Developing Societies, 1-18.
David Barry (2019). “Ethnodoxy, national exceptionalism, and xenophobia: a case study of contemporary Russia,” National Identities, 21(3), 223-239.
David Barry (2016). “The making of world citizens: An empirical study on the relationship between religiosity and global identity in the United States.” Sociological Imagination, 52 (1), 5-20.
David Barry (2016). “Social Construction.” In Constance L. Shehan (Ed.), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Vyacheslav Karpov, Elena Lisovskaya, & David Barry (2012) “How popular ideologies fuse religious and ethnic identities: A theoretical, conceptual, and empirical analysis of ‘ethnodoxy.’” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 51(4), 638-655.
Frank Tridico, Jacob Armstrong, & David Barry (2009) “Religion and homosexuality.” In Frank Tridico, Joseph M. Pellerito, Jr., & Jacob Armstrong (Eds.), Issues in Social Justice. Sault Ste. Marie, ON Canada: Landon Elsemere Press. (p. 1-26).
Charles Quist-Adade, David Barry, & Meghan Kenney (2009) “Terrorism.” In Frank Tridico, Joseph M. Pellerito, Jr., & Jacob Armstrong (Eds.), Issues in Social Justice. Sault Ste. Marie, ON Canada: Landon Elsemere Press. (p. 249-270).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Wisconsin Sociological Association
- American Sociological Association
- Society for the Scientific Study of Religion