Michael McMullen, Ph.D.

Biography

Mike McMullen is a professor of Sociology at the University of Houston-Clear Lake in Houston, Texas. He received his doctorate and Master’s in Sociology from Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia). He has written two books on the American Bahá’í community: The Bahá'í: The Religious Construction of a Global Identity was published by Rutgers University Press; and The Bahá’ís of America: The Growth and Change of a Religious Movement by New York University Press. His areas of interest include Bahá’í studies, the sociology of religion, the Middle East, urban sociology, organizational development and change, and conflict resolution and mediation. He has taught internationally as a Fulbright Scholar at the American University in Cairo, as well as in Nairobi, Kenya at the United States International University of Africa.

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Areas of Expertise

Sociology of Religion, Conflict Resolution

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