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Joseph J. Byle
1128 Parkway Waterford, MI. 48328
Phone: (248)-935-8423
E-mails: br7246@wayne.edu and jbyle@monroeccc.edu
Website: http://josephbyle.weebly.com
Education:
In Process: Ph.D. in Sociology (estimated date of completion 2017)
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Proposed Dissertation Title:
A Narrative Study of Chaldean Refugees & the Myth of Return:
From Chaldean Babylon to the New World
Advisor:
Dr. Khari Brown
M.A. in Comparative Religion, 2009
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Thesis Title:
A Comparative Analysis of Bridge-Faiths: A Thesis on
Messianic Judaism, Evangelical Feminism, and Unity School
of Christianity
Thesis Advisors:
Dr. Brian C. Wilson (Chair)
Dr. Khari Brown
Dr. Timothy Light
B.A. in Christian Thought, 2001
William Tyndale College, Farmington Hills, Michigan
A.A. in General Studies, 1992
Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, Michigan
Teaching Experience:
Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan
Presentations:
1. On Religious Switching: Preference Development, Maintenance,
and Change, an article by Matthew T. Loveland
2. On Humanizing the Homeless: Does Contact Erode Stereotypes,
by Tom Knech, and Lisa M. Martinez
Conferences/Workshops
5th Annual Migration With(out) Boundaries Michigan State University
14th Annual CMLLC Graduate Forum Conference Wayne State
University
MSA 2015 Annual Conference: Sociology & Civic Engagement
NCSA 2015 Annual Meeting: New Visions of Human Flourishing
Nilanjana Dasguptas 2015 Luncheon/Talk: Mind Bugs: The Nature of
Implicit Prejudice & Stereotypes
2014 Fall Symposium Re: The City (Wayne State University)
Empowering Students to Learn: Eighth Annual 2014 Conference on
Teaching and Learning (Oakland University and the University of
Windsor)
Valerie Purdie Vaughns 2014 Luncheon/Talk: Reducing Stereotype
Stress
Annual Adjunct Faculty 2014 Workshop (Monroe County Community
College)
Humanities Center Faculty Fellow Conference 2012: The Post-Racial
Era?
Michigan Sociological Association 2011 Annual Meeting: Navigating
Intersectionality
Special Interests:
Studies in inequality and the sociology of religion
The Chaldean religious persecution and exodus out of Iraq
The Myth of Return
Teaching Sociology/World Religions
Examining bridge-faiths through the lens of Rational Choice theory and
specifically through certain propositions made by Rodney Stark and
Roger Finke, in their book, Acts of Faith Explaining the Human Side of
Religion