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Mount Ida College
777 Dedham Street
Newton Centre, MA 02459-3310
Telephone: 617-928-7304
E-mail: mcousineau(at)mountida.edu


Education

Ph.D. Boston University, Sociology, 1984
M.A. Boston University, Sociology, 1973
B.A. Emmanuel College, Sociology, 1970

Teaching Positions

Present Positions:
Professor of Sociology and Human Services, Mount Ida College
Human Services Program Director, Mount Ida College
 
Previous Positions:
1988-1996 Associate Professor, Mount Ida College
1984-1988 Instructor, Mount Ida College
2007-2010 Adjunct Instructor, Boston University Prison Education Program
1976-2001 Adjunct Lecturer, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Fall, 1992 Fulbright Lecturer, Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil)
1990-91 Visiting Professor, Merrimack College
Summer, 1987 Visiting Professor, Iliff School of Theology
 
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Human Services
Cultural Competence
Human Services Senior Internship
Human Services Senior Seminar
Introduction to Sociology
Social Inequality
Social Justice
Social Theory
Social Issues in Global Perspective
Publications
(Those prior to 1996 were published under my former name, Madeleine Adriance.)

Books

Introducing Sociology: A Whole New World (textbook). Spokane, WA: Marquette Books, 2000.

Religion in a Changing World: Comparative Studies in Sociology. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998.

Syllabi and Instructional Materials in the Sociology of Religion (3rd. Edition). Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 1998.

Promised Land: Base Christian Communities and the  Struggle for the Amazon. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1995 (Portuguese edition published by Paulinas in São Paulo, Brazil, 1996).

Translation from Portuguese of Rio Maria: Song of the Earth, by Ricardo Rezende. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1994.

Opting for the Poor: Brazilian Catholicism in Transition. Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1986.

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Articles

"Not Blaming the Pope: The Roots of the Crisis in Brazilian Base Communities." Journal of Church and State 45,2 (Spring, 2003).

"Innovation and Retrenchment in the Brazilian Catholic Church." Social Compass 44,4 (December, 1997).

"Communautés de base, terre et environnement en Amazonie." Social Compass 44,3 (September, 1997).

"Conflits agraires en Amazonie." Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 25,2 (1996).

"The Brazilian Catholic Church and the Struggle for Land in the Amazon." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 34, 3 (September, 1995).

"Base Communities and Rural Mobilization in Northern Brazil." Sociology of Religion 55, 2 (Summer, 1994).

"The Paradox of Institutionalization: The Roman Catholic Church in Chile and Brazil." Sociological Analysis 53, S (Special Presidential Issue, 1992).

"Agents of Change: Priests, Sisters and Lay Workers in the Grassroots Catholic Church in Brazil." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 30, 3 (September, 1991).

"Opting for the Poor: A Social-Historical Analysis of the Changing Brazilian Catholic Church." Sociological Analysis 42, 2 (Summer, 1985).

Chapters in Edited Volumes

"The Brazilian Catholic Church and Land Conflicts in the Amazon." In Anson Shupe and Bronislaw Misztal, Prophetic Religions, Mobilization, and Social Action in the Twenty-First Century. Praeger, 1998.

Entries in the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society: "American Sociological Association Section on the Sociology of Religion," "Helen Rose Ebaugh," "Marie Augusta Neal," "Preferential Option for the Poor," and "Social Justice." William H. Swatos, Jr., Editor. Lanham, MD: Rowan and Littlefield, 1998.

"The Post-Vatican II Church in Latin America." In Vatican II and American Catholicism, Helen Rose Ebaugh, Editor, JAI Press, 1991.

"Brazil and Chile: Seeds of Change in the Church." In World Catholicism in Transition, Thomas M. Gannon, S.J., Editor. New York: Macmillan, 1988.

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Book Reviews
Twenty-two reviews for Sociology of Religion, Cross Currents, the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and Contemporary Sociology.

 

Papers
Forty-seven papers and panel presentations at the annual meetings (1979-2010) of the American Sociological Association, Latin American Studies Association, Eastern Sociological Society, New England Sociological Association, Sociologists for Women in Society, Association for the Sociology of Religion, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, the International Society for the Sociology of Religion, and ANPOCS (a Brazilian social science association). Topics include gender, political analysis, religion, social theory, social movements, and teaching sociology.

 

Guest Lectures
Boston University, 1999
Catholic University of Goiânia (Goiânia, Brazil), 1997
Federal University of Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), 1997
ISER/Institute for Religious Studies (Rio de Janeiro), 1997
University of Montréal, 1995, 1996
University of Québec at Trois Rivières, 1995
Duke University, 1995
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995
Harvard University, 1988, 1991, 1993

 

Research Grants Received
1992, 1997, and 1998 Mount Ida College Faculty Development Fund
1990, 1998 Association for the Sociology of Religion Fichter Grant
1992 Fulbright Lecture/Research Award for Brazil
1992 American Sociological Association Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline
1991 National Endowment for the Humanities
1989 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

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Other Professional Activities
Webmaster for the Sociology of Religion Section of the American Sociological Association, 20002002

Associate Editor of Sociology of Religion, 19961999

Co-Editor of a special issue of Social Compass on Religion and Environment (September, 1997)

Referee for articles submitted to the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (19882002)

Referee for articles submitted to Sociology of Religion (19882005)

Referee for article submitted to Teaching Sociology (2002)

Newsletter Editor for the Sociology of Religion Section of the American Sociological Association, 19941997

Newsletter Editor for the Sex and Gender Section of the American Sociological Association, 19911994

International Arrangements Committee for the Association for the Sociology of Religion, 19951998

Membership Committee for the Association for the Sociology of Religion, 19911994

Nominating Committee for the Association for the Sociology of Religion, 19901991

Program chair for the Association for the Sociology of Religion, 1990

Program chair for the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1988

 

Honors
  Who's Who in America 
Who's Who Among American Teachers 
Current Professional Memberships
National Organization for Human Services
  New England Organization for Human Services    
   
Offices Held
  Section Council, Sociology of Religion Section of the American Sociological Association, 19961999
Executive Council, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 199194
Executive Council, Association for the Sociology of Religion, 198689
 
Foreign Languages
Portuguese, Spanish, and French
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