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Kevin J. McCaffree

Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Sociology

(925) 250-7931

Email: Kevin.Mccaffree@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of California, Riverside, 2014
    Major: Sociology
    Specialization: Theory; Criminology
    Dissertation: Faith, Christianity, and Non-Affiliation in the United States
  • MA, University of California, Riverside, 2011
    Major: Sociology
  • BA, Humboldt State University, 2008
    Major: Sociology

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • SOCI 1510 - Introduction to Sociology, 7 courses.
  • SOCI 1520 - Contemporary Social Problems, 1 course.
  • SOCI 3200 - Sociological Theory., 3 courses.
  • SOCI 3630 - Drugs, Crime and Society, 7 courses.
  • SOCI 3700 - Sociology of Religion, 6 courses.
  • SOCI 4340 - Social Psychology and Behavior in the Social Environment, 3 courses.
  • SOCI 5050 - Sociological Theory, 10 courses.
  • SOCI 5600 - Advanced Criminological Theory, 4 courses.
  • SOCI 5900 - Special Problems, 4 courses.
  • SOCI 5950 - Master's Thesis, 11 courses.
  • SOCI 6200 - Seminar on Research Methods, 1 course.
  • SOCI 6202 - Qualitative Research Methods and Design, 1 course.
  • SOCI 6500 - Topics in Sociology, 2 courses.
  • SOCI 6900 - Special Problems, 1 course.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Turner, J., Mccaffree, K. (2024). Evolutionary Analysis in the Social Sciences. Springer Nature.
  • Mccaffree, K. (2022). The Dance of Innovation: Infrastructure, Social Oscillation and The Evolution of Societies. Routledge.
  • Mccaffree, K. (2022). Cultural Evolution: The Empirical and Theoretical Landscape.. Routledge.
  • Abrutyn, S., Mccaffree, K. (2021). Sociological Theory: The Future of a Disciplinary Foundation.
  • McCaffree, K.J. (2017). The Secular Landscape: The Decline of Religion in America. New York, NY, Palgrave Macmillan.

    • Book Chapter

  • McCaffree, K.J. (2024). The Alt-Left and Moral Righteousness. The Poisoning of the American Mind. Fairfax, VA, George Mason University Press.
  • McCaffree, K.J. (2024). The Alt-Right and Moral Righteousness. The Poisoning of the American Mind. Fairfax, VA, George Mason University Press.
  • McCaffree, K.J. (2024). What Caused the Alt-Left and Alt-Right?. The Poisoning of the American Mind. Fairfax, VA, George Mason University Press.
  • McCaffree, K.J. (2023). Physiological Rhythms and Entrainment Niches: Morality as Interpersonal Music. Handbook of the Sociology of Morality, Volume 2. Handbook of the Sociology of Morality (2) 16. New York, Ny, Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/9783031320217
  • Mccaffree, K., Saide, A. (2022). Is atheism good for your health?. Atheism in Five Minutes. Equinox Publishing.
  • Puga, I., Wildman, W., Mccaffree, K., Cragun, R., Shults, F. (2021). InCREDulity in Artificial Societies.
  • Mccaffree, K. (2021). Sociological Theory Must Continue To Become More Interdisciplinary. Theoretical Sociology: The Future of a Disciplinary Foundation.
  • Stets, J., Mccaffree, K. (2019). The Moral Identity and Immoral Behavior. Identities in Everyday Life.
  • Abrutyn, Mccaffree, K. (2018). Evolutionary Sociology. Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.
  • McCaffree, K.J. (2017). The Perception of Atheism as Deviant.. Handbook of Deviance Studies. 207-216.
  • McCaffree, K.J. (2016). Sociology as the Study of Morality. Handbook of Contemporary Sociological Theory. 435-456.

    • Journal Article

  • Mccaffree, K.J., Saide, A.R., Shermer, M. (2023). The New Nones: An Empirical Study of Dual Religious and Political Non-Affiliation. Sociological Research Online. New York, NY, Sage.
  • Lane, J., McCaffree, K.J., Shults, L. (2023). The Moral Foundations of Left-Wing Authoritarianism: On the Character, Cohesion, and Clout of Tribal Equalitarian Discourse. Journal of Cognition and Culture. forthcoming (forthcoming) Brill.
  • Mccaffree, K., Shults, F. (2021). Distributive Effervescence: Emotional Energy and Social Cohesion in Secularizing Societies.. Theory and Society.
  • Saide, A., Mccaffree, K., Richert, R. (2021). Does “faith” in science correlate with indicators of well-being? Evidence for differential effects by gender. Journal of Cognition and Culture. https://brill.com/view/journals/jocc/21/1-2/article-p178_9.xml
  • Cragun, R., Mccaffree, K. Nothing Is Not Something: On Replacing Nonreligion with Identities.
  • Cragun, R., Mccaffree, K., Puga-Gonzalez, I., Wildman, W., Shults, L. (2021). Religious Exiting and Social Networks: Computer Simulations of Religious/Secular Pluralism.. 10 (2) 1-20. Ubiquity Press. https://www.secularismandnonreligion.org/articles/10.5334/snr.129/
  • Kwon, R., McCaffree, K. (2021). Muslim religious accommodations in Western Europe: Do multicultural policies impact religiosity levels among Muslims, Protestants, and Catholics?. International Migration. 59 (1) 215-240. UN Migration.
  • Turner, J.H., Collins, R., Mccaffree, K. (2020). Engaging Millenials on Sociological Theory. Sociological Perspectives.
  • Kwon, R., Mccaffree, k., Taylor, C. (2020). The Impact of Muslim Religious Accommodations on Subjective Well-Being Among Christian Majorities and Nonattendees: Evidence from the European Social Survey, 2002–2008. Social Science Quarterly. 101 (4) 1552-1571. Wiley and Blackwell.
  • Mccaffree, K., Abrutyn, S. (2020). Big Gods, socio-cultural evolution and the non-obvious merits of a sociological interpretation. Other. 50 (4) 570-589. Taylor and Francis.
  • McCaffree, K., Saide, A., Shermer, M. (2020). Racial dynamics underlying crime commission, emotionality, and last statements among executed offenders in Texas. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1080/15377938.2019.1693466
  • Mccaffree, K. (2019). Towards an integrative sociological theory of empathy. Other.
  • Mccaffree, K. (2019). Atheism, Social Networks and Health: A Review and Theoretical Model. Other.
  • Mccaffree, K. (2019). Moral Realism in Historical Sociological Theory. Journal of Historical Sociology.
  • McCaffree, K.J. (2018). A Sociological Formalization of Searle’s Social Ontology. Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior. 48 (3) 330-349.
  • McCaffree, K.J. (2018). Cocooned from Crime: A Routine Activities Approach to the Study of the Relationship Between Video Games and Crime. Other. 55 (1) 41-52.
  • McCaffree, K.J. (2018). Moral Realism in Historical Sociological Theory. Journal of Historical Sociology.
  • McCaffree, K.J. (2018). The Growth of Chinese Think Tanks and the Question of Crime. Other. 35 (1) 43-58.
  • McCaffree, K.J., Saide, A.R. (2017). Do secular and religious social networks meet the same individual and societal needs?. Religion, Brain & Behavior. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/2153599X.2016.1249912

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • McCaffree, K.J. (2022). Race & Policing: A Data-Driven Look at Policing and its Discontents. 27 (3) Altadena, Ca, Skeptic Magazine.
  • McCaffree, K.J., Saide, A.R. (2022). Inequality and Rejection: A Data-Driven Look Into Men’s Attitudes Toward Abortion. 27 (2) Altadena, CA, Skeptic Magazine.
  • Saide, A., McCaffree, K.J., McCready, M. (2021). Pandemic politics: Americans’ social and political attitudes in 2020. 26 (3) Altadena, CA, Skeptic Magazine.
  • McCready, M., Saide, A.R., McCaffree, K.J. (2020). Unpacking political life in America. 25 (4) Altadena, CA, Skeptic Magazine.
  • Saide, A.R., McCaffree, K.J. (2019). Book review: The coddling of the American mind. Skeptic.
  • McCaffree, K.J. (2018). Are Human Rights Natural Rights?. 23 60-63.
  • McCaffree, K.J., Saide, A.R. (2014). Why is critical thinking so hard to teach?. 19 (4) Altadena, CA, Skeptic Magazine.

    • Position Paper

  • Mccaffree, K. (2020). The Central Characteristic of Religiosity is Integration into a Moral Community, not Supernaturalism.

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Kwon, R. (Author & Presenter), Mccaffree, K. (Author), Multicultural Policies and Religiosity in Western Europe from 2002-2008: Do Religious Accommodations for Muslim Minorities Influence Religiosity Levels for Protestant and Catholic Majorities?, California State University Northridge, Northridge California, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).

    • Symposium

  • McCaffree, K.J. (Author & Presenter), Savolainen, J. (Discussant), Iceland, J. (Discussant), 2024 Annual Heterodox Academy Conference, Renewal and Critique: What Happened when a Revered Social Science Journal Took an Unexpected Turn to Heterodoxy?: A Symposium. (AND) Renewal: Why and How did the Journal Change Direction?, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

Service

University Service

  • Chairperson, Faculty Awards Nomination Committee. (October 1, 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, CLASS Distinguished Lecture Series. (2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Hiring Committee. (October 2021 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Undergraduate Assessment. (October 2020 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Graduate Admissions Committee. (January 2019 - Present).
  • Chairperson, Master's Thesis Committee. (August 5, 2021 - December 2022).
  • Committee Member, MA Thesis Committee. (2021 - 2022).
  • Committee Member, Master's Thesis Committee. (December 2020 - September 2021).
  • Committee Member, Masters Thesis Committee. (November 2019 - August 2021).
  • Committee Member, PhD Committee. (December 2020 - May 2021).
  • Committee Chair, Master's Thesis Committee. (January 2020 - November 2020).

Professional Service

  • Editor, Journal Editor, Theory and Society (Springer Nature). (January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2029).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Philosophy of the Social Sciences. (December 1, 2023 - January 23, 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Nature ; Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. (July 1, 2023 - July 25, 2023).
  • Committee Member, American Sociological Association Section for Evolution, Biology and Society. (2022).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Applied Economics. (2022 - 2022).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Nature; Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. (2022 - 2022).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Socius. (2022).
  • Committee Member, American Sociological Association Section for Evolution, Biology and Society. (2021).
  • Committee Member, American Sociological Association Section for Evolution, Biology and Society. (2021).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Nature: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. (2021).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Sociology Compass. (2021).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Sociological Science. (2020).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior. (2019).
  • Reviewer, Book, Cambridge University Press. (2018).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review. (2018).