David E. Campbell (political scientist)
{{Short description|Canadian political scientist}}
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| birth_name = David Edward Campbell
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|29}}
| birth_place = Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
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| spouse = Kirsten Campbell
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| education = {{ubl | Brigham Young University (BA)| Harvard University (MA, PhD)}}
| thesis_title = Participation in Context: How Communities and Schools Shape Civic Engagement
| thesis_year = 2002
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| doctoral_advisor = {{ubl | Robert D. Putnam | Paul E. Peterson}}
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| discipline = Political science
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| workplaces = University of Notre Dame
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| main_interests = {{hlist | American politics | civic engagement | Mormonism and politics | political behavior | political science of religion}}
| notable_works = American Grace (2010),
Secular Surge (2020)
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David Edward Campbell (born November 29, 1971) is a Canadian political scientist and is the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame and the founding director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy.
Early life and education
Campbell was born on November 29, 1971, in Medicine Hat, Alberta.{{cite web |date=October 18, 2012 |title=Dialogue Podcast #1 w/Dr. David E. Campbell |url=https://www.dialoguejournal.com/2012/10/dialogue-podcast-1-wdr-david-e-campbell/ |website=Dialogue |access-date=July 31, 2019}} He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Brigham Young University and Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in political science from Harvard University.{{cite web |last=Campbell |first=David E. |year=2018 |title=Curriculum Vitae |url=https://politicalscience.nd.edu/assets/268195/campbell_cv.pdf |location=Notre Dame, Indiana |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=July 31, 2019 |archive-date=July 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731184950/https://politicalscience.nd.edu/assets/268195/campbell_cv.pdf |url-status=dead }} His doctoral advisors were Robert D. Putnam and Paul E. Peterson. Campbell is married with two children.
Politics and religion
Campbell has co-authored the books Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics with Geoffrey C. Layman and John C. Green; American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us with Robert D. Putnam; and Seeking the Promised Land Mormons and American Politics with Quin Monson and John C. Green. He is also the author of Why We Vote: How Communities Shape our Civic Lives.
Campbell has written about how the rise of secularism in the United States is a direct consequence of a backlash against the close ties between the religious right and the Republican Party.{{cite web |accessdate=2019-07-28 |url= https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865692420/At-BYU-speaker-says-religious-rights-ties-to-Republican-party-spurred-secularization.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171108202649/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865692420/At-BYU-speaker-says-religious-rights-ties-to-Republican-party-spurred-secularization.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= November 8, 2017 |title= At BYU, Speaker Says Religious Right's Ties to Republican Party Spurred Secularization |work= Deseret News |last=Walch |first=Tad |date=2017-11-08}} As he summarized his research in an interview, "I would say to churches, on both the left and the right, that if you want to bring people back to the pews, you want to stay out of politics."[https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/new-study-finds-that-combining-religion-and-politics-can-push-people-out "Study finds that mixing religion and politics can cause loss of faith"], The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 March 2021. Retrieved on 9 April 2021.
Books
- Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics (with John C. Green and Geoffrey C. Layman) Cambridge University Press, December 2020. {{ISBN|978-1108831130}}
- Seeking the Promised Land: Mormons and American Politics (with John C. Green and J. Quin Monson) Cambridge University Press, 2014. {{ISBN|978-1107662674}}
- American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us (with Robert D. Putnam) Simon & Schuster, 2010. {{ISBN|978-1416566717}}
:: 2011 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Book Award{{Cite web|title=Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award Recipients|publisher=American Political Science Association|url=http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/Woodrow%20Wilson%20Foundation%20Award.pdf|access-date=December 11, 2012|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518064714/http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/Woodrow|url-status=dead}}
- Why We Vote: How Schools and Communities Shape Our Civic Life Princeton University Press, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0691138299}}
Edited volumes:
- Making Civics Count: Citizenship Education for a New Generation (with Meira Levinson, and Frederick M. Hess) Harvard Education Press, 2012. {{ISBN|9781612504766}}
- A Matter of Faith: Religion in the 2004 Presidential Election Brookings Institution Press, 2007. {{ISBN|9780815713296}}
- Charters, Vouchers, and Public Education (with Paul E. Peterson) Brookings Institution Press, 2001. {{ISBN|9780815798248}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/david-campbell/ Notre Dame university profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120210004724/http://www.eppc.org/news/newsID.4625/news_detail.asp Mormonism and Politics: Historical and Contemporary Issues]
- [http://americangrace.org/ American Grace official website]
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Category:Brigham Young University alumni
Category:Canadian expatriates in the United States
Category:Canadian Latter Day Saint writers
Category:Canadian political scientists
Category:Canadian religion academics
Category:Christianity and politics in the United States
Category:Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
Category:Mormon studies scholars
Category:People from Medicine Hat
Category:Political science in the United States
Category:University of Notre Dame faculty
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