Faculty

Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Professor of Sociology
Ph.D. University of Colorado, 1996

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Office: SSCI 1066
Office phone: 505-277-0540,

Research Areas

social movements, religion, comparative sociology, peace studies, political sociology

Selected Works

Books:

Nepstad, Sharon Erickson. Nonviolent Civil Resistance: Theories, Strategies, and Dynamics. Under contract with Oxford University Press.

Nepstad, Sharon Erickson. 2011. Nepstad, Sharon Erickson.  2011. Nonviolent Revolutions: Civil Resistance in the Late Twentieth Century. New York: Oxford University Press.

Nepstad, Sharon Erickson.  2008. Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement. New York: Cambridge University Press. (Winner of the 2009 Outstanding Book Award for the American Sociological Association section on Peace, War, and Social Conflict)       

Nepstad, Sharon Erickson.  2004.  Convictions of the Soul: Religion, Culture, and Agency in the Central America Solidarity Movement. New York: Oxford University Press.

Peer-Reviewed Articles:
Nepstad, Sharon Erickson. 2011. “Nonviolent Resistance in the Arab Spring: The Critical Role of Military-Opposition Alliances.” Swiss Political Science Review 17 (4).

Nepstad, Sharon Erickson and Stellan Vinthagen.  2008. “Strategic Changes and Cultural Adaptations: Explaining Differential Outcomes in the International Plowshares Movement.” International Journal of Peace Studies 13(1): 15-42.

Nepstad, Sharon Erickson.  2007.  “Oppositional Consciousness Among the Privileged: Remaking Religion in the Central America Solidarity Movement.” Critical Sociology 33(4): 661-688.

Nepstad, Sharon Erickson and Clifford Bob.  2006. “When Do Leaders Matter? Hypotheses on Leadership Dynamics in Social Movements.”  Mobilization 11(1): 21-42.

Nepstad, Sharon Erickson.  2004.  “Religion, Violence, and Peacemaking.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 43(3): 297-301.

Nepstad, Sharon Erickson. 2004.  “Persistent Resistance: Commitment and Community in the Plowshares Movement.”  Social Problems 51 (1): 43-60.

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