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Jaime Kucinskas is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Hamilton College and a Visiting Professor at Mid Sweden University (2024-2025). Her research focuses on the sociology of morality, spirituality, social movements, and institutional change. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from Indiana University and a B.A. from Colorado College. Kucinskas is the author of The Mindful Elite (Oxford UP, 2019), which explores the mindfulness movement’s integration into secular institutions, and The Loyalty Trap (Columbia UP, 2025), analyzing federal civil servants’ responses to autocratic leadership. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Wired, and The Atlantic.
Research Interests: Morality in organizational contexts, spirituality’s role in contemporary society, social movements, inequality, and cultural change. Current projects include a cross-national study of rural climate change responses with Prof. Aaron Strong (Environmental Science).
- Recipient of 2019 ASA Sociology of Religion Honorable Mention and Hamilton College Early Career Achievement Award
- Teaches courses on sociology of religion, globalization, race/class/gender, and research methods
- Expert in mindfulness movements, federal governance, and transnational gender attitudes
Her recent publications address federal civil servants’ moral dilemmas under autocratic leadership, spirituality’s civic significance, and the intersection of mindfulness and organizational power structures.
