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Katie E. Corcoran is an Associate Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University, affiliated with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from the University of Washington, along with an M.A. in International Studies (Comparative Religion), and certification in Social Statistics from the Center for Statistics and Social Sciences (CSSS) at the University of Washington.
Her research bridges macro-structures and micro-attitudes through social groups and networks, focusing on organizations, culture, crime/deviance, religion, emotion, inequality, and social movements. Recent work examines vaccine hesitancy, trust in science, maternal health, healthcare coordination for rare disease patients, and the role of supernatural beliefs in society.
She co-directs the Survey Research Center at WVU and the online graduate certificate in Quantitative & Qualitative Social Science Research Methods. Her publications span journals like Social Science Research and Sociology of Religion, as well as the book Religious Hostility: A Global Assessment of Hatred and Terror (co-authored with Rodney Stark). A forthcoming book, High on God: How the Megachurch Conquered America (with James K. Wellman and Kate Stockly-Meyerdirk), explores megachurch dynamics.
Her 2025 articles in The Conversation analyze supernatural beliefs across demographics and graduate students' geographic preferences, while earlier work addresses topics like charismatic religious leadership and emotion-driven altruism. Grants from the National Science Foundation, John Templeton Foundation, and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) support her research.
She has no explicitly listed scientific awards, advising roles, or lab affiliations in the provided texts.
