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(ICSR 510)
paul.markham@wku.edu
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I am primarily interested in the methods and practice of community organizing and development. I am committed to collaborative approaches to solving complex social problems and seek to bring the scholarship of community-based research and teaching to bear on these issues.

I am also interested in philosophies of moral formation and transformation. My book Rewired: Exploring Religious Conversion is an interdisciplinary exploration of the phenomenon of religious conversion in the context of community. I am interested in the sociology of institutional and community life and the exploration of how and why individuals become committed to civic action.

I am Assistant Professor of Honors Interdisciplinary Studies and Co-Director of the Institute for Citizenship and Social Responsibility at Western Kentucky University.

I live in Bowling Green, KY with my wife, Brandi Barnes Markham, and dog, Kai. I enjoy the outdoors and spending time with friends and family.