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Dr. Rachel Stein
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Dr. Corey Colyer
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Dr. Katie Corcoran
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Composed of Drs. Stein, Colyer, Corcoran, and seven graduate students from various backgrounds, the Amish Research Team (ART) conducts sociological analyses of Amish society cutting across a wide variety of research areas.
- Health and the COVID-19 pandemic
- Crime and deviance
- Politics
- Social networks
- Policy
- Demography
Featured Project: The Amish and the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Amish Research Team is currently conducting a National Science Foundation funded project investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among the Amish community.
Research Award for this project:
Research Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award, West Virginia University, Rachel E. Stein, Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, and Sara K. Guthrie.
Publications resulting from this on-going project:
Faculty member
Graduate student member
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay, and Sara K. Guthrie. 2021. “Global Contexts: How Countries Shape the COVID-19 Experience of Amish and Mennonite Missionaries Abroad.” Religions 12(1): 1-18.
DiGregorio, Bernard D., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, and Rachel E. Stein. “‘When the Waves Roll High’: Religious Coping among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Religions 12(9): 1-17.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay, and Sara K. Guthrie. “Closed but Not Protected: Excess Deaths Among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Religion and Health 60: 3230-3244.
Research Award for this project:
Research Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award, West Virginia University, Rachel E. Stein, Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, and Sara K. Guthrie.
Publications resulting from this on-going project:
Faculty member
Graduate student member
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay, and Sara K. Guthrie. 2021. “Global Contexts: How Countries Shape the COVID-19 Experience of Amish and Mennonite Missionaries Abroad.” Religions 12(1): 1-18.
DiGregorio, Bernard D., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, and Rachel E. Stein. “‘When the Waves Roll High’: Religious Coping among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Religions 12(9): 1-17.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Corey J. Colyer, Annette M. Mackay, and Sara K. Guthrie. “Closed but Not Protected: Excess Deaths Among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Religion and Health 60: 3230-3244.
The Amish Research Team actively presents research at conferences.
Other Amish Research Team Publications:
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Carina Perrone, and Jeralynn S. Cossman. 2021. “The Influence of Reproductive History on Post-Reproductive Mortality: A Case Study of Amish Women.” The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities 2(1): 62-79.
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, and Brittany M. Kowalski. 2021. “Familial Ties, Location of Occupation, and Congregational Exit in Geographically-Based Congregations: A Case Study of the Amish.” Review of Religious Research, 63: 245-268.
Scott, Ethan M., Rachel E. Stein, Miraides F. Brown, Jennifer Hershberger, Elizabeth Scott, and Olivia K. Wenger. 2021. “Vaccination Patterns of the Northeast Ohio Amish Revisited.” Vaccine 39(7): 1058-1063.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Brittany M. Kowalski, and Corey J. Colyer. 2020. “Congregational Cohesion, Retention, and the Consequences of Size Reduction: A Longitudinal Network Analysis of An Old Order Amish Congregation.” Sociology of Religion 81(2): 206-229.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, and Corey J. Colyer. 2019. “Fostering Interaction in a Strict Non-communal Group: A Case Study of Amish Visiting Practices.” Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on Religion Volume 15, Article 3.
Corcoran, Katie E., Rachel E. Stein, Corey J. Colyer, and Brittany M. Kowalski. 2021. “Familial Ties, Location of Occupation, and Congregational Exit in Geographically-Based Congregations: A Case Study of the Amish.” Review of Religious Research, 63: 245-268.
Scott, Ethan M., Rachel E. Stein, Miraides F. Brown, Jennifer Hershberger, Elizabeth Scott, and Olivia K. Wenger. 2021. “Vaccination Patterns of the Northeast Ohio Amish Revisited.” Vaccine 39(7): 1058-1063.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, Brittany M. Kowalski, and Corey J. Colyer. 2020. “Congregational Cohesion, Retention, and the Consequences of Size Reduction: A Longitudinal Network Analysis of An Old Order Amish Congregation.” Sociology of Religion 81(2): 206-229.
Stein, Rachel E., Katie E. Corcoran, and Corey J. Colyer. 2019. “Fostering Interaction in a Strict Non-communal Group: A Case Study of Amish Visiting Practices.” Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on Religion Volume 15, Article 3.