Jared L. Peifer    
Jared L. Peifer
Graduate Student

Dept. of Sociology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

jared.peifer@cornell.edu

Interests:
Economic Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Organizations, Cultural Sociology

Committee:
Richard Swedberg (Chair), David Strang, Sarah A. Soule, Elaine Howard Ecklund

Curriculum Vitae

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Biographical Note

I am a graduate student in the department of sociology at Cornell University. My research interest dwell at the overlap of religion and the economy. This has helped motivate work on religious giving and now religiously affiliated mutual funds.

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Publications/Working Papers

Peifer, Jared L. "The Economics and Sociology of Religious Giving. Instrumental Rationality or Communal Bonding" Social Forces. Forthcoming.

Peifer, Jared L. "Morality in the Financial Market? A Look at Religiously Affiliated Mutual Funds" Unpublished manuscript.

Peifer, Jared L. "Between God and the Market: How Religious Mutual Fund Producers Negotiate the Overlap" Unpublished manuscript.

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Research Grants

National Science Foundation (NSF) Dissertation Improvement Grant, ($10,000) 2009.

Constant H. Jacquet Award from Religious Research Association, ($3,000) 2009.

Robert S. Hatfield Award for the Study of Ethics in Business, ($1,000) 2009.

Cornell University Center for the Study of Inequality Seed Grant, ($750) 2008.

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Honors and Awards

Robin Williams Jr. Best Paper Award for Cornell Sociology Department, 2009.

Cornell Sociology Department Award for Excellence in Teaching, Analyzing Statistical Evidence, 2007

Sage Fellowship from Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences, 2005-2006

Sociology Prize for academic performance and significant contributions to Temple University, 2004

Norman and Ruth Sun Memorial Award in Economics for scholastic record and leadership, 2004

Winner of Temple University Economics Writing Contest, 2004

Winner of Temple University Economics Writing Contest, 2003

Temple University Honors Certificate, 2003

Temple University Sol Feinstone Award for academic excellence, 2002

Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, 1999

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