There is a growing demand for computational and data-science methods in public interest research. Academics need computational and software intensive solutions, and it can be a daunting to find a[…]
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Category: Meet CMAC
To read profiles of our researchers, Q&As, explanations of methods and terms, and other general interest topics, refer to this page.
Announcing the 2021-2022 Boston Colloquium on the Scientific Study of Religion
Cognitive Science of Religion The Colloquium, convened by Dr. Wesley J. Wildman, meets weekly for interdisciplinary discussions of the scientific study of religion. The group is a friendly and supportive[…]
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Breaking down the episode graphics for DigEthix season 1
The first season of our podcast DigEthix, hosted by CMAC Doctoral Fellow Seth Villegas, has wrapped. The podcast breaks down issues of ethics and technology from both a technical and[…]
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Q&A with Rachel Bacon
In the summer of 2020, CMAC brought on our first full-time demographer, Rachel Bacon. Rachel is working on the Modeling Religious Change project, adapting traditional demography methods to cooperate with[…]
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Meet Rachel Bacon, Postdoctoral Fellow
Last year, Rachel Bacon started at CMAC as a Postdoctoral Fellow working full-time on the Modeling Religious Change project. She has a wide variety of academic experience in sociology and[…]
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Meet George Hodulik, Creative Solutions Designer
Earlier this year, we welcomed George Hodulik to the CMAC team as a Creative Solutions Designer. George comes to CMAC with years of technical experience in software engineering and an[…]
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Practicing Safe Sects
CMAC Research Associate F. LeRon Shults recently published Practicing Safe Sects: Religious Reproduction in Scientific and Philosophical Perspective. The book is now open access and anyone can download it for[…]
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