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Rachel Stein
Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology

Projects

Amish Culture

Health
  • Vaccination practices 
  • Access to health care
  • Reproductive choices and mortality 
Visiting and Community 
  • Commitment and group solidarity
  • Visiting groups as structured practice and rituals
  • Visiting as a way to foster affective commitment 
Network Analysis
  • Growth of Amish communities
  • Changing structure of family connections/networks
  • Impact of moving on church district composition

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Team-based learning
  • Student learning versus getting the grade
  • Student accountability in teams
  • Impact of peer feedback on class performance