Scholars@Duke

• Recognition
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  In the News

  • MAR 27, 2017

    The Hill

    Why so many evangelicals support Trump
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Child Abuse
  • Civil religion
  • Civil religion--United States
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Religion and civil society
  • Substance abuse
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Woolley, D. (2008). Perceptions of the Presidency: Civil Religion and the American Public’s Assessment of Candidates and Incumbents. AV Akademikerverlag. (Monograph)
    • Wimberley, R, Morris, L, & Woolley, D. (2001). The Southern Black Belt Data Book. TVA Rural Studies Press. (Monograph)

  • Academic Articles

    • De Bellis, MD, Morey, RA, Nooner, KB, Woolley, DP, Haswell, CC, & Hooper, SR. (2019, April). A Pilot Study of Neurocognitive Function and Brain Structures in Adolescents With Alcohol Use Disorders: Does Maltreatment History Matter?. Child Maltreatment ,, 1077559518810525-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Stave, EA, De Bellis, MD, Hooper, SR, Woolley, DP, Chang, SK, & Chen, SD. (2017, April). Dimensions of Attention Associated With the Microstructure of Corona Radiata White Matter. Journal of Child Neurology , 32 (5), 458-466.  Full Text
    • Woolley, D, & Wimberley, R. (2017). The Role of Civil Religion in Choosing a President. Sociation Today , 14 (2).  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • De Bellis, MD, Hooper, SR, Chen, SD, Provenzale, JM, Boyd, BD, Glessner, CE, MacFall, JR, Payne, ME, Rybczynski, R, & Woolley, DP. (2015, November). Posterior structural brain volumes differ in maltreated youth with and without chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. Development and Psychopathology , 27 (4 Pt 2), 1555-1576.  Full Text
    • Urger, SE, De Bellis, MD, Hooper, SR, Woolley, DP, Chen, SD, & Provenzale, J. (2015, January). The superior longitudinal fasciculus in typically developing children and adolescents: diffusion tensor imaging and neuropsychological correlates. Journal of Child Neurology , 30 (1), 9-20.  Full Text
    • Hooper, SR, Woolley, D, & De Bellis, MD. (2014, January 1). Intellectual, neurocognitive, and academic achievement in abstinent adolescents with cannabis use disorder. Psychopharmacology , 231 (8), 1467-1477.  Full Text
    • De Bellis, MD, Woolley, DP, & Hooper, SR. (2013, August). Neuropsychological findings in pediatric maltreatment: relationship of PTSD, dissociative symptoms, and abuse/neglect indices to neurocognitive outcomes. Child Maltreatment , 18 (3), 171-183.  Full Text
    • Urger, E, Debellis, MD, Hooper, SR, Woolley, DP, Chen, S, & Provenzale, JM. (2013, May). Influence of analysis technique on measurement of diffusion tensor imaging parameters. Ajr. American Journal of Roentgenology , 200 (5), W510-W517.  Full Text
    • Marcus Jenkins, JV, Woolley, DP, Hooper, SR, & De Bellis, MD. (2013, April). Direct and Indirect Effects of Brain Volume, Socioeconomic Status and Family Stress on Child IQ. Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior , 1 (2).
    • De Bellis, MD, Hooper, SR, Woolley, DP, & Shenk, CE. (2010, June). Demographic, maltreatment, and neurobiological correlates of PTSD symptoms in children and adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Psychology , 35 (5), 570-577.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • DE Bellis, MD, Hooper, SR, Spratt, EG, & Woolley, DP. (2009, November). Neuropsychological findings in childhood neglect and their relationships to pediatric PTSD. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : Jins , 15 (6), 868-878.  Full Text
    • Woolley, D. (2009, August). Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration- by Devah Pager. Sociological Inquiry , 79 (3), 382-384.  Full Text

  • Book Sections

    • Woolley, D. (2014, June 24). Acculturation. In Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic [4 volumes] An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic ABC-CLIO. (Chapter)
    • Woolley, D. (2014, June 24). Assimilation. In Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic [4 volumes] An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic ABC-CLIO.
    • Woolley, D. (2014, June 24). Food as Metaphor. In Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic [4 volumes] An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic ABC-CLIO.
    • Woolley, D. (2014, June 24). Melting Pot. In Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic [4 volumes] An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic ABC-CLIO.
    • Woolley, D. (2014, June 24). Pluralism. In Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic [4 volumes] An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic ABC-CLIO.
    • Woolley, D. (2014, June 24). Racial Essentialism. In Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic [4 volumes] An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic ABC-CLIO.
    • Woolley, D. (2014, June 24). Segmented Assimilation. In Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic [4 volumes] An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic ABC-CLIO.
    • Woolley, D. (2009, December 30). The Effects of Divorce on Children. In Battleground: The Family [2 volumes] The Family ABC-CLIO. (Chapter)

  • Book Reviews

    • Woolley, D. (2012). Guns and Governance in the Rift Valley: pastoralist conflict and small arms. African Studies Quarterly: the Online Journal for African Studies , 13 (3).
    • Woolley, D. (2009). Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration. Sociological Inquiry , 79 (3).
    • Woolley, D. (1999). The Atlas of American Religion: The Denominational Era, 1776-1990. Contemporary Sociology , 30 (2).
    • Woolley, D. The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower: Complicity and Conflict on American Campuses. Annales Canadiennes D'Histoire / Canadian Journal of History , 46 (1).

  • Theses and Dissertations

    • Woolley, D. (2004). Perceptions of the Presidency: Civil Religion and The Public’s Assessment of Candidates and Incumbents. (Wimberley, R, (Ed.)..
    • Woolley, D. (1997). The Third Way: Fascism as a Method of Maintaining Power in Italy and Spain. (Luebke, P, (Ed.)..
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Advising & Mentoring

  • College Advisor for first and second year Duke undergraduates.
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  Teaching Activities

  • Duke University
    Visiting Assistant Professor, 2012.  Taught undergraduate courses in Introduction to Sociology.
    
    Elon University
    Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2006 to 2009.  Taught undergraduate courses in Introduction to Sociology.
     
    University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    Visiting Instructor, 2001 to 2004.  Taught undergraduate courses in Social Change, Research Methods and Introduction to Sociology.
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • Influence of Analysis Technique on Measurement of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Parameters. American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting. May 2014  2014
  • Ronald C. Wimberley and the Civil Religious Dimension: Is It Still There? . Southern Sociological Society. April 2012  2012
  • Direct and Indirect Effects of Brain Volume, Socioeconomic Status and Family Stress on Child Cognitive Outcomes. International Neuropsychological Society. February 2012  2012
  • Neuropsychological Functioning of Young Adults with Adolescent Limited versus Life Course Persistent Substance Use Disorder. International Neuropsychological Society. February 2012  2012
  • Toward a Typology of Black Comic Book Characters. Southern Sociological Society. April 2009  2009
  • The Major Role of Civil Religion in Choosing a President. Southern Sociological Society. April 2008  2008
  • From Cutlass to Stinger: The Re-Emergence of Maritime Piracy in the Third World. Southern Sociological Society. April 2001  2001
  • Civil Religion and the Clinton Impeachment: What Did the Public Perceive? . Southern Sociological Society. April 2000  2000
  • Religion and Politics: An Application of Classical Theorists to Johnstone's Continuum of the Possible Relationships of Church and State. Annual Prelim Paper Colloquium. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, N.C. State University. March 2000  2000
  • Fascism as a Method of Elite Power Maintenance in Italy and Spain. Southern Sociological Society. April 1998  1998
  • Explaining the Vote in California's Anti Immigration and Anti Affirmative Action Referenda of 1994 and 1996: The Significance of Ideology. Southern Sociological Society. April 1997  1997
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  Service to the Profession

  • Journal Referee. The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology. 2015  2015
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  Service to Duke

  • Scholars@Duke Power User. 2018  2018

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