McMULLEN, Michael 1965-

PERSONAL: Born October 14, 1965, in Fremont, NE; son of John (a high school teacher) and Lois (a junior high school teacher) McMullen; married June 24, 1989; wife's name Kathleen G.; children: Ivy, Maya. Ethnicity: "White." Education: University of Kansas, B.A., 1989; Emory University, M.A., 1991, Ph.D., 1995. Religion: Baha'i. Hobbies and other interests: Running, playing the trumpet.

ADDRESSES: Offıce—Department of Sociology, University of Houston—Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Houston, TX 77058; fax: 281-283-3406. E-mail—mcmullen@cl.uh.edu.

CAREER: University of Houston—Clear Lake, Houston, TX, associate professor of sociology, 1995—.

MEMBER: American Sociological Association, Association for Baha'i Studies, Religious Research Association.

WRITINGS:

The Baha'i: The Religious Construction of a GlobalIdentity, Rutgers University Press (Piscataway, NJ), 2000.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A book on cross-cultural conflict resolution.

SIDELIGHTS: Michael McMullen told CA: "My primary motivation for writing is to provide accessible research to the public on important issues of the day, including important religious movements such as the Baha'i faith and its commentary on racial unity, world peace, and global order.

"The influences on my work include writings of Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Taylor Branch, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Amitai Etzioni."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Library Journal, June 15, 2000, William P. Collins, review of The Baha'i: The Religious Construction of a Global Identity, p. 88.

Sociology of Religion, spring, 2000, Lynn Echevarria, review of The Baha'i, p. 129.