Dr. Omar McRoberts
Associate Professor of Sociology
The University of Chicago
Dr. McRoberts has scholarly interests in the sociology of religion, urban sociology, urban poverty, race, and collective action. He published Streets of Glory: Church and Community in a Black Urban Neighborhood in 2004. The book explains the high concentration, wide variety, and ambiguous social impact of religious activity in the neighborhood. It won the 2005 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. He is conducting a study of black religious responses to, and influences on, social welfare policy since the New Deal, culminating with George W. Bush's Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives. He is also initiating an ethnographic project on cultures of death and dying among black congregations in low-income urban contexts. More about Dr. McRoberts...
Below the program for the 2022 Annual Meeting. You can also directly download the program.
Indiana University Northwest
Arts & Sciences Building
3400 Broadway
Gary, IN 46408
Conference attendees will be able to park for free in any parking lot labeled “C” on the parking map. In these lots the signage reads “All IUN Permits" and no information need be displayed in your vehicle.
The conference events will occur primarily in the northern end of the Arts & Sciences (AS) building. See the map below for details.
Hampton Inn
8353 Georgia St
Merrillville, IN 46410