Ronald Lawson PhD, University of Queensland: housing, tenant-landlord relations, protest and religious movements.

Academic

Ronald Lawson, a sociologist, has published a groundbreaking study of the history of New York City's tenant movements. Following the publication of this work, Lawson has turned his attention to urban religious movements. This has involved, especially, a decade-long study of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist movement. Lawson brings students of diverse faiths together to study the potential of religious denominations for local community development and social reform. Lawson's research focus is on the communities of New York, where he will be examining the community development, social service, and immigrant integration roles of urban churches.

Lawson teaches courses on Landlord-Tenant Politics, Protest Movements, Religious Movements, Religion and Politics and Immigrants and Religion. In the latter course, he looks at religiously-based political movements of both the Right and Left (e.g., the Christian Coalition and the Industrial Arts Foundation) and their impact on policies influencing the urban environment.

Contact

Office: Powdermaker Rm. 250
Telephone: (718) 997 5136
Email: ronaldlawson1@verizon.net

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