Korie Little CV

Dr. Korie L. Little is University Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Sociology for the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University. Little is a leading scholar of race, religion, and leadership in the United States. She has written several books and articles on multiracial religious organizations, including The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches (author, Oxford University Press) and Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations (co-author, New York University Press). Little’s recent scholarship focuses on leadership. Her award-winning book, Smart Suits, Tattered Boots: Black Ministers Mobilizing the Black Church in the Twenty-First Century (co-author, New York University Press), examines black religious leaders’ engagement in the 2012 election to understand their civic and political participation and mobilization in today’s America. Her most recent book, Estranged Pioneers: Race, Faith and Leadership, recognized by Christianity Today as one of their “picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture,” examines how leaders of color navigate and experience heading racially diverse congregations (co-author, Oxford University Press). Little is also Editor-in-Chief for the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion and Past President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, an international, interdisciplinary association (www.sssrweb.org). She has directed or co-directed several funded research projects totaling nearly 1.8 million grant dollars. This includes the Religious Leadership and Diversity Project (RLDP), the first nationally representative comparative study of multiracial congregations across the United States that examines race and religious leadership. Finally, Little has been featured on multiple media outlets, including NPRs All Things Considered. And she is co-host of The Elusive Dream Podcast.