Brad R. Fulton
| Brad R. Fulton | |
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| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | Sociologist |
| Title | Associate Professor |
| 🌐 Website | oneill |
Brad R. Fulton is an American sociologist and associate professor at Indiana University's Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, where he studies nonprofit organizations, community organizing, and the role of religion in civic life. He is the co-author of A Shared Future: Faith-Based Organizing for Racial Equity and Ethical Democracy[1] (2015), which received the Outstanding Book Award from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action.[2]
Education
Fulton earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.A. in Social Science from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Duke University in 2015.[3] His doctoral research, the National Study of Community Organizing, examined the impact of racial, socioeconomic, and religious diversity within grassroots advocacy organizations.[1]
Career
He joined Indiana University in 2015 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2020. He holds affiliate appointments with the Department of Sociology, the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.
From 2020 to 2023, Fulton served as a fellow with the Aspen Institute's Religion & Society Program, where he studied faith-based philanthropy and religious pluralism.[4] He is an Academic Research Partner with GivingTuesday (2023-present), an instructor with the Trinity Leadership Fellows program at Trinity Church Wall Street (2023-present),[5] and a Tableau Academic Ambassador (2024-present).[6]
Fulton has served on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including the American Journal of Sociology (2021-2023),[7] Sociology of Religion (2019-present),[8] and Social Service Review (2021-present).[9]
Publications
Fulton is the co-author, with Richard L. Wood, of A Shared Future: Faith-Based Organizing for Racial Equity and Ethical Democracy (University of Chicago Press, 2015), which analyzes how community coalitions address inequality while building support across different groups.[1]
His articles have appeared in American Sociological Review,[10] Social Forces,[11] Social Problems,[12] Nonprofit Management & Leadership,[13] and Sociological Methods & Research.[14] His 2019 study, "Critical Standpoint: Leaders of Color Advancing Racial Equality in Predominantly White Organizations,” examined the role of minority leadership in nonprofit advocacy organizations.[13] He has also contributed book chapters, including “Religious Organizations: Crosscutting the Nonprofit Sector” in The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook (Stanford University Press, 2020).[15]
Research
In addition to published work, he leads several large-scale projects. Fulton’s research combines social science theory with data-driven methods to study the role of nonprofit organizations. His work looks at the overall landscape of the philanthropic sector, trends within specific organizational fields, and the everyday practices of community-based nonprofits.
He directs Project 990, a large-scale analysis of IRS Form 990 data on more than one million nonprofit organizations.[3] Fulton co-directs the National Study of Congregations' Economic Practices with David P. King, which analyzes how congregations receive, manage, and spend financial resources.[16] He also co-leads the Observing Civic Engagement Lab,[17] which uses field-based observation to study civic organizations.[18]
Awards and Recognition
Fulton has received awards and recognition for his research from academic associations spanning six disciplines. Notable recognitions include:
- Research Grant, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (2012)[19]
- Graduate Student Teaching Award, Duke University (2014)[20]
- Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, Duke University (2015)[21]
- Clifford Geertz Best Article Award, American Sociological Association (2016)[22]
- Outstanding Book Award, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (2016)[2]
- Outstanding Article Award, American Sociological Association's Altruism, Morality & Social Solidarity Section (2021)[23]
- Editors' Prize for Best Article, Nonprofit Management & Leadership (2021)[24]
- Outstanding Article Award, Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly (2022)[25]
- Excellence Award, Alteryx (2022)[26]
- Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University (2023)[27]
Public Engagement and Media
Fulton's research has been covered in national outlets including USA Today,[28] Washington Post,[29] and the Associated Press.[30] He has contributed articles to The Conversation[31] to communicate academic research to broader audiences.
Fulton hosts Statistics Made Simple, a podcast that Indiana University has described as the highest-ranked statistics podcast globally, with more than 180,000 streams in 147 countries.[32]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wood, Richard L.; Fulton, Brad R. (2015). A Shared Future: Faith-Based Organizing for Racial Equity and Ethical Democracy. University of Chicago Press. doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226306162.003.0002. ISBN 978-0-226-30602-5. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Conference Awards - Past Winners". ARNOVA. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Brad R. Fulton – Faculty Profile". Indiana University O'Neill School. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- ↑ "Religion & Society Scholarship". Aspen Institute. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- ↑ "Trinity Leadership Fellows | Trinity Church". trinitychurchnyc.org. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ "Tableau Ambassadors". Tableau. Archived from the original on 2025-08-07. Retrieved 2025-08-29. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Front Matter". American Journal of Sociology. 127 (6). 2022. doi:10.1086/720998. Unknown parameter
|article-number=ignored (help) - ↑ "Editorial Board". Oxford Academic. Archived from the original on 2025-08-21. Retrieved 2025-08-29. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Social Service Review: Editorial Board". Social Service Review. doi:10.1086/ssr&publicationcode=ssr (inactive 29 August 2025). Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ Braunstein, Ruth; Fulton, Brad R.; Wood, Richard L. (2014). "The Role of Bridging Cultural Practices in Racially and Socioeconomically Diverse Civic Organizations". American Sociological Review. 79 (4): 705–725. doi:10.1177/0003122414538966. hdl:2022/22856.
- ↑ Fulton, Brad R (2021-04-05). "Engaging Differences: How Socially Diverse Organizations Can Mobilize Their Resources More Effectively". Social Forces. 99 (4): 1518–1546. doi:10.1093/sf/soaa088. ISSN 0037-7732.
- ↑ Yukich, Grace; Fulton, Brad R; Wood, Richard L (2020-08-01). "Representative Group Styles: How Ally Immigrant Rights Organizations Promote Immigrant Involvement". Social Problems. 67 (3): 488–506. doi:10.1093/socpro/spz025. ISSN 0037-7791.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Fulton, Brad R.; Oyakawa, Michelle; Wood, Richard L. (2019-08-30). "Critical standpoint: Leaders of color advancing racial equality in predominantly white organizations". Nonprofit Management and Leadership. 30 (2): 255–276. doi:10.1002/nml.21387. ISSN 1048-6682.
- ↑ Fulton, Brad R. (2016-01-19). "Organizations and Survey Research: Implementing Response Enhancing Strategies and Conducting Nonresponse Analyses". Sociological Methods & Research. 47 (2): 240–276. doi:10.1177/0049124115626169. ISSN 0049-1241.
- ↑ Powell, Walter W.; Bromley, Patricia (2020-04-14). The Nonprofit Sector | Stanford University Press. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-0804-7. Search this book on
- ↑ "National Study of Congregations' Economic Practices". lakeinstitute.org. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ "Meet Our Leadership Team". Observing Civic Engagement Lab. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ "Observing Civic Engagement Lab". oce.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ "Fulton Receives SSSR Research Grant | Department of Sociology". sociology.duke.edu. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ "Fulton Wins Teaching Award | Department of Sociology". sociology.duke.edu. 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ "Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award". Duke University Office of the Provost. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- ↑ "Sociology of Culture Award Recipient History". American Sociological Association. Archived from the original on 2025-06-24. Retrieved 2025-08-29. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Award Recipient History | American Sociological Association". American Sociological Association. Archived from the original on 2025-05-16. Retrieved 2025-08-29. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "2021 Award Recipients". ARNOVA. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ "NVSQ Article Awards". Sage Journals. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ Heinsman, Mark (2022-07-27). "Indiana University Professor Earns 2022 Excellence Award from Alteryx". Alteryx. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ "Campus Awards & Honors - Trustees Teaching Award". vpfaa.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ Oliver, David (August 22, 2023). "A California store owner was killed over a Pride flag. The consequences of hate". USA Today. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- ↑ "Nearly half of all churches and other faith institutions help people get enough to eat". Washington Post. October 28, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- ↑ "Trump's church politics idea has wide reach, beyond GOP base". Associated Press. February 7, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- ↑ Fulton, Brad R. (October 1, 2021). "Americans are in a mental health crisis, especially African Americans. Can churches help?". The Conversation. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- ↑ "Statistics Made Simple top-ranked statistics podcast in the world". Indiana University O'Neill School. December 11, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
External links
Faculty profile at Indiana University
Statistics Made Simple podcast
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