Timothy Dacey

Research

My scholarship broadly explores how people and communities respond to disruptive and traumatic social events with particular attention to how these experiences structure cultural and political attitudes and patterns of civic engagement. My current research includes fielding surveys that examine levels of climate change anxiety among people living around the Great Lakes and across the United States. While pursuing this research, I am especially interested in the political, religious, and spiritual dimensions of public attitudes toward and engagement with the environment. In addition to my scholarly work, I help lead civic engagement efforts at SUNY Oswego and I am committed to making social scientific methods accessible through teaching and public engagement.

Education

Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2024
M.A. University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2020
B.A. University of North Florida, 2012

Courses Taught

• Introductory Sociology
• Social Statistics
• Social Research Methods
• Social Theory
• Environmental Sociology
• Special Topics: Sociology of Religion

Select Publications

Stewart, Evan, Katsyris Rivera-Kientz, and Timothy Dacey. 2024. “Mapping Racial and Ethnic Variation in Climate Belief Networks.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. doi: 10.1177/23326492241259404.

Stewart, Evan, Timothy Dacey, and Jaime Kucinskas. 2024. “Lagged Identities and the Underestimated Civic Significance of Spirituality” in The Public Significance of the Spiritual Turn, edited by Galen Watts and Dick Houtman. Columbia University Press: New York, NY.

Dacey, Timothy, and Evan Stewart. 2023. “The Green Elephants in the Room: Perceived Environmental Harm and Support for Regulation Among Republicans.” Sociological Inquiry 93(2):250–72. doi: 10.1111/soin.12511.