TESS STARMAN, Ph.D.

Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Adams-Fuller, T.M., Ahlquist, J., Grumbach, J., Starman, T.E. 2025. “Wage Theft and Collective Action among Frontline Workers.” Labor Studies Journal, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449X241313255
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Starman, T.E. 2025. “Looking at God, Looking at America: Examining the Relationship Between Beliefs about God and Support for Social Movements and Government Policies.” Journal of Religion and Society, vol 26(1). ​
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Adams-Fuller, T.M., Afework, B., Browne, N., Cole-Smith, B., Green, R., Kurban, H., Mosquera, D., Starman, T.E., Swinton, O., Viceisza, A. "Barriers to Building Wealth among Black High-Income Earners." Review of Black Political Economy, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00346446251331616​
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Book Chapters & Encyclopedia Entries​
Starman, T.E. 2024. “Horace R. Cayton,” In M.C. Jipguep-Akhtar and N. Khan (Ed.), Fifty Key Scholars in Black Social Thought. Routledge.
Jipguep-Akhtar, M.C. & Starman, T.E. 2024. “Kehinde Andrews,” In M.C. Jipguep-Akhtar and N. Khan (Ed.), Fifty Key Scholars in Black Social Thought. Routledge.
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Cummings, J.E. and Starman, T.E. “Race and Physical Health.” 2025. In G. Ritzer, C. Rojek, and J.M. Ryan (Eds.), Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2nd ed.). Wiley.
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​Online Scholarship
Starman, T.E. January 2025. “Creating Space for Constructive Conflict in Teaching Theory.” First Publics. (https://thesocietypages.org/firstpublics/2025/01/31/creating-space-for-constructive-conflict-in-teaching-theory/)
Starman, T.E. October 2024. “‘Christianity Showed Its Face’: The Role of Power in the Process of Christian Exiting and Formation as a Religious None.” Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network. (https://thensrn.org/2024/10/29/christianity-showed-its-face-the-role-of-power-in-the-process-of-christian-exiting-and-formation-as-a-religious-none/).
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Book Reviews and Other Writing
Starman, T. E. 2024. “Book Review: Nice Churchy Patriarchy: Reclaiming Women’s Humanity from Evangelicalism.” Critical Research on Religion, 12(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1177/20503032241226965
Starman, T.E. 2021. "A Theology Built on Meritocracy: A Theological and Sociological Examination of the Prosperity Gospel and the American Dream." Digital Commons @ ACU, Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 352.
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/352