Curriculum Vitae

Joseph J. Byle
1128 Parkway Waterford, MI. 48328
Phone: (248)-935-8423
E-mails: br7246@wayne.edu and jbyle@monroeccc.edu
Website: http://josephbyle.weebly.com
Education:
In Process: Ph.D. in Sociology (estimated date of completion 2017)
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Proposed Dissertation Title:
A Narrative Study of Chaldean Refugees & the Myth of Return:
From Chaldean Babylon to the New World
Advisor:
Dr. Khari Brown
M.A. in Comparative Religion, 2009
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Thesis Title:
A Comparative Analysis of Bridge-Faiths: A Thesis on
Messianic Judaism, Evangelical Feminism, and Unity School
of Christianity
Thesis Advisors:
Dr. Brian C. Wilson (Chair)
Dr. Khari Brown
Dr. Timothy Light
B.A. in Christian Thought, 2001
William Tyndale College, Farmington Hills, Michigan
A.A. in General Studies, 1992
Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, Michigan

Teaching Experience:
Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan

Graduate Student Assistant (2015-2016)

Duties:
Taught SOC 2000 Understanding Human Society

Part time faculty position in the Department of Sociology

(2012 2014)
Duties:
Taught SOC 2100 Special Topics in Sociology: The Sociology of
Detroit

Worked as GSA in the Office for Teaching and Learning (fall

2013 fall 2014)
Duties:
1. Conducted Midterm Assessment Plans, (MAPS) which involved
writing assessment reports as well as MAP consultations for faculty
2. Researched best teaching practices and classroom technologies
3. Conducted consultations and workshops on teaching portfolios and
the utilization of various classroom technologies (Blackboard, Wimba,
i<clicker, and Respondus)
4. Assisted with focus groups

Served as a volunteer Teacher Assistant SOC 5870 Family

Violence (Fall 2010)

Developed and presented a model on the causes of

Xenophobia

Presentations:
1. On Religious Switching: Preference Development, Maintenance,
and Change, an article by Matthew T. Loveland
2. On Humanizing the Homeless: Does Contact Erode Stereotypes,
by Tom Knech, and Lisa M. Martinez

Monroe County Community College, Monroe Michigan

Adjunct Faculty position
Duties:
Teaching SOC 151 Principles of Sociology both in class and online
(winter 2013 Present)
Served on the (LAC) Learning Assessment Committee (January
2015 2016)
Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, Michigan
Adjunct Faculty position
Duties:
Teaching HUM 1750 World Religions (summer 2015 Present)
Oakland University, Rochester Hills, Michigan
Lecturer
Duties:
Teaching SOC/REL 305 Sociology of Religion
Teaching SOC/AN 331 Racial and Ethnic Relations
Teaching SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology (winter 2016-Present)
Macomb Community College
Adjunct Faculty
Duties:
Teaching HUM 1700 Comparative Religion (Winter 2017 Present)
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Delivered lectures on Islam, Buddhism, and Sacred Art
Presentations:
1. On Sociology and the Worlds Religions by Malcolm Hamilton
2. On The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion by Mircea
Eliade
3. On Business of a Biographer by Catherine Drinker Bowen
4. On Dark Shamans by Neil L. Whitehead
5. On Body of Power Spirit of Resistance by Jean Comarof

Awards/Honor Society Memberships:

3013-2014 Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award Nomination (Monroe
CCC)
Mary Cay Sengstock Diversity Scholarship
Pontiac High Scholarship
Alpha Kappa Delta, The International Sociology Honor Society
Whos Who Among American Universities & Colleges
Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society
The National Deans List
Research:
Recent Papers:
1. Unique Methodological Issues/Biases in the Research Process
2. Turf Wars or Harmonious Integration?
A discourse analysis on gentrification in news print
3. Supernatural Agents and the Definition of Religion: An Essay on
Frazer vs. Durkheim
4. Sikhism as a bridge-faith
5. Three reports: Karl Marx, Emil Durkheim, and Max Weber
Additional Experience:
Substitute Teach for several local school districts, through PESG and
Edu Staf
Presented at the 5th Annual Migration With(out) Boundaries Michigan
State University
Presentation title:
A Narrative Study of Chaldean Refugees and the Myth of Return: From
Chaldean Babylon to the New World
Presented at the14th Annual CMLLC Graduate Forum Conference
Wayne State University
Presentation title:
A Narrative Study of Chaldean Refugees and the Myth of Return: From
Chaldean Babylon to the New World
Served on the Detroit Sociologist newsletter team (2014 2015)
Presented at the 2011 Michigan Sociological Associations annual
conference
Presentation title:
Bridge-Faiths, Navigating Through Atypical Intersections

Conferences/Workshops
5th Annual Migration With(out) Boundaries Michigan State University
14th Annual CMLLC Graduate Forum Conference Wayne State
University
MSA 2015 Annual Conference: Sociology & Civic Engagement
NCSA 2015 Annual Meeting: New Visions of Human Flourishing
Nilanjana Dasguptas 2015 Luncheon/Talk: Mind Bugs: The Nature of
Implicit Prejudice & Stereotypes
2014 Fall Symposium Re: The City (Wayne State University)
Empowering Students to Learn: Eighth Annual 2014 Conference on
Teaching and Learning (Oakland University and the University of
Windsor)
Valerie Purdie Vaughns 2014 Luncheon/Talk: Reducing Stereotype
Stress
Annual Adjunct Faculty 2014 Workshop (Monroe County Community
College)
Humanities Center Faculty Fellow Conference 2012: The Post-Racial
Era?
Michigan Sociological Association 2011 Annual Meeting: Navigating
Intersectionality
Special Interests:
Studies in inequality and the sociology of religion
The Chaldean religious persecution and exodus out of Iraq
The Myth of Return
Teaching Sociology/World Religions
Examining bridge-faiths through the lens of Rational Choice theory and
specifically through certain propositions made by Rodney Stark and
Roger Finke, in their book, Acts of Faith Explaining the Human Side of
Religion