Phil Davignon

Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology

Education

Ph.D, Baylor University
M.A., Baylor University
B.A., Hillsdale College

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When Phil Davignon, chair and associate professor of sociology, came to Union in 2014, he was thrilled to join a university that emphasized faith alongside learning.

“How can you teach about topics like marriage or gender or religion and not bring your faith in?” Davignon said. “[Union] is encouraging us to integrate faith. … The students want that, and that’s how I want to teach as well, so it just feels like this is a perfect match.”

Before coming to Union, Davignon received hi...

Practicing Christians, Practical Atheists: How Cultural Liturgies and Everyday Social Practices Shape the Christian Life

Phil Davignon
Cascade Books: Eugene, OR (February 2023)
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Recent Scholarship

ARTICLE - "The Ethnic Church Attendance Gap at Christian Colleges" Dec 2023

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11/8/23 - Phil Davignon, chair and associate professor of sociology, speaks to students on identity and character during a chapel service. - Abigail Aspinwall

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Phil Davignon, chair and associate professor of sociology, speaks to students on identity and character during a chapel service. - Abigail Aspinwall

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Phil Davignon, chair and associate professor of sociology, speaks to students on identity and character during a chapel service. - Abigail Aspinwall

2/18/22 - Phil Davignon, associate professor of sociology and chair of the department, teaches an honors seminar in Barefoots Joe. - Kristi McMurry Woody

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Phil Davignon, associate professor of sociology and chair of the department, teaches an honors seminar in Barefoots Joe. - Kristi McMurry Woody

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