Shiri Noy

I am an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Latin American & Caribbean Studies at Denison University. My research examines how morality and authority take shape across domains, including health policy, kindness, science and religion, and research ethics. I am the author of Banking on Health: The World Bank and Health Sector Reform in Latin America (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and Project Management for Researchers: A Practical, Stress-Free Guide to Getting Organized (University of Michigan Press, 2024). My work has also appeared in journals such as American Sociological Review, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and Science, Technology, & Human Values. More about my research is available on my website.

In keeping with my research interests, I teach courses on international development, public perspectives on science and religion, and survey research methods, among others. I am fundamentally interested in how we understand the social world and in identifying the best ways to collect and analyze data that address substantive, conceptual, theoretical, and empirical questions. All of my courses include a research component — ranging from focus groups to artifact analysis — because I believe the best way to learn social science is by doing social science.