Darren Dochuk

A native of Edmonton, Alberta, Darren Dochuk earned his BA from Simon Fraser University and MA from Queen’s University (Canada) before receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He writes widely on the history of religion, politics, and culture in modern America. His first book, From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelicalism (Norton) won the John H. Dunning Prize from the American Historical Association and the Ellis W. Hawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians, and was based on a dissertation that was awarded the Allan Nevins Prize from the Society of American Historians. His most recent book, Anointed With Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America (Basic Books), explores the intersections of the petroleum business, American religion, and politics from the US Civil War to the present. He has also edited several other books in American history, including most recently The Routledge History of the Twentieth-Century United States (Routledge). Dochuk teaches history at the University of Notre Dame, where he avidly cheers on the Fighting Irish football, hockey, and lacrosse teams. He lives in South Bend, Indiana, with his wife and his loveable, lazy pit bull.