Nella Van Dyke

Professor Van Dyke’s research focuses on social movements, hate crime, and sexuality, with an emphasis on how characteristics of the social environment influence levels of collective action. Recent projects include studies of how personal stories and statements regarding sexual assault change public opinion, protest tactics used by racial justice student protesters, and the academic experiences of LGBTQ+ college students.

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications

Van Dyke N, Taylor V. The Cultural Outcomes of Social Movements. In: The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements. Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell Publishing; 2019.
Van Dyke N. Movement Emergence and Resource Mobilization: Organizations, Leaders, and Coalition Work. Oxford, UK: The Oxford Handbook of US Women’s Social Movement Activism; 2017. pp. 354–75.
Van Dyke N, Amos B. Social Movement Coalitions: Formation, Longevity, and Success. Sociology Compass. 2017;11(7).
Boutcher S, Jenkins C, Van Dyke N. Strain, Ethnic Competition, and Power Devaluation: White Supremacist Protest in the U.S., 1948–1997. Social Movement Studies. 2017.

Publisher's Version
Van Dyke N, Meyer DS. Understanding the Tea Party Movement. Routledge; 2016.
Van Dyke N, Dixon M. Activist human capital: Skills acquisition and the development of commitment to social movement activism. Mobilization: An International Quarterly. 2013;18(2):197–212.