| Green energy laws and Republican legislators in the United States JS Coley, DJ Hess Energy Policy 48, 576-583, 2012 | 88 | 2012 |
| State government votes for green energy laws DJ Hess, JS Coley Good green jobs in a global economy, 231-238, 2012 | 87* | 2012 |
| Wireless smart meters and public acceptance: The environment, limited choices, and precautionary politics DJ Hess, JS Coley Public understanding of science 23 (6), 688-702, 2014 | 86 | 2014 |
| Gay on God's Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities JS Coley University of North Carolina Press, 2018 | 55 | 2018 |
| “Movement Schools” and Dialogical Diffusion of Nonviolent Praxis: Nashville Workshops in the Southern Civil Rights Movement LW Isaac, DB Cornfield, DC Dickerson, JM Lawson, JS Coley Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change 34, 155-184, 2012 | 51* | 2012 |
| Reconciling Religion and LGBT Rights: Christian Universities, Theological Orientations, and LGBT Inclusion JS Coley Social Currents 4 (1), 87-106, 2017 | 40 | 2017 |
| Narrative and Frame Alignment in Social Movements: Labor Problem Novels and the 1929 Gastonia Strike JS Coley Social Movement Studies 14 (1), 58-74, 2015 | 29 | 2015 |
| Social Movements and Bridge Building: Religious and Sexual Identity Conflicts JS Coley Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change 37, 125-151, 2014 | 27 | 2014 |
| Party differences and energy reform: fiscal conservatism in the California legislature DJ Hess, JS Coley, QD Mai, LR Hilliard Environmental Politics 24 (2), 228-248, 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
| Creating Safe Spaces: Opportunities, Resources, and LGBTQ Student Groups at U.S. Colleges and Universities JS Coley, D Das Socius 6, 2378023120971472, 2020 | 18 | 2020 |
| Theorizing Issue Selection in Advocacy Organizations: An Analysis of Human Rights Activism around Darfur and the Congo, 1998–2010 JS Coley Sociological Perspectives 56 (2), 191-212, 2013 | 18 | 2013 |
| Reframing, Reconciling, and Individualizing: How LGBTQ Activist Groups Shape Approaches to Religion and Sexuality JS Coley Sociology of Religion 81 (1), 45-67, 2020 | 17 | 2020 |
| Theologies of Exclusion: Christian Universities and Discrimination against Sexual Minorities JS Coley Sociological Spectrum 38 (6), 422-437, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
| Preparation Pathways and Movement Participation: Insurgent Schooling and Nonviolent Direct Action in the Nashville Civil Rights Movement LW Isaac, JS Coley, DB Cornfield, DC Dickerson Mobilization: An International Quarterly 21 (2), 155-176, 2016 | 13* | 2016 |
| The cyber power of marginalized identities: intersectional strategies of online LGBTQ+ Latinx activism RM Schmitz, JS Coley, C Thomas, A Ramirez Feminist Media Studies 22 (2), 271-290, 2022 | 11 | 2022 |
| Religion at the Frontline: How Religion Influenced the Response of Local Government Officials to the COVID-19 Pandemic GJ Adler Jr, SE Ortiz, E Plutzer, D Mayrl, JS Coley, R Sager Sociology of Religion 82 (4), 397-425, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| Occupational Activism and Racial Desegregation at Work: Activist Careers after the Nonviolent Nashville Civil Rights Movement DB Cornfield, JS Coley, LW Isaac, DC Dickerson Research in the Sociology of Work 32, 217-248, 2019 | 10 | 2019 |
| Mobilizing for Religious Freedom: Educational Opportunity Structures and Outcomes of Conservative Christian Campus Activism JS Coley Research in Social Movements, Conflicts, and Change 44 (1), 175-200, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| Have Christian Colleges and Universities Become More Inclusive of LGBTQ Students Since Obergefell v. Hodges? JS Coley Religions 11 (9), 461, 2020 | 7 | 2020 |
| Creating Secular Spaces: Religious Threat and the Presence of Secular Student Alliances at US Colleges and Universities JS Coley Sociological Forum 36 (3), 649-667, 2021 | 6 | 2021 |
David J. HessProfessor of Socioloogy, Vanderbilt UniversityVerified email at vanderbilt.edu
