Kevin McCaffree

Sociology

Associate Professor

Fields: Sociological Theory, Criminology, Social Psychology, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Morality, Quantitative Methods

Sycamore 288B

Kevin.McCaffree@unt.edu

Education

Ph.D., 2014, University of California, Riverside

Research Interests

Kevin's interested in theory-building, worldviews, social cohesion, and ideological bias in science. He's the co-editor in chief of Theory and Society, co-editor of the book Theoretical Sociology: The Future of a Disciplinary Foundation, and co-editor of the book series Evolutionary Analysis in the Social Sciences.

Selected Publications

Saide, A., McCaffree, K. J., Ferguson, C. J., & Shermer, M. (2025). Loneliness and political intolerance: The moderating role of trust in news media. Journal of Trust Research, 1-18.

McCaffree, K., Saide, A., & Basmechi, F. (2025). Sex Differences in Secularity in Iran. Secularism and Nonreligion, 14(1).

McCaffree, K. (2025). Correlates of peoples’ fearfulness of, and inaccuracy about, police during the COVID-19 pandemic. Policing: An International Journal, 48(2), 321-335.

McCaffree, K. (2025). The social structure of space and time: preliminary generalizations. Theory and Society, 54(1), 87-117.

McCaffree, K. (2023). Physiological rhythms and entrainment niches: Morality as interpersonal music. In Handbook of the Sociology of Morality, Volume 2 (pp. 129-141). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

McCaffree, K., & Shults, F. L. (2022). Distributive effervescence: Emotional energy and social cohesion in secularizing societies. Theory and Society, 51(2), 233-268.

McCaffree, K. (2022). The Dance of Innovation: Infrastructure, Social Oscillation, and the evolution of societies. Routledge.

Turner, J. H., & McCaffree, K. (2021). Evolutionary Theorizing in Sociology’s Formative Period: Implications for Theorizing Today. Handbook of Classical Sociological Theory, 65-90.