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Grace is on the editorial boards of six major journals, both in Europe and America.
She has been a member and chair of the International Coordination Committee of the ASR, a member of Council, and will serve as Program Chair for the 2002 meeting in Chicago. Rhys's research interests are on the intersection of religion, politics, culture, and social movements. His articles have appeared in, among others, the American Sociological Review, Social Problems, Theory and Society, JSSR, Sociology of Religion, and Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Rhys was Program Chair for the ASR annual meeting in 1993, and served as a member of the Executive Council from 1994-1997. He has also served on the Membership Committee and is currently finishing a term on the Publications Committee.