Moses Ohene Biney is a PhD candidate and a graduate research assistant in the Department of Sociology at Rice University. He is a 2026 Fellow in the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Graduate Internships for the Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future and the 2026 Graduate Scholar at the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance at Rice University. His research interests include the sociology of religion, immigration, health, family, culture, and the sociology of science. He examines how African immigrants navigate assimilation and health in the United States, with particular attention to the ways religion shapes their experiences and health behaviors. His dissertation explores how Ghanaian immigrants integrate religion and medicine in approaches to health and the role religious congregations play in these practices.

Recent Publications

Biney, M. 2026. “Making Medicine Sacred, Making Religion Healthy: Navigating Medical Pluralism among Christian African Immigrants in the United States.” Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119982.

Biney, Moses, Zikang Hou, and Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2026. “Religious Representation in Science: How Scientists in the United States, Mexico, and South Africa Respond.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.70068

Kerby Goff, Moses Biney, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Denise Daniels, How Workplace Support of Religion and Spirituality Buffered Burnout During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Sociology of Religion, Volume 87, Issue 4, Autumn 2026, Pages 497–525, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/sraf025