Research Team

PROJECT STAFF

	Dr. Christian Smith Co-Principal Investigator Professor of Sociology & Director, Center for the Study of Religion and Society, The University of Notre Dame
	Dr. Lisa Pearce Wave 3 Co-Investigator and Wave 2 Co-Principal Investigator Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Research Areas: religion and family-related preferences and behaviors
	Terri Clark Project Manager, Waves 2-3 Specialty area: manages the study through the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill For media inquiries, click on the above link to email Terri Clark.
	Kyle Longest Wave 3 Data Manager-Research Associate Ph.D. graduate student, Department of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Research Areas: social psychology, adolescent development/life Course, culture, adolescent substance use

PROJECT CO-INVESTIGATORS

Dr. Melinda Lundquist Denton Wave 1 Project Manager Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Clemson University Research Areas: religion, family and adolescents

RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

	Dr. Kraig Beyerlein Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona Research Areas: civic participation, political socialization, social networks and religion
	Dr. Mark Regnerus Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin Research Areas: religion and adolescent development and behavior
	Dr. Phil Schwadel Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Research Areas: religion, politics, civic activity, inequality and organizations
	Dr. David Sikkink Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame Research Areas: religion and education
	Dr. Stephen Vaisey Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkely Research Areas: moral worldviews, religion, community, education, genetics, fuzzy-set methods

GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS

	Dan Dehanas Ph.D. graduate student, Department of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Research Areas: media, religion, culture and social networks
	Youn Ok Lee Ph.D. graduate student, Department of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Research Areas: religion, adolescent development, popular Culture, and stratification
	Emily Smith Ph.D. graduate student, Department of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Research Areas: religion, culture, and American Catholicism
	Ria Van Ryn Ph.D. graduate student, Department of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Research Areas: religion, culture, adolescence, and theory

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