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PROJECT STAFF

Dr. Christian Smith Dr. Christian Smith
Co-Principal Investigator
William R. Kenan Professor of Sociology & Director, Center for the Sociology of Religion, The University of Notre Dame
Dr. Lisa Pearce Dr. Lisa Pearce
Co-Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Areas: religion and family-related preferences and behaviors
Terri Clark Terri Clark
Wave II Project Manager
Specialty area: manages Wave II of 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 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 Dr. Melinda Lundquist Denton
Wave I Project Manager
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Clemson University
Research Areas: religion, family and adolescents

RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

Dr. Kraig Beyerlein Dr. Kraig Beyerlein
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
Research Areas: civic participation, political socialization, social networks and religion
Dr. Mark Regnerus Dr. Mark Regnerus
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Research Areas: religion and adolescent development and behavior
Phil Schwadel Dr. Phil Schwadel
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Research Areas: religion, politics, civic activity, inequality and organizations
Dr. David Sikkink Dr. David Sikkink
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame
Research Areas: religion and education

GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS

Dan Dehanas 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 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 Emily Smith
Ph.D. graduate student, Department of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Areas: religion, culture, and American Catholicism
Stephen B. Vaisey Stephen B. Vaisey
Ph.D. graduate student, Department of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Areas: social theory, culture, education, and work
Ria Van Ryn 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

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANTS

Niobra Peterson Niobra Peterson
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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