Introducing the Fourth Wave of the National Congregations Study

Professor Chaves specializes in the sociology of religion. Most of his research is on the social organization of religion in the United States. Among other projects, he directs the National Congregations Study (NCS), a wide-ranging survey of a nationally representative sample of religious congregations conducted in 1998, 2006-07, 2012, and 2018-19. NCS results have helped us to better understand many aspects of con

Anna Holleman is a graduate student focusing on religion, health, and immigration. Her current research focuses on the health practices of religious organizations, congregational political mobilization, and the shifting nature of the American religious landscape in the contemporary social climate. She pursues these research topics through both quantitative and qualitative methodology. Before starting her PhD, she received a Master of Divinity degree at Duke Divinity School, and thus she approach

PHD Student -- Department of SociologyCurrently I am interested in studying religion and religious institutions--specifically how religion shapes culture and political ideology. Previously I studied at Vanderbilt University where I received a Bachelor of Arts in sociology with a minor in Russian.