The National Science Foundation has recently awarded my project, entitled “Formal Responses to Increasing Diversity within Social Institutions.” Together with funding from The Louisville Institute, this generous support will enable me to carry out a national survey and follow-up case studies of “personal” (i.e. non-territorial) parishes in the U.S. Catholic Church. NSF funding will also facilitate the training of undergraduate student collaborators in social science research.

A description of the project, awarded through a standard grant of the NSF Sociology program, can be found here.