---
title: "Acknowledgments"
description: "This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion. Primary Researcher Besheer Mohamed, Senior Researcher Research Team         Alan Cooperman, Director of Religion Research Gregory A. Smith, Associate Director of Research Joshua Alvarado, Research Assistant Kiana Cox, Research Associate Becka A. Alper, Senior […]"
date: "2022-03-15"
authors:
  - name: "Jeff Diamant"
    job_title: "Senior Writer/Editor"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jeff-diamant/"
  - name: "Besheer Mohamed"
    job_title: "Principal Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/besheer-mohamed/"
  - name: "Joshua Alvarado"
    job_title: "Former Research Assistant"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/joshua-alvarado/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/03/15/acknowledgments-63/"
categories:
  - "Black Americans"
  - "Catholicism"
  - "Religion & Abortion"
  - "Religion & LGBTQ Acceptance"
  - "Religious Commitment"
  - "Religious Identity & Affiliation"
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# Acknowledgments

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion.

#### Primary Researcher

Besheer Mohamed, *Senior Researcher*

#### Research Team* *

Alan Cooperman, *Director of Religion Research *Gregory A. Smith, *Associate Director of Research* * *Joshua Alvarado, *Research Assistant *Kiana Cox, *Research Associate *Becka A. Alper, *Senior Researcher *Justin Nortey, *Research Assistant*

#### Methods Team* *

Courtney Kennedy, *Director of Survey Research *Andrew Mercer, *Senior Research Methodologist* * *Nick Bertoni, *Senior Panel Manager *Nick Hatley, *Research Analyst *Arnold Lau, *Research Analyst*

#### Editorial and Graphic Design

Jeff Diamant, *Senior Writer/Editor *Michael Lipka, *Editorial Manager *Rebecca Ann Leppert, *Editorial Assistant *Bill Webster, *Senior Information Graphics Designer*

#### Communications and Web Publishing

Stacy Rosenberg, *Associate Director, Digital *Travis Mitchell, *Digital Producer *Anna Schiller, *Senior Communications Manager *Kelsey Beveridge, *Communications Associate*

Pew Research Center is grateful to Tia Noelle Pratt, director of Mission Engagement & Strategic Initiatives and assistant professor of Sociology at Villanova University, for providing feedback on this report. Pratt was part of a panel of expert advisers who gave advice on all stages of this study of religion among Black Americans, along with R. Khari Brown, associate professor of sociology at Wayne State University; Ryon J. Cobb, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Georgia; Yolanda Pierce, professor and dean at Howard University School of Divinity; Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, chairman of the Conference of National Black Churches; Josef Sorett, professor of religion and African American and African diaspora studies and chair of the religion department at Columbia University; and Eric Williams, curator of religion for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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