---
title: "Acknowledgments"
description: "The Religious Landscape Study (RLS) was made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts, which received support from the Lilly Endowment Inc., Templeton Religion Trust, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder.    This report is a collaborative […]"
date: "2025-02-26"
authors:
  - name: "Gregory A. Smith"
    job_title: "Senior Associate Director, Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/gregory-a-smith/"
  - name: "Alan Cooperman"
    job_title: "Director, Religion Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/alan-cooperman/"
  - name: "Becka A. Alper"
    job_title: "Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/becka-alper/"
  - name: "Besheer Mohamed"
    job_title: "Principal Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/besheer-mohamed/"
  - name: "Chip Rotolo"
    job_title: "Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/michael-rotolo/"
  - name: "Patricia Tevington"
    job_title: "Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/patricia-tevington/"
  - name: "Justin Nortey"
    job_title: "Former Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/justin-nortey/"
  - name: "Asta Kallo"
    job_title: "Research Assistant"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/asta-kallo/"
  - name: "Jeff Diamant"
    job_title: "Senior Writer/Editor"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jeff-diamant/"
  - name: "Dalia Fahmy"
    job_title: "Senior Writer/Editor"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/dalia-fahmy/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/02/26/religious-landscape-study-acknowledgments/"
categories:
  - "Atheism & Agnosticism"
  - "Beliefs & Practices"
  - "Buddhism"
  - "Catholicism"
  - "Christianity"
  - "Evangelicalism"
  - "Hinduism"
  - "Historically Black Protestantism"
  - "Islam"
  - "Judaism"
  - "Latter-day Saint (Mormon)"
  - "Mainline Protestantism"
  - "Muslim Americans"
  - "Non-Religion & Secularism"
  - "Orthodox Christianity"
  - "Other Religions"
  - "Pentecostalism"
  - "Protestantism"
  - "Religion"
  - "Religion & Abortion"
  - "Religion & Government"
  - "Religion & LGBTQ Acceptance"
  - "Religion & Politics"
  - "Religion & Race"
  - "Religion & Science"
  - "Religion & Social Values"
  - "Religious Commitment"
  - "Religious Demographics"
  - "Religious Identity & Affiliation"
  - "Religiously Unaffiliated"
datasets:
  - name: "2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS) Dataset"
    url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/dataset/2023-24-religious-landscape-study-rls-dataset/"
---

# Acknowledgments

The Religious Landscape Study (RLS) was made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts, which received support from the Lilly Endowment Inc., Templeton Religion Trust, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder.

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at [pewresearch.org/religion](https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/religion/).

#### Research team

Gregory A. Smith, *Senior Associate Director, Religion Research*
Alan Cooperman, *Director, Religion Research*
Becka A. Alper, *Senior Researcher*
Besheer Mohamed, *Senior Researcher*
Chip Rotolo, *Research Associate*
Patricia Tevington, *Research Associate*
Justin Nortey, *Research Analyst*
Asta Kallo, *Research Assistant*

#### Methods team

Ashley Amaya, *Associate Director, Survey Methods*
Andrew Mercer, *Principal Methodologist*
Courtney Kennedy, *Vice President, Methods and Innovation*
Dorene Asare-Marfo, *Senior* *Panel Manager* * *
Dana Popky, *Associate Panel Manager*
Anna Brown, *Research Methodologist*
Arnold Lau, *Research Methodologist*

#### Editorial and graphic design

Jeff Diamant, *Senior Writer/Editor*
Dalia Fahmy, *Senior Writer/Editor*
Rebecca Leppert, *Copy Editor*
Bill Webster, *Senior Information Graphics Designer*

#### Communications and web publishing

Kim Arias, *Video Lead*
Chris Baronavski, *Lead Engineer, Editorial Content*
Peter Bell, *Associate Director, Design and Production*
Kelly Browning, *User Experience Manager*
Andrea Caumont, *Associate Director, Digital Outreach*
Justine Coleman, *Associate Digital Producer*
Shannon Greenwood, *Digital Production Manager*
Stacy Rosenberg, *Director, Digital Strategy*
Seth Rubenstein, *Platform Lead, Engineering Team*
Anna Schiller, *Associate Director, Strategic Communications
*Kyhry Taylor*, Temporary User Experience Specialist*
Blythe Thomas, *Director, Strategic Communications*
Ben Wormald, *Senior Engineer*
Nick Zanetti, *Associate Engineer*

Many individuals contributed to this survey’s data collection and methodology. In particular, Pew Research Center is grateful to Emily Alvarez, Leah Christian, David Dutwin, Ned English and Martha McRoy from NORC at the University of Chicago for their many contributions to this project.**

Others at Pew Research Center who contributed to this report include Claudia Deane, executive vice president; Neha Sahgal, vice president of research; Mark Hugo Lopez, director of race and ethnicity research; Kim Parker, director of social trends research; Conrad Hackett, associate director of religion research and senior demographer; Juliana Menasce Horowitz, senior associate director of social trends research; Jocelyn Kiley, senior associate director of political research; Sahana Mukherjee, associate director of race and ethnicity research; Alec Tyson, associate director of science and society research; Rick Fry, senior researcher; Scott Keeter, senior survey advisor; Jens Manuel Krogstad, senior writer/editor; Jeffrey S. Passel, senior demographer; Luis Noe-Bustamante, research associate; and Achsah Callahan, former communications manager.

In addition, the Center is grateful to expert advisers who provided valuable advice on this project: R. Khari Brown, professor of sociology at Wayne State University; Mark Chaves, Anne Firor Scott distinguished professor of sociology and professor of religious studies and divinity at Duke University; Penny Edgell, professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota; John C. Green, director emeritus of The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics and distinguished professor emeritus of political science at The University of Akron; Corwin E. Smidt, professor emeritus of political science at Calvin University; and David Voas, emeritus professor of social science at University College London.

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