---
title: "Acknowledgments"
description: "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. Primary researchers Patricia Tevington, Research AssociateGregory A. Smith, Senior Associate Director, Religion Research Research team Alan Cooperman, Director, Religion […]"
date: "2025-06-16"
authors:
  - name: "Patricia Tevington"
    job_title: "Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/patricia-tevington/"
  - name: "Gregory A. Smith"
    job_title: "Senior Associate Director, Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/gregory-a-smith/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/06/16/catholic-life-in-us-acknowledgments/"
categories:
  - "Beliefs & Practices"
  - "Catholicism"
  - "Religion & Race"
  - "Religious Identity & Affiliation"
---

# Acknowledgments

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](http://www.pewresearch.org/religion).

#### Primary researchers

Patricia Tevington, *Research Associate*
Gregory A. Smith, *Senior Associate Director, Religion Research*

#### Research team

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

#### Methods team

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

#### Editorial and graphic design

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

#### Communications and web publishing

Justine Coleman, *Associate Digital Producer*
Hannah Taber, *Communications Manager*
Maya Pottiger, *Communications Associate*

Others at Pew Research Center who contributed to this report include Neha Sahgal, Vice President of Research, and Mark Hugo Lopez, Director of Race and Ethnicity Research.

In addition, Pew Research Center is grateful to expert advisers who provided valuable input on the questionnaire for this project: Tricia Bruce, Affiliated Research Scholar at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies; Maureen Day, Research Affiliate at the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California; Michele Dillon, Professor of Sociology at the University of New Hampshire; David Gibson, Director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University; Mark Gray, Director of CARA Catholic Polls (CCP) at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate; Hosffman Ospino, Professor of Hispanic Ministry and Religious Education at Boston College; Tia Noelle Pratt, Assistant Vice President for Mission Engagement and Strategic Initiatives at Villanova University; and Stephen P. White, Executive Director of The Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America and Fellow in the Catholic Studies Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

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