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We are collecting data through a variety of methods to paint a fuller picture of congregational and community life in Chicago.

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Research Timeline

The project was first proposed in 2021. Since then, we’ve made steady progress in our data-collection efforts.

Summer 2022

• Virtual canvassing of all 77 Chicago Community Areas (CCAs) completed.
• Over 20 community areas / 200 census tracts physically canvassed by students.

Fall 2022

• Physical canvassing completed of all 50 sampled community areas.
• An additional 10 Chicago-area students hired to help canvass their own neighborhoods.

Spring / Summer 2023

• Data cleaned.

• Survey will be sent to religious leaders from all congregations in a sample of 50 CCAs, producing the first-ever representative survey of congregations in Chicago communities. 

Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge the efforts of all the students who worked on this project. Without them, this research would not be possible.

Graduate Students

Shari Boiskin, University of Chicago

Roger S. Cadena Jr., University of Notre Dame

Fariah Farah, University of Chicago

Isaiah Jeong, University of Illinois-Chicago

Elizabeth Moison, University of Notre Dame

Tryce D. Prince, University of Illinois-Chicago

Jamya Robinson, University of Notre Dame

Manuel Rodriguez, University of Notre Dame


Other Research Assistants

Lindsey Brownfield

Olafuyi Alli Balogun

Rebekah Monroe

Undergraduate Students

Delaney Blandford, University of Notre Dame

Zoë Bonnichse, University of Notre Dame

Clare Brown, University of Notre Dame

Sydney Brown, University of Notre Dame

Allison Caffrey, University of Notre Dame

Sofia Casillas, University of Notre Dame

Madeline Covington, University of Notre Dame

Caroline Darrow, University of Notre Dame

Robert Fitzpatrick, University of Notre Dame

John Gunaldo, University of Notre Dame

Isaiah Hall, University of Notre Dame

Annabelle Hilson, University of Notre Dame

Jack Knott, University of Notre Dame

Kristen J. Lemus, University of Notre Dame

Julia Mackey, University of Notre Dame

Julia McKenna, University of Notre Dame

Colin Morse, University of Notre Dame

Eoin Murphy, University of Notre Dame

Linh Oliver, University of Notre Dame

Cristina Ruiz, University of Notre Dame

Grace Scartz, University of Notre Dame

Katherine Sharp, University of Notre Dame

Kelly Shinnick, University of Notre Dame

Sophia Shroyer, University of Notre Dame

Tess Spesia, University of Notre Dame

Theresa Tulsiak, University of Notre Dame

Paula Velazquez, University of Notre Dame

Emma Zurek, University of Notre Dame


Our Partners

Key Institutional Partnerships

Sponsors / Support

This project is made possible by the generous support of our institutional sponsors.

Grants


Institute for the Scholarship in the Liberal Arts

Notre Dame Research, Faculty Research Support Program