The Catholic University of America

IPR Fellow

Rev. Paul Sullins, Ph.D.

For several years, Dr. Sullins (M.Div.; Ph.D. Catholic University 1998) has been working on applying sociological insights to technological, moral and religious issues, producing analyses on issues such as: switching of religious denominations, the Human Genome Project, Catholic priests, RU-486 abortions, and Protestant women priests.  

In his quality as Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at The Catholic University of America, Dr. Sullins has worked with his students on examining demographic change in the Catholic dioceses in the United States, based on data from the Census, focusing on aspects such as the growth of Hispanic population and the new configurations of poverty that resulted from these developments.

In addition, they have been producing reports (in collaboration with fellow LCI Associate Dr. William Dinges) for the Catholic Home Missions, in order to help them determine the main priorities for aid to the dioceses, offering tailored statistical reports to individual dioceses, upon request. They have recently completed a year-long study of poverty organizing, assessing the effect of the work of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

Other researches endeavored by Dr. Sullins with his collaborators include analyses of the sociology of abortion decisions, of racial bloc voting, of choices related to where people sit in church, and of the religious identity of religious institutions.

 

Contact Information

Email: Sullins[at]cua.edu
Phone: (202) 319-5999

Website: http://faculty.cua.edu/sullins/sullins.htm
Department: Department of Sociology