Throughout the past year, PRRI Public Fellows placed original commentary in national outlets, bringing PRRI’s data and their own expertise to broader public conversations on religion, politics, and culture.
Here’s a glance at some of the op-eds published by 2025-2026 PRRI Public Fellows:
- The Ultimate Goal of the Right’s “Religious Liberty” Crusade, in The New Republic, by Charles McCrary, Ph.D.
- Most Americans Broadly Support Public Education for Undocumented Students – Regardless of Their Political Affiliation and Religion, in The Conversation, by E. Kyle Romero, Ph.D., Lina-Maria Murillo, Ph.D. & Will McCorkle, Ph.D.
- Trump’s War on Iran Isn’t About Armageddon — It’s the First Meme War, in Religion Dispatches, by Lauren Horn Griffin, Ph.D.
- What Does “Pro-Life” Mean? There’s No One Answer, Even for Advocacy Groups That Oppose Abortion, in The Conversation, by Anne Whitesell, Ph.D.
- Birthright citizenship is constitutional. But some Americans have always had to prove themselves worthy., in The Philadelphia Inquirer, by E. Kyle Romero, Ph.D.
- My Women’s Studies Department Is Closing. The Need for Feminist History Isn’t., in Ms. Magazine, by Lina-Maria Murillo, Ph.D.
- Immigrant Kids Can Attend School Regardless of Citizenship — Some States Are Challenging This Standard, in The Conversation, by Will McCorkle, Ph.D.
