PRRI is excited to introduce our new Public Fellows cohort!
Meet 9 scholars conducting innovative research at the intersection of religion and pluralism and democracy, immigration and American society, and LGBTQ rights and gender politics:

Selected via a competitive nationwide open call, these scholars will work alongside PRRI to generate impactful commentary and analysis at the intersection of religion, culture, and politics.
Immigration and American Society Pod
- Jonathan E. Calvillo, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Latinx Communities, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
- Maggie Elmore, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Borderlands History, Department of History, Baylor University
LGBTQ Rights and Gender Politics Pod
- Risa Cromer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Purdue University
- Bethany Mannon, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, Appalachian State University
- Brooklyn Walker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Pluralism and Democracy Pod
- James Howard Hill Jr., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Religion and African American & Black Diaspora Studies, Boston University
- Nancy A. Khalil, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of American Culture, University of Michigan
- Max Perry Mueller, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- Joshua Tom, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, Seattle Pacific University
Read more in our press release.

