Jack Shanley

Jack Shanley  is a Research Assistant at PRRI.

Prior to joining PRRI Jack worked as a research assistant on an NSF-funded project out of the Center for Urban Science and Progress at NYU Tandon studying open data initiatives in NYC.

Jack earned his bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Government from Franklin & Marshall College and a masters degree in Politics from NYU where he authored a masters thesis examining the relationship between church internal governance structures and democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Works By Jack Shanley

While both prayer and scripture reading have declined among Americans over the past decade, they remain central expressions of religious engagement among many Americans. Prayer continues to be practiced at higher rates than scripture reading,

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