Background

• BA (The College of New Jersey)
• MA (University of Pennsylvania)
• PhD (University of Pennsylvania)

 

Areas of Study

• Religiosity and family formation
• Young adults and religion
• Higher education and religion
• Transition to adulthood
• Social class and inequality
• Qualitative and quantitative methods

Biography

Patricia Tevington is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Hartford Institute for Religion Research. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania and previously worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Montclair State University’s Institute for Research on Youth Thriving and Evaluation. Broadly trained, Patricia uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to explore religious socialization, social class inequality, and family formation among young adults.