Dr. Maureen K. Day, Ph.D.

Dr. Maureen Day is the Assistant Professor of Religion and Society at the Franciscan School of Theology and Research Fellow at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University. She is a sociologist of religion and award-winning author. Her books include Catholic Activism Today (New York University Press 2020) and Young Adult American Catholics (Paulist Press 2018). As a sociologist with training in theology, her research areas include American civic life, religion (especially Catholicism), family, and social justice; insofar as other areas intersect with Catholicism (e.g., Catholicism and race, Catholicism and gender, Catholicism and climate change) she is also engaged. Her current book project reports the findings from a national survey of American Catholics and interviews with over sixty Catholic leaders. She has provided her expertise at the national level, currently coauthoring a report on young adult Catholics' experiences of race and ethnicity in the Church and world. Other recent projects of a national scope include serving on a research team to examine American abortion attitudes as well as co-authoring the reports for two national studies of Catholic campus ministry. Her media appearances include podcasts (e.g., On a Mission), news articles (e.g., National Catholic Reporter) and local news shows (e.g., KUSI). She is excited to talk to media outlets who want to know, with robust data, what is going on in American civic life, how religion and spirituality are affecting (or not) our social landscape, challenges in family life, what progressive and conservative religious activism looks like, and more. Real people, real problems, real possibilities for moving forward.