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Primary Researchers
Besheer Mohamed, Senior Researcher
Gregory A. Smith, Associate Director of Research
Research Team
Alan Cooperman, Director of Religion Research
Jessica Hamar Martínez, Senior Researcher
Elizabeth Podrebarac Sciupac, Research Associate
Becka A. Alper, Research Associate
Claire Gecewicz, Research Analyst
Katayoun Kishi, Research Associate
Conrad Hackett, Associate Director, Research
Neha Sahgal, Associate Director, Research
Anne Fengyan Shi, Senior Researcher
Jeffrey Passel, Senior Demographer
Phillip Connor, Senior Researcher
Scott Gardner, Senior Researcher
Stephanie Kramer, Research Associate
Jonathan Evans, Research Analyst
Samirah Majumdar, Research Analyst
Ariana Monique Salazar, Research Analyst
Kelsey Jo Starr, Research Assistant
Juan Carlos Esparza Ochoa, Data Manager
Methodology Team
Courtney Kennedy, Director, Survey Research
Andrew Mercer, Senior Methodologist
Nick Bertoni, Panel Manager
Nicholas Hatley, Research Analyst
Editorial and Graphic Design
Michael Lipka, Senior Editor
Jeff Diamant, Senior Writer/Editor
David Masci, Senior Writer/Editor
Geneive Abdo, Senior Writer/Editor
Aleksandra Sandstrom, Copy Editor
Diana Yoo, Associate Director, Design
Bill Webster, Information Graphics Designer
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Travis Mitchell, Digital Producer
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Anna Schiller, Communications Manager
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Pew Research Center received valuable advice on all phases of this project from a panel of expert advisers: Ihsan Bagby, associate professor in the department of Islamic studies at the University of Kentucky; Edward E. Curtis IV, Millennium Chair of the Liberal Arts and professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Zareena Grewal, associate professor of American studies and religious studies at Yale University; Amaney A. Jamal, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics at Princeton University and director of the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice; Imam Mohamed Magid, executive imam of All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center; Dalia Mogahed, director of research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding in Washington, D.C.; and Farid Senzai, associate professor in the department of political science at Santa Clara University. In addition, Clara Huergo, Pew Research Center administrative coordinator, helped organize logistics for the advisory panel.
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