Ryan Cragun

EDUCATION

2000 University of Utah, B.A. 2004 University of Cincinnati, M.A. 2007 University of Cincinnati, Ph.D.

CAREER SPECIALTIES

Ryan Cragun specializes in the sociological study of religion, focusing on Mormonism, the nonreligious, and secularization. He has taught Sociology of Religion as well as Statistics for the Social Sciences.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

He is a member of the American Sociological Association, the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, the Mormon Social Science Association, the Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network and the Center for Atheist Research. He has served as an expert legal witness on Mormonism, has consulted widely on news stories about Mormonism and the nonreligious, and has been invited to present his research to a variety of local and national groups. His research has been published in a range of journals, including: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Nova Religio, and Journal of Contemporary Religion. He is the author or co-author of several book chapters and two books: Could I Vote for a Mormon for President? and What You Don't Know About Religion (but Should).

HONORS AND AWARDS

Cragun has twice received the Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award from the College of Social Sciences, Mathematics and Education at The University of Tampa.