Graduate Program
Patricia Snell 
Areas of Interest
Social Inequality, Religion, Community and Urban Sociology, Youth
Publications
BOOKS
Christian Smith, with Patricia Snell. 2009. Souls in Transition: The Religious Lives of Emerging Adults in America. New York: Oxford University Press.
Christian Smith and Michael Emerson, with Patricia Snell. 2008. Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don't Give Away More Money. New York: Oxford University Press.
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Patricia Snell. 2010. “From Durkheim to the Chicago School: Against the 'Variables Sociology' Paradigm.” Journal of Classical Sociology 10(1). (forthcoming February 2010).
Patricia Snell. 2009. “What Difference Does Youth Group Make?: A Longitudinal Analysis of Religious Youth Group Participation and Religious and Life Outcomes.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 48(3): 572-587.
Patricia Snell, Christian Smith, Carlos Tavares, and Kari Christoffersen. 2009. “Denominational Differences in Congregational Youth Ministry Programming and Empirical Evidence of Systematic Non-Response Biases in Surveys.” Review of Religious Research, 51(1): 21-38.
Patricia Snell, Nola Miguel, and Jean East. 2009. “Changing Directions: Participatory Action Research as a Parent Involvement Strategy.” Educational Action Research, 17(2): 239-258.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Patricia Snell. Forthcoming 2010. “Parental Involvement in Defining Parental Involvement.” In Cathy Compton-Lilly, Cathy and Stuart Greene (Eds.). Connecting Home and School:Complexities, Concerns, and Considerations in Fostering Parent Involvement and Family Literacy. Teachers College Press.
Patricia Snell. “Civic and Political Disengagement.” In Christian Smith, Understanding Emerging Adult Culture.
Profile
Patricia Snell is the Assistant Director for the University of Notre Dame Center for the Study of Religion and Society. She holds a Masters of Social Work degree in community practice from the University of Denver (2006) and a BA in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Arizona (2000). Snell has directed and conducted original data collection and analysis via surveys, focus groups, and in-person interviews with pastors, parishioners, youth ministers, youth, parents, and non-profit organization participants. Her research experience includes Principal Investigator of the Northern Indiana Congregation Study, Co-Investigator for the Science of Generosity project, and Interviewer for the National Study of Youth and Religion. She has more than ten years experience in research and grants administration of more than $10 million in grant awards.
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