Graduate Program
Karen Monique Gregg
Areas of Interest
Religion, Gender and Social Psychology
Profile
Master’s Degree – Purdue University 2006
Ph.D. Expected – University of Notre Dame 2010
In 2004 Monique earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Indiana University at South Bend. She graduated Magna Cum Laude and received the Student Excellence in Sociology Award. She then earned a Master’s Degree of Science from Purdue University in 2006 where she studied religion, qualitative methods and Native American culture. As Monique finishes her Doctoral studies at Notre Dame her substantive areas of interest include gender, religion and social psychology. In addition to earning a Ph.D. in Sociology, Monique is also pursuing a graduate minor in the Gender Studies Program at Notre Dame. For her dissertation, Monique is currently studying a religious ministry for high school adolescents. She pursues the research question: What influences the religious participation, attitudes, leadership and commitment of adolescents?
At Notre Dame she is active in the Kaneb Center for Teaching and also represents the student body on the Graduate Studies Committee. Monique has worked as a graduate research assistant for Christian Smith, David Sikkink and Michael Welch in the Center for the Study of Religion and Society. She regularly teaches Introduction to Sociology, Religions of the West (Judaism, Christianity and Islam)and the Sociology of Religion at Indiana University at SouthBend. At Notre Dame she has taught Gender and Society. She is alsoprepared to teach SocialProblems, Social Psychology, and Men, Masculinities and Society.