Photos: April Manalang, PhD
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
2014. “Catholic Young Adults’ Attitudes Towards the Church’s Pro-Life Teachings: A Bellwether for the Church’s Political Strategy?”, Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, 10 (3): 1-21.
Book Chapters
2019. “Black Catholics’ Identity Work”, in American Parishes: Remaking Local Catholicism,eds. Gary Adler, Tricia C. Bruce, and Brian Starks. New York, NY: Fordham University Press.
2018. “Black Catholic Young Adults – A Broader Context” in Young Adult American Catholics: Explaining Vocation in Their Own Words, ed. Maureen Day. Mahwah, NY: Paulist Press.
Public Scholarship
Written Work
2021. “Netflix’s ‘The Chair’ is a needed yet unrealistic depiction of academia”. National Catholic Reporter. August 27, 2021.
2021. “Following attempted coup, Biden administration must prioritize anti-racism work”. National Catholic Reporter, January 8, 2021.
2020. “’Lucifer’ is a family drama exploring relationship between faith and reason”. National Catholic Reporter, November 21, 2020.
2020. “‘I Bring Myself, My Black Self’: Sr. Thea Bowman’s challenge to the Catholic Church”. Commonweal, November 2020.
2020. “Authentically Black, Truly Catholic: Liturgy & identity in African-American Parish Life” Commonweal, April 2020
2020. “Black Catholics, Racism, and the Sex Abuse Crisis: A Personal Reflection”. The Revealer, March 2020.
2019. “There is time for the church to support black Catholics—if it has the will to do so” America, September 2019.
2019. “Toni Morrison made living in this world more bearable” America, August 2019.
2019. “Confronting Truths About White Supremacy: Why I’m Writing a Book About Black Catholics and Systemic Racism” Faithfully, July 2019.
Speaking Engagements
2021. “The Call is Coming from Inside the House: Towards an Anti-Racist Church”, Keynote Address. Diocese of Richmond, Black Catholic History Month Retreat, November 6.
2021. “The Call is Coming from Inside the House: Anti-Blackness and Critical Race Theory in the Church”. Presentation to the Sisters of the Precious Blood, September 28.
2021. “National Conversation on Shared Parish Life” (with Eunice Park and Rufino Zaragoza, OFM), Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, LA, July 23, Virtual.
2021. “Black Communities and the Clerical Abuse Crisis: An Online Dialogue” (with Fr. Bryan Massingale, STD and Fr. Manuel Williams, CR), Fordham University, Curran Center for American Catholic Studies/Department of Theology, Bronx, NY, April 22, Virtual.
2021. “Black Churches, Black Catholics: Exploring a New Survey from Pew Research” (with Fr. Bryan Massingale, STD, Dr. Besheer Mohamed and Dr. Kiana Cox), Fordham University, Center for Religion and Culture, New York, NY, February 25, Virtual.
2021. “White Supremacy and Catholic Complicity”, St. Norbert College Parish, De Pere, WI, March 9, Virtual.
2021. “Collegeville Connections: Anti-racism and the Catholic Church”, Collegeville Institute, St. Joseph, MN, Virtual, February 2.
Professional Reports
2019. “Key Findings from the June 2019 Focus Group with African-American/Black Women and Their Thoughts and Attitudes Towards Their Churches.” Washington, DC: Pew Research Center.
2012. “Findings and Recommendations from the October 2011 Focus Group on African-American Teenagers’ Thoughts and Attitudes Towards the Roman Catholic Church’s Pro-Life Teachings.” Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
2012. “Findings and Recommendations from the October 2011 Focus Group on African-American Teenagers’ Thoughts and Attitudes Towards the Roman Catholic Church’s Pro-Life Teachings.” Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
2011. “Findings and Recommendations from the July 2011 Focus Group on African-American Teenagers’ Thoughts and Attitudes Towards the Roman Catholic Church’s Pro-Life Teachings.” Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Works in Progress
Book Manuscript
Faithful and Devoted: Racism and Identity in the African-American Catholic Experience
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS
2019 “Erasing a Legacy: Marginalized Status and the Price of St. Peter Claver in Philadelphia”. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. August 11-13, New York, NY.
2018 “In Their Own Words: African-American Catholics Discuss Racism, Liturgy, & Identity or The Church as the Ultra-White Space”. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, October, 26-28, Las Vegas, NV.
2018 “Author Meets Critics: Keeping It Halal: The Everyday Lives of Muslim American Teenage Boys”. Critic at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. August 11-13, Philadelphia, PA.
2018 “Teaching Sociology of Religion: Expanding the Boundaries”. Invited Panelist at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. August 11-13, Philadelphia, PA.
2017 “Pro-life Issues for a New Generation: Socially and Politically Engaging Millennial Catholics”. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, October 12-15, Washington, DC.
2017 “Author Meets Critics: Catholic Parishes of the 21st Century”. Critic at the Annual Meeting of The Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 12-14, Montreal, QC.
2017 “Professionalization: Teaching Sociology of Religion”. Invited Panelist at the Annual Meeting of The Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 12-14, Montreal, QC.
2017 “Is Religion Really Just Culture? Is Culture Really Just Religion?”. Invited Panelist at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 12-15, Montreal, QC.
2016 “The National Study of Asian and Pacific Island Catholics: A Summary of Findings.” Respondent to Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November 19-22, San Antonio, TX.
2016 “A Black Phoenix Rises Out of White Ashes: Pastoralism and the Negotiation
of Physical and Liturgical Space at an Urban Catholic Parish.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion/Religious Research Association, October 28-30, Atlanta, GA.
2016 “The Numbers Don’t Add Up: The Role of 19th Century Structural Racism on the Experiences of 21st Century African-American Catholics.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion/Religious Research Association, October 28-30, Atlanta, GA.
2015 “Author Meets Critics: The Shared Parish: Latinos, Anglos, and the Future of U.S. Catholicism (NYU Press, 2014) by Brett C. Hoover”. Organizer and Convener for Society for the Scientific Study of Religion/Religious Research Association Annual Meeting, October 23-25, Newport Beach, CA.
2014 “Catholic Young Adults’ Attitudes Towards the Church’s Pro-Life Teachings: A Bellwether for the Church’s Political Strategy?” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association, October 31-November 2, Indianapolis, IN.
Tia Noelle Pratt, PhD 