{"id":926,"count":122,"description":"","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/gregory-a-smith\/","name":"Gregory A. Smith","slug":"gregory-a-smith","taxonomy":"bylines","meta":[],"staffInfo":{"staffName":"Gregory A. Smith","staffJobTitle":"Senior Associate Director, Research","staffImage":{"full":["https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/11\/Greg_Smith.jpg",1024,1536,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/11\/Greg_Smith.jpg?w=320",320,480,true]},"staffTwitter":null,"staffExpertise":[{"url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/expertise\/religion\/","label":"Religion and Public Life","slug":"religion"}],"staffBio":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gregory A. Smith is a Senior Associate Director of Research at Pew Research Center, where he studies religion\u2019s role in American public life, including religious change in the U.S., the intersection of religion and politics, American Catholicism, religiously unaffiliated Americans, and many other topics. He has led major public opinion studies, including the Center\u2019s three\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/02\/26\/decline-of-christianity-in-the-us-has-slowed-may-have-leveled-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Religious Landscape Studies<\/a>\u00a0and its profiles of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2024\/01\/24\/religious-nones-in-america-who-they-are-and-what-they-believe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">religiously unaffiliated Americans<\/a>, also called \u201cthe nones.\u201d Greg has authored numerous survey reports examining\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2022\/10\/27\/45-of-americans-say-u-s-should-be-a-christian-nation\/\">Christianity\u2019s role in America\u2019s identity<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2019\/11\/15\/americans-have-positive-views-about-religions-role-in-society-but-want-it-out-of-politics\/\">religion\u2019s role in American society<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2018\/04\/25\/when-americans-say-they-believe-in-god-what-do-they-mean\/\">Americans\u2019 belief in God<\/a>, the attitudes and beliefs of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2024\/04\/12\/majority-of-u-s-catholics-express-favorable-view-of-pope-francis\/\">U.S. Catholics<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2017\/08\/31\/u-s-protestants-are-not-defined-by-reformation-era-controversies-500-years-later\/\">U.S. Protestants<\/a>, and Americans\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2019\/07\/23\/what-americans-know-about-religion\/\">knowledge about religion<\/a>, among others.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>His expertise is frequently cited in prominent media outlets such as NPR, CNN, and The New York Times. Greg holds a doctorate in government from the University of Virginia.<\/p>\n","staffBioShort":"<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/gregory-a-smith\/\">Gregory A. Smith<\/a>&nbsp; is a senior associate director of research at Pew Research Center","staffJobTitleExtended":"a senior associate director of research at Pew Research Center","staffLink":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/gregory-a-smith\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bylines\/926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bylines"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/bylines"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?bylines=926"},{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/quiz?bylines=926"},{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature?bylines=926"},{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mini-course?bylines=926"},{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fact-sheet?bylines=926"},{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/decoded?bylines=926"},{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/short-read?bylines=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}