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omg you folks are awesome! I’ve gotten a large number of responses on this post, and am super thankful!

If you filled out the survey and didn’t include your email address, that means I can’t contact you to schedule an interview. So if you’re interested in being interviewed, please be sure to include that!

Also, I would love to hear from more people whose stories are underrepresented in academic literature on the topic, including BIPOC, people over 65, and people without a college degree. Adding a few tags to increase the reach :)

Thanks so much you lovely humans!!

sooo um hi! I’m a graduate researcher and wondering if folks would be interested in my study! 👉🏻👈🏻

Are you an ex-fundamentalist, ex-evangelical, or ex-charismatic Christian? Me too, and I’m looking for people like us to participate in an academic research study (IRBNet NO: 1873336) on identity development among ex-Christians. If you want to participate, please fill out the screener survey listed on the flyer (bit.ly/aposidscreener). And please share with anyone you know who might be interested! Please message me or email me at fio . haire @ mnsu . edu for more information.

Thanks!

Fio Haire (they/he), master’s student at Minnesota State University, Mankato

Primary Investigator: Dr. Aaron Hoy (he/him), Assistant Professor of Sociology at Minnesota State University, Mankato

[Image description: A multicolored flyer with text that says:

IRBNet NO: 1873336

Research Study for Former Christian Evangelicals, Fundamentalists, and Charismatics

Conducted by Fio Haire and Aaron Hoy at Minnesota State University, Mankato

Now Recruiting Interview Participants

Participants must be:

- 18 or older

- Live in the U.S.

- Be able to converse in English or with assistive technology

- Identify as ex-evangelical/fundamentalist/charismatic

- Not currently identify as Christian

Complete the screener at bit.ly/aposidscreener

Questions? Email fio . haire @ mnsu . edu

Scan here! - image of an arrow pointing to a QR code.

Share your story in a research study on the identity development of ex-Christians!]

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YA BOY IS A PUBLISHED ACADEMIC IN SOCIOLOGY!!!!

Back in January 2021, I started writing a literature review for a class assignment that grew into something much bigger. My professor, Dr. Don Ebel, noticed my passion for the mental health of ex-Christians and encouraged me to seek publication for my literature review. Back then, I never would have thought publication in any reputable journal was possible, especially for a review article, but two conference presentations and many, many revisions later, it’s officially published as of today in Sociology Compass.

If you’re a student and/or have an institutional library access, the link below will take you right to it. If you’d like to read it but don’t have access to an academic library, please message me and I’ll happily provide a pdf copy. 🙂

(And feel free to share the link or pdf with others who might be interested!)

(P.S., for those who interviewed with me this summer, this is a completely separate project from that one, i.e., my thesis, which is still in the analysis stage.)

https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/soc4.13030