Johannah Palomo

Doctoral candidate in Sociology at UNC Chapel Hill.

Hello! I'm a mixed methods researcher and a scholar of religion, gender, family, and well-being. I am interested in how individuals understand, interpret, and enact the teachings and policies of their religious organizations and the relationship between religiosity and well-being.

My master’s thesis uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to examine the reciprocal relationships between religious service attendance and depressive symptoms across the life course. As a Wagoner Foreign Study Fellow, I interviewed Latter-day Saint women in Ireland on their faith and experiences as members of the LDS Church and the church’s influence on their lives.

As a Graduate Teaching Fellow at UNC, I teach undergraduate courses in Sociology of Religion and Sociology of Mental Health and Illness. 

Beyond my scholarly work, I love watching movies with friends, reading, and watching basketball.