Now in second printing!
The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens after High School. (University of Chicago Press, 2007).  Read: James Lang's Chronicle column about the book -- "The Myth of First-Year Enlightenment" (Chronicle subscription required -- or click here for a free excerpt posted on Chicago's blog); Wall Street Journal "Informed Reader" blurb; scholarly review in Journal for Scientific Study of Religion; scholarly review in Canadian Journal of Sociology; book review by UC-Berkeley chaplain; anonymous blog about the book's "Author Meets Critics" session at Eastern Sociological Society meetings in NYC 23-Feb-08; Teagle Foundation blog by its president, Bob Connor, about my book and related works; John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy commentary by its Exec. VP, Jane Shaw, book review from "Lifelong Faith;" read excerpts on Google Book; feature article from The Signal @ TCNJ; U. Chicago press release; TCNJ press release.

Read my op-ed: "Life after high school:  The real challenge." The Times (of Trenton, NJ). June 23, 2007, p. A11

Read my SSRC essay: "Abandoned, Pursued, or Safely Stowed?" (about the religious life of 1st year American undergraduates).  Review the entire forum: http://religion.ssrc.org/reforum/