Dr. Tim Clydesdale, sociology professor and author of The First Year Out, a study of the belief, behavior, and religion of American teens, youth, college students, and young adults

Tim Clydesdale, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology

The College of New Jersey

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Visit the Changing Spirituality of Emerging Adults project website, and learn "Who are Emerging Adults?" through an engaging forum of 15 essays and associated commentaries.

Now in fourth printing: The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens after High School. (University of Chicago Press, 2007). Check out:

	Lang's Chronicle column about the book -- "The Myth of First-Year Enlightenment" and Vanderbilt University's Center for Teaching podcast with James Lang, on teaching first-year students
	scholarly reviews in College Composition and Communication; Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare; Journal of College Student Development; Teaching Sociology; Qualitative Sociology; Contemporary Sociology; Journal for Scientific Study of Religion; Canadian Journal of Sociology;
	book review by UC-Berkeley chaplain; by Derek Melleby of the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding (& an interview with me -- cited also by Rick Lawrence of Group Magazine); by Katie Beres in NACADA Journal;
	from the Blogosphere: Teagle Foundation blog by its president, Bob Conner, about my book and related works; Association of College & Research Libraries blog; anonymous blog about the book's "Author Meets Critics" session at Eastern Sociological Society meetings in NYC 23-Feb-08; John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy commentary by its executive vice president, Jane Shaw; Wall Street Journal "Informed Reader" blurb
	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/

Read about: The Life & Vocation of American Youth Project, generously funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.