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Tania Ravaei @tniav.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Very grateful to have received a 2026 Innovation in Religion and Spirituality grant!

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Tania Ravaei @tniav.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Feels so good to see this paper out! Check it out below. ⬇️

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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion @jssreligion.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What if religion shapes not just whether young adults have sex, but how they move through relationships? This study finds public & private religiosity are linked differently to commitment/sexual timing, suggesting sexuality is a pathway, not a single outcome. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Religiosity and the Pathway to an Ongoing Nonmarital Penile–Vaginal Sexual Relationship During the Transition to Adulthood

Studies of religion and nonmarital sexual behavior often focus on the timing of sexual debut and the number of sexual partners during adolescence, limiting understanding of how religion shapes subseq...

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IU Sociology @iusociology.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Congrats to Tania Ravaei for winning the Best Graduate Student Paper Award (ASA section on Sexualities) titled “Student Age, Inclusion of LGB Topics, and Specifying Appropriateness on Support for Sex Education in the United States: Results from a National Survey Experiment”! #ASA2026

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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Happy #pride month, #LGBTQ research style: What are public opinions about #sexeducation that includes #LGB topics? Work by Tania Ravaei journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Open access! New research from ASA members Tania Ravaei & Megan Bolton, Indiana University-Bloomington, shows that higher medical trust in doctors within one’s network positively predicts both having a regular doctor & utilizing medical services. @sociusjournal.bsky.social‬

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We, Not Just I, Must Trust Doctors: Network Medical Trust and Health Care Utilization - Tania Ravaei, Megan Bolton, 2025

Previous research has demonstrated associations between social network characteristics and health care utilization. However, understanding the role of network- ...

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IU Sociology @iusociology.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Join us this Friday (5/2) at WiSIU to hear from PhD candidate Tania Ravaei. She will be presenting a co-authored paper titled, "From 'Scholar Denied' to 'Architect of the Civil Rights Movement': Lessons from W.E.B. Du Bois's Canonization.” We'll meet in SISR 100 at 12pm.

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