Mary Gautier has an M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  Her dissertation was a comparative study of support for democratic values in postcommunist societies.  Before coming to CARA in June 1998, Mary taught sociology at Louisiana State University and at Texas Christian University and served as a pastoral associate at a parish in Baton Rouge for six years.  At CARA, Mary specializes in Catholic demographic trends in the United States, manages CARA databases on Church information, and conducts demographic projects and computer-aided mapping.  She also edits The CARA Report, a quarterly research newsletter, and other CARA publications.  She is co-author of two books on Catholicism published by Orbis Books.  The first volume, Catholicism USA: A Portrait of the Catholic Church in the United States was published in 2000.  The second volume, Global Catholicism: Portrait of a World Church was published in 2003.  

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Email: gautierm@georgetown.edu
Phone: 202-687-8086