The author is able to use data to address such taboo topics as
racial preferences among online daters, the public's feelings about bisexuality in men and women, and how one's online presence can help them land, or get them fired from, a job.
His research centers on several main issues: (1) the implications of religion and spirituality for mental and physical health and mortality risk; (2) religious variations in family life, with particular attention to intimate relationships and childrearing; (3) the role of religious institutions, practices, and values
among racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States; (4) the influence of religious factors on political attitudes and policy
preferences; and (5) public opinion surrounding issues of race, ethnicity, and immigration in the contemporary United States.