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Dr. Suzie Macaluso is the Research Director for the Siburt Institute for Church Ministry. Her research interests are varied, ranging from gender roles in religious contexts, spirituality across the life course, religiosity and attitudes towards aging, and congregational health. Publications include “The Rise and Impact of Premarital Cohabitation: Implications for Christian Higher Education,” “The Solid South: Campaign Issue Strategies in the 2014 Southern Senate Races,” and “The Attitudes Toward Gender Roles in Conservative Christian Contexts Scale: A Psychometric Assessment.” She conducts Church Health Assessments for congregations experiencing stress and writes about trends in church health among Churches of Christ. She is also working on the most extensive effort to count and classify Churches of Christ in the United States with the newly formed Church Resource Council. She helps to ensure that Churches of Christ are represented in the Faith Communities Today (FACT) studies. She earned an undergraduate degree from Cascade College, as well as her Master's and Ph.D. in Sociology from Purdue University.