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Emerging Leaders Study (ELS)

The Emerging Leaders Study (ELS) aims to investigate and contribute to the formation of emerging adults as productive, multicultural leaders.

 

We are particularly interested in how the activities of giving, believing, learning, and working are changing across generations and the implications of these changes for the future of cross-generational mentorship and social support.

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The project involves three interconnected sets of issues in contemporary America:

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  • The Millennial generation and the social changes this generational cohort represents.

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  • Responses to the social problems and needs arising from recent social trends.

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  • Changing leadership, redefined for a networked and globalized United States cultural context.

  • Patricia Snell Herzog, PhD

  • Shauna Morimoto, PhD

  • Casey Harris, PhD

  • Jared Peifer, PhD

Faculty Investigators

  • DeAndre' T. Beadle, MA

  • Christina Williams, MA

  • Tasmiah Amreen

  • Tiffany E. Hood

Graduate Students - Current & Former

  • Bryn Smernoff

  • Sanjana Venugopal

  • Tatianna Balis

  • Emma Turner

Undergraduate Students - Current & Former

  • Jada Holmes

  • April Moore

  • Grant King

  • Mackenzie Reed

Board of Advisors, in alphabetical order by last name: 

  • ​​​Elizabeth A. Armstrong, University of Michigan

    • Areas: ​Cultural Inequality; Organizations; Higher Education; Gender; Sexuality; Social Movements

  • Jeffrey Arnett, Clark University

    • Areas: Emerging Adulthood; Life Course Development; Social and Cultural Changes; Media Use

  • Richard Arum, University of California-Irvine

    • Areas: Higher Education; Digital Learning; Schools as Organizations; Social Stratification

  • De Andre' T. Beadle, University of Minnesota

    • Areas: ​Crime & Punishment; Life Course Demography; Urban Sociology; Youth & Emerging Adults; Religion 

  • Rose Brewer, University of Minnesota

    • Areas: ​Black Family Life; Class; Gender; Intersection of Economy; Race; Racism; Social Transformation

  • Patrick Carr, Rutgers University

    • Areas: Communities and Crime; Transitions to Adulthood; Rural Brain Drain

  • Tim Clydesdale, The College of New Jersey

    • Areas: Youth and Emerging Adults; Higher Education; Vocation; Culture; Religion​

  • Robert DelCampo, University of New Mexico

    • Areas: Generational Issues at Work; Underrepresented Groups; Management; Organizational Behavior​

  • Jason Houle, Dartmouth College

    • Areas: Life Course; Transition to Adulthood; Social Stratification; Health and Mental Health​

  • Jane Junn, University of Southern California

    • Areas: Political Participation; Public Opinion; Civic Education

  • Annette Lareau, University of Pennsylvania

    • Areas: Families; Parenting Practices; Cultural Inequality; Social Stratification; High-Net Worth Families

  • Peter Levine, Tufts University

    • Areas: Civic Education; Civic Engagement; Democracy; Media Literacy

  • Richard Settersten, Oregon State University

    • Areas: Life Course Development; Transitions to Adulthood; Age and Aging; Parenthood; Social Policy

  • Jessi Streib, Duke University

    • Areas: Social Class Inequality; Cultural Sociology; Marriage and Family; Qualitative Methods

The ELS builds on two prior studies:

 

The first is the National Study of Youth & Religion (NSYR):

  • National & longitudinal data on a millennial cohort

  • Tracked across the life course: from adolescence into adulthood

  • Data include behaviors and thoughts about school, work, family, romantic relationships, philanthropy, media, morality, and religion

 

The second study is the Science of Generosity (SciGen):

  • National study

  • Adult Americans

  • Generosity: activities intended to enhance the well-being of others

  • Giving activities include:

    • Monetary donations

    • Volunteering

    • Political action

    • Blood donation

    • Organ donation

    • Estate giving

    • Lending possessions

    • Sustainability giving

    • Relational generosity 

 

The ELS returns to the same sample of respondents studied longitudinally in the NSYR, and combines prior topics from both the SciGen and NSYR projects with new content, specifically focusing on:

  • Life course changes as Millennials transition into adulthood

  • Increasing potential for societal leadership and generosity, and 

  • New possibilities for engaging in philanthropic and civic activities.

Copyright © 2018 Patricia Snell Herzog

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