Robert P. Jones, Ph.D.
CEO and Founder
 
Dr. Jones is a leading scholar and pollster in both the academy and public policy circles. He is the author two academic books and numerous peer-review articles on religion and public policy.

Dr. Jones brings to each PRRI project a deep knowledge of religion and expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research. Dr. Jones is one of six members of the national steering committee for the Religion and Politics Section at the American Academy of Religion and is an active member of the Society of Christian Ethics and the American Association of Public Opinion Research.  He holds a Ph.D. in religion from Emory University, where he specialized in sociology of religion, politics, and religious ethics.  He also holds a M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Before founding PRRI, Dr. Jones served as a senior fellow in religion at Third Way, an affiliated scholar at the Center for American Progress, and the founding director of the Center for American Values in Public Life at People for the American Way Foundation. Prior to his work in DC, he was assistant professor of religious studies at Missouri State University.

Dr. Jones’s work is frequently featured in major national media, including ABC News, NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered,” Newsweek, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Nation, and others. Dr. Jones' two books are Progressive & Religious: How Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist Leaders are Moving Beyond the Culture Wars and Transforming American Public Life and Liberalism’s Troubled Search for Equality.
 
Daniel Cox
Director of Research, Co-founder

Mr. Cox also brings a wealth of expertise to PRRI projects. Prior to joining PRRI, he served as Research Associate at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, where he worked on the core research team for dozens of polls, including the groundbreaking Religious Landscape Survey, one of the largest public opinion surveys on religion ever conducted. Mr. Cox specializes in youth politics and religion, and his work has appeared in numerous national news and religious publications including the New York Times, ABC News, CNN, Newsweek, World Magazine, and others. Cox holds an M.A. in American government from Georgetown University and a B.A. in political science from Union College. He is an active member of the American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR).