Karolyn DeKam

PhD Candidate in Sociology

Person in a blue and white checkered dress, with sunglasses on thier head and long hair, smiling in front of a pool of water being fed by waterfalls

Email: karolyn.dekam@stonybrook.edu

Karolyn DeKam is a Ph.D. student in Sociology with broad interests in gender, media, politics, and evangelical Christianity. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with minors in Gender Studies and Communication from Calvin University. Following graduation, she spent two years working in political advocacy in the areas of climate and immigration. Currently, she is looking at progressive Christianity and hostile religious institutions as microcosms of larger U.S. political polarization.