Timothy Clydesdale is Professor of Sociology at The College of New Jersey. He is the author of The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens after High School (University of Chicago Press, 2007) as well as numerous articles, including "Abandoned, Pursued, or Safely Stowed: The Religious Life of First Year Undergraduates," which appeared in the SSRC's essay forum The Religious Engagements of American Undergraduates.