This project focused on analyzing student engagement with their spirituality through the Office of the Chaplain and Religious Life and other faith-based campus resources. The project used qualitative and quantitative methods to understand and gauge if the spiritual needs of students are being met and how SMU can support students’ spiritual lives. Utilizing Astin and Lindholm’s (2010) national study of undergraduates’ spiritual growth, we sought to understand the spiritual and faith needs of on-campus residential students. Results may inform the work of religious and spiritual life centers.
SMU IRB: H21-001-GRAD
Collaborators:
Dustin K. Grabsch, Ph.D. 