About

Dr. Katie Gaddini is a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, an Associate Professor of Sociology at the Social Research Institute, University College London (UCL) and a research associate at the University of Johannesburg, Department of Sociology. From 2022-2026 she is a United Kingdom Research & Innovation (UKRI) Research Fellow at Stanford University and UCL.

Her debut book, The Struggle to Stay, was based on over four years of in-depth ethnographic research with single evangelical women in the US and the UK. She is currently writing a book on Christian women and conservative politics from 1970 to present. Her writing has been published in San Francisco Chronicle, The Conversation, The Hill, Religion & Politics, LA Review of Books, The Marginalia Review, and more. She has given expert opinion to media including New York Times, BBC, Newsweek, C5, and international outlets in Spain and Turkey.

Katie holds master’s degrees from Boston College and the London School of Economics, and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge. She currently lives in California.

The Struggle to Stay

Why Single Evangelical Women are Leaving the Church

Published by Columbia University Press

“This book will be an indispensable part of the growing scholarship that reevaluates modern evangelicalism in relation to gender.” Jemar Tisby, author of The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism

“This moving and incisive account will resonate with anyone who has struggled with their faith.” Publishers Weekly