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Tobin Belzer

Contributing fellow, Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California

Tobin Belzer is a contributing fellow at the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California. Her research focus is on young adults and teens, experiential education, leadership training, organizational culture, congregational studies, Jewish identity, character development, gender, inclusion, media and technology, arts and culture, and education. Belzer is an applied sociologist earned her Ph.D. in sociology and master’s degree in women’s studies from Brandeis University.

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