Curriculum Vitae
Contact
johannah@unc.edu
Website
Address
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
208 W. Franklin St, CB 3210
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210
Education
2027 (expected)
PhD, Sociology, University in North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dissertation: “Religious Incongruence, Aesthetic Practice, and Moral Identity in American Life.”
Comprehensive exams: Sociology of Religion; Sociology of the Family
2023
MA, Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thesis: “Religious Service Attendance and Depressive Symptoms: Exploring the Reciprocal and Gendered Relationship from Adolescence to Early Adulthood.”
2020
BA, Sociology and the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Rice University
Publications
Book Reviews
January 2025
Palomo, Johannah. “Book Review: Hazel O’Brien, Irish Mormons: Reconciling Identity in Global Mormonism.” Mormon Studies Review.
Manuscripts in Preparation
In Progress
Palomo, Johannah, Julia Murrow, and Lisa D. Pearce. “Religiosity and Distress During Pregnancy.”
Palomo, Johannah. “Religious Service Attendance and Depressive Symptoms: Exploring the Reciprocal and Gendered Relationship from Adolescence to Early Adulthood.”
Pearce, Lisa D., Johannah Palomo, Claire Chipman Gilliland, Erin Davenport, and Haley Simons. “Messages about Motherhood: Gendered Rhetoric and Practice in Protestant Worship Services on Mother’s Day.”
Conference Presentations
February 2026
Palomo, Johannah, Julia Murrow, and Lisa D. Pearce. “Religiosity and Prenatal Distress.” Panel presentation, Tar Devils Sociology Symposium, Chapel Hill, NC.
October 2025
Palomo, Johannah, Julia Murrow, and Lisa D. Pearce. “Religiosity and Prenatal Distress.” Paper presentation, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
August 2025
Palomo, Johannah. “Dissonant Tones: The relationship between (in)congruent congregational policies, personal views on social issues, and well-being.” UNC-CH Sociology Department Social Forces Colloquium Series, Chapel Hill, NC.
August 2025
Palomo, Johannah. “The relationship between (in)congruent congregational policies, personal views on social issues, and well-being.” Paper presentation, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
January 2025
Palomo, Johannah. “Dissonant Tones: The relationship between (in)congruent congregational and personal views on abortion and health and well-being.” Working table presentation, Tar Devils Sociology Symposium, Durham, NC.
August 2024
Palomo, Johannah. ““It’s Perfectly Obvious”: Perceived benevolence of gender differences by LDS women.” Roundtable presentation, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
October 2023
Palomo, Johannah. “Sisters in Zion: Irish Latter-day Saint women navigating gender.” Paper presentation, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
August 2023
Palomo, Johannah. “Sisters in Zion: Latter-day Saint women navigating gender.” Roundtable presentation, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
April 2023
Palomo, Johannah. “Religious service attendance and depressive symptoms: exploring the reciprocal relationships from adolescence to adulthood.” Poster presentation, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
November 2022
Palomo, Johannah. “Religious service attendance and depressive symptoms: exploring the reciprocal and gendered relationships from adolescence to early adulthood.” Paper presentation, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
October 2021
Pearce, Lisa D., Johannah Palomo, Claire Chipman Gilliland, Erin Davenport, and Haley Simons. “Messages about motherhood: gendered rhetoric and practice in protestant worship services on Mother’s Day.” Paper presentation, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
Grants, Fellowships, Honors, and Awards
2026
Wilson-Aldrich Teaching Award, UNC Sociology
Dissertation Advancement Assistantship, UNC Sociology
Nathan Kitchen and Matthew Rivera Award to Advance Queer Mormon Studies, Eugene England Summer Institute ($1,250)
2025
Student Travel Grant, ASA Religion Section ($200)
2020
Wiess College Nominee for the Linda Faye Williams Prize
Wagoner Foreign Study Scholarship
2019
Byrd Award for Social Justice
Rice University Nominee for Beinecke Fellowship
2018 – 2019
Rice University President’s Honor Roll
2018
Leadership Rice Mentorship Experience Fellowship
2016 – 2020
QuestBridge College Match Scholarship
Professional Development and Trainings
2026
Eugene England Summer Institute, Midway, UT, June 7-13
Course Development Workshop, UNC Chapel Hill Summer School, Chapel Hill, NC, March 9-20
2025
Wheatley Seminar on Religion & Politics, The Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, June 17-20
Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record
- Sociology of Religion (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026)
- Sociology of Mental Health and Illness (Summer II 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Summer II 2026)
Teaching Assistant
- Organizations and Bureaucracies (Spring 2023)
- Research Methods (Fall 2022)
- Sociological Perspectives (Spring 2022)
- Health and Society (Fall 2021)
- Sociology of Religion (Spring 2021)
- Social and Economic Justice (Fall 2020)
Service
Department of Sociology, UNC Chapel Hill
- Graduate Studies Committee, Graduate Student Association, 2025-2026
- Member, Hiring Committee, 2024-2025
- Search Graduate Lounge Liaison, Graduate Student Association, 2024-2025
Other Research and Professional Experience
2025 – Present
Co-organizer and Facilitator
Duke-UNC Sociology of Religion Workshop
2020 – Present
Research Assistant
Lisa Pearce, Gigachurch Project
UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2024
Interview Allocator
Lisa Pearce, “Family Matters” Research Study
UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2022
Interviewer
Chancellor’s Science Scholars Program Evaluation Team
UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2019 – 2020
“The Intersection of Gender, Mental Health, and Orthodoxy among Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
Senior Honors Thesis, Sociology Department
Rice University, Houston, TX
2018 – 2019
Undergraduate Seminar and Practicum Capstone
Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Rice University, Houston, TX
2016 – 2017
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Bridget Gorman, Sociology Department
Rice University, Houston, TX
Professional Memberships
- American Sociological Association
- Section on Family
- Section on Sociology of Mental Health
- Section on Sociology of Religion
- Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
- Mormon Social Science Association (Board Member, Graduate Student Representative)