Tricia C. Bruce is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Maryville College in Maryville, TN. Previously, she worked as a Research Assistant Professor at Georgetown University. Tricia is the author of Faithful Revolution: How Voice of the Faithful Is Changing the Church (Oxford University Press, 2011). Her current research, supported by the National Science Foundation, examines non-territorial parishes in the U.S. Catholic Church. Her PhD is from the University of California, Santa Barbara.