Hebah H. Farrag

As the assistant director of research at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture, Hebah Farrag manages large grant-based research projects while pursuing her own research on religion, social change and new spiritualties. Recent projects include the Religious Competition and Creative Innovation project, a $2.6 million initiative funded by the John Templeton Foundation that investigates the link between religious competition, cooperation and innovation in Los Angeles and Seoul, South Korea and the Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Project, among others. Farrag also serves as one of the center’s primary evaluators in many measurement, learning and evaluation projects.

Her current research focuses on faith-based resilience metrics, measuring impact in community groups and new spiritualties emerging from Black Lives Matter-affiliated organizations.