Doctoral Student

Fred Traylor is a Ph.D. student in Sociology at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. He primarily researches public opinion on climate change and climate change solutions, focusing on how solutions become seen as acceptable. His dissertation research looks at how climate solution acceptance is affected by relationships with social institutions, like religion, government, and science. He also studies the interplay of religion and environmental attitudes, the perceived moral hazard of technological solutions to climate change, and how parenthood influences, and is influenced by, environmental and climate attitudes. He is also a survey methodologist and engages in research investigating survey sampling and mode effects, including the propensity to cheat using AI large language models. He holds an MA in Sociology from Rutgers University, an MS in Social Data Analytics and Research from The University of Texas at Dallas, and a BA in Sociology, also from UT Dallas.