Andreea Nica, PhD, is a writer, instructor, and researcher. Her sociological research examines individuals who leave fundamentalist religions and well-being. Andreea is working with a university press in publishing, Freeligious, a book integrating her research and her own life-story exiting a strict religion. Her work as a public sociologist and journalist appeared in outlets, such as Huffington Post, Fox News Radio, Religion Dispatches, Salon, Ms. Magazine. She has also published in academic journals regarding her research. Andreea teaches courses in sociology and communication.
Follow: @freeligiousbook. Connect: LinkedIn.
Sub-specialties: • Gender equality
- Social inequalities and justice
- Media literacy
- Religion, power, and society
- Social entrepreneurship
- Gender and religious fundamentalism
- Health and well-being
- Gender and communication
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The Huffington Post
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Opposing Views
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Feminism and Religion
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Mic
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Alternet
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Exiters of Religious Fundamentalism: Reconstruction of Identity, Social Relationships and Support, and Meaning Related to Well-Being
Portland State University [Spring 6-5-2018] -
Review of Deconversion: Qualitative and Quantitative Results from Cross-Cultural Research in Germany and the USA
Secularism and Nonreligion [2016] -
What is Bigenderism
The Establishment [November 17, 2015] -
UVA Rape Story Goes Viral, and a Virginity Pledger Explains Why She Changed Her Mind
Rewire.News [December 8, 2014] -
Discussing Salon Article: “How I left the purity movement”
Fox News [November 7, 2014] -
How I left the purity movement
Salon [November 1, 2014] -
Benevolent Sexism
Ms. Magazine [September 26, 2014] -
Girls View Sexual Violence as Normal
Sociologists for Women in Society [April 8, 2014] -
Can Religion Ever Be Good for Women? Discussion w/ Andreea Nica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijv4DyAJ3CA [June 24, 2013]















