My sociological interests are social psychological in nature. I am interested in processes that occur at the individual and group level in relation to interaction with social structure. More specifically, I am interested in individual negotiations of personal identity and the effects of particular societal structures and social constructions on them. I am particularly interested in these effects on the racial, spiritual and religious identifications of individuals and the cross-cultural character of these effects. These interests as well as my tangential interests in technological impact and usage are reflected in my previous Master’s level research in which I examined the effects of structural factors on the use of particular frames by social movement organizations to characterize their grievances on the Internet. My current Dissertation research reflects my cross-cultural interests as it examines the effects of differences in structural factors across international borders on the coupling of spiritual self-identification and religious self-identification.