Marie Cornwall (born 1949) is the editor of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, a professor of sociology and women's studies at Brigham Young University (BYU) and a former director of BYU's Women's Research Institute.
Biography
Cornwall holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Utah, a master's degree in sociology from BYU and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Minnesota.
Career
Besides being a member of the BYU faculty Cornwall was also a visiting professor at the University of Utah for one year. [1] She was a researcher for the LDS Church's Correlation Department prior to joining the BYU faculty, where she studied causes/patterns of Mormons leaving church activity for other ways of living.
Cornwall was one of the moving figures behind the growth of the Mormon Social Science Association. [2]
Publications
Among other subjects Cornwall has written articles on women's suffrage, unemployment, gender roles in housekeeping, plural marriage and religion and family in such journals as Mobilization; Social Forces; Journal of Marriage and the Family and Review of Religious Research. Among other books, Cornwall edited Contemporary Mormonism: Social Science Perspectives, with Tim B. Heaton and Lawrence A. Young. [3] Along with Sherrie Mills Johnson, Cornwall has done studies critical of the view that Mormon women are submissive and degraded. [4]
Notes
- ^ Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 3, 2000[ full citation needed]
- ^ History of the Mormon Social Science Association Archived 2013-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cornwall, Marie; Heaton, Tim B.; Young, Lawrence A., eds. (1994), Contemporary Mormonism: Social Science Perspectives, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0-252-06959-5, OCLC 28721262
- ^ article by Andrea Radke on Mormon women and mental health
Sources
- BYU faculty bio of Cornwall
- Cornwall's vita
- University of Illinois Press blurb on Cornwall
- Barnes and Noble listing of books by Cornwall
- abstract of Cornwall's "From the Editor" piece in an issue of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
- info on Cornwall
- "A Farewell Salute to the Women's Research Institute of Brigham Young University" in SquareTwo, Vol. 2 No. 3 (Fall 2009)
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1949 births
- Latter Day Saints from Minnesota
- American sociologists
- American women sociologists
- Brigham Young University alumni
- Brigham Young University faculty
- Living people
- University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni
- University of Utah alumni
- University of Utah faculty
- Latter Day Saints from Utah
- Academic journal editors
Marie Cornwall (born 1949) is the editor of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, a professor of sociology and women's studies at Brigham Young University (BYU) and a former director of BYU's Women's Research Institute.
Biography
Cornwall holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Utah, a master's degree in sociology from BYU and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Minnesota.
Career
Besides being a member of the BYU faculty Cornwall was also a visiting professor at the University of Utah for one year. [1] She was a researcher for the LDS Church's Correlation Department prior to joining the BYU faculty, where she studied causes/patterns of Mormons leaving church activity for other ways of living.
Cornwall was one of the moving figures behind the growth of the Mormon Social Science Association. [2]
Publications
Among other subjects Cornwall has written articles on women's suffrage, unemployment, gender roles in housekeeping, plural marriage and religion and family in such journals as Mobilization; Social Forces; Journal of Marriage and the Family and Review of Religious Research. Among other books, Cornwall edited Contemporary Mormonism: Social Science Perspectives, with Tim B. Heaton and Lawrence A. Young. [3] Along with Sherrie Mills Johnson, Cornwall has done studies critical of the view that Mormon women are submissive and degraded. [4]
Notes
- ^ Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 3, 2000[ full citation needed]
- ^ History of the Mormon Social Science Association Archived 2013-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cornwall, Marie; Heaton, Tim B.; Young, Lawrence A., eds. (1994), Contemporary Mormonism: Social Science Perspectives, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0-252-06959-5, OCLC 28721262
- ^ article by Andrea Radke on Mormon women and mental health
Sources
- BYU faculty bio of Cornwall
- Cornwall's vita
- University of Illinois Press blurb on Cornwall
- Barnes and Noble listing of books by Cornwall
- abstract of Cornwall's "From the Editor" piece in an issue of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
- info on Cornwall
- "A Farewell Salute to the Women's Research Institute of Brigham Young University" in SquareTwo, Vol. 2 No. 3 (Fall 2009)
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
- 1949 births
- Latter Day Saints from Minnesota
- American sociologists
- American women sociologists
- Brigham Young University alumni
- Brigham Young University faculty
- Living people
- University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni
- University of Utah alumni
- University of Utah faculty
- Latter Day Saints from Utah
- Academic journal editors