Marie Cornwall
Encyclopedia
Marie Cornwall 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.
, a masters degree in sociology from BYU and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Minnesota
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for one year. She was a researcher for the LDS Church's Correlation Department
prior to joining the BYU faculty.
Cornwall was one of the moving figures behind the growth of the Mormon Social Science Association.
; Social Forces
; Journal of Marriage and the Family and Review of Religious Research. Among other books, Cornwall edited with Tim B. Heaton and Lawrence A. Young Contemporary Mormonism: Social Science Perspectives (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994). Along with Sherrie Mills Johnson, Cornwall has done studies critical of view that Mormon women are submissive and degraded.
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is a peer-reviewed journal, published by Wiley-Blackwell in the United States of America under the auspices of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, dedicated to publishing scholarly articles in the social sciences, including psychology,...
, a professor of sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
and women's studies at Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
(BYU) and a former director of BYU's Women's Research Institute.
Biography
Cornwall holds a bachelors degree in English from the University of UtahUniversity of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
, a masters degree in sociology from BYU and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
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Career
Besides being a member of the BYU faculty Cornwall was also a visiting professor at the University of UtahUniversity of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
for one year. She was a researcher for the LDS Church's Correlation Department
Priesthood Correlation Program
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Priesthood Correlation Program is a program designed to provide a systematic approach to maintain consistency in its ordinances, doctrines, organizations, meetings, materials, and other programs and activities...
prior to joining the BYU faculty.
Cornwall was one of the moving figures behind the growth of the Mormon Social Science Association.
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 MobilizationMobilization
Mobilization is the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war. The word mobilization was first used, in a military context, in order to describe the preparation of the Prussian army during the 1850s and 1860s. Mobilization theories and techniques have continuously changed...
; Social Forces
Social Forces
Social Forces is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of social science published by the University of North Carolina Press...
; Journal of Marriage and the Family and Review of Religious Research. Among other books, Cornwall edited with Tim B. Heaton and Lawrence A. Young Contemporary Mormonism: Social Science Perspectives (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994). Along with Sherrie Mills Johnson, Cornwall has done studies critical of view that Mormon women are submissive and degraded.
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)