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. 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.
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
The ''Journal of Marriage and Family'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the National Council on Family Relations. It was established in 1939 as ''Living'', renamed to ''Marriage and Family Living'' in 1 ...
'' and ''
Review of Religious Research
The ''Review of Religious Research'' is a quarterly journal that reviews the various methods, findings and uses of religious research. It contains a variety of articles, book reviews and reports on research projects. It is published by the Reli ...
''. Among other books, Cornwall edited ''Contemporary Mormonism: Social Science Perspectives'', with
Tim B. Heaton and
Lawrence A. Young. Along with
Sherrie Mills Johnson Sherrie is an English female given name. It might come from the French ''chérie'', meaning ''darling'' (from the past participle of the verb ''chérir'', ''to cherish'').
It may refer to:
* Sherrie Hewson (born 1950), English actress
* Sherrie L ...
, Cornwall has done studies critical of the view that Mormon women are submissive and degraded.
article by Andrea Radke on Mormon women and mental health
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Notes
Sources
BYU faculty bio of CornwallCornwall's vitaBarnes and Noble listing of books by Cornwallabstract of Cornwall's "From the Editor" piece in an issue of the ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion''
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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