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Susanna Morrill

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

John R. Howard Hall 228, MSC: 45
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Wednesday 3:00-4:00pm or by appointment

Susanna Morrill teaches courses in United States religious history. She received her doctorate in the history of religions from the University of Chicago. Her work in the recent past has focused on how early Mormon women used popular literature in order to argue for the theological importance of their roles in the home, community, and church.

News Stories

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Professor explores role of women in American religions

In a post for the Mormon history blog The Juvenile Instructor, Associate Professor of Religious Studies Susanna Morrill ties understandings of female roles in the Mormon church to themes in other American religions and American culture.
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Student works with faculty on groundbreaking religion research

Miriam Karraker ’15 and Associate Professor of Religious Studies Susanna Morrill are working together to research religion in the Pacific Northwest with a focus on “nature religion.” Nature religion can take many forms, whether it be engaging in outdoor sports, reading nature-focused literature, or working for an environmental group. In the following Q&A, Karraker and Morrill reflect on their experience.

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Professor receives grant to research 19th-century birth and death practices

Susanna Morrill, associate professor of religious studies, has received a Charles Redd Fellowship in Western American History.
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Morrill receives second research fellowship

Susanna Morrill, associate professor of religious studies, has been awarded a second fellowship in support of her project, “Protestant Women’s Birth and Death rituals, 1780-1920.”
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Morrill receives Huntington Fellowship

Susanna Morrill, associate professor of religious studies, has been awarded a one-month fellowship at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. This fellowship comes with a $3,000 award.

Location: J.R. Howard Hall

Religious Studies is located in room 2nd Floor of J.R. Howard Hall on the Undergraduate Campus.

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