Vance, Laura L. 1967–
Vance, Laura L. 1967–
(Laura Lee Vance)
PERSONAL: Born May 10, 1967, in Ellensburg, WA; daughter of LaDell (an engineer) and Beth (an artist) Vance; married Jennifer Anne Langton (an environmental scientist), January 7, 1988. Education: Western Washington University, B.A., 1989, M.A., 1991; Simon Fraser University, Ph.D., 1994.
ADDRESSES: Home—623 Hancock Dr., Americus, GA 31709. Office—Department of Sociology, Georgia Southwestern State University, 800 Wheatley St., Americus, GA 31709. E-mail—llv@canes.gsw.edu.
CAREER: Writer, sociologist, and educator. Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, professor of sociology, 1994–.
WRITINGS:
Seventh-day Adventism in Crisis: Gender and Sectarian Change in an Emerging Religion, University of Illinois Press (Champaign, IL), 1999.
WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on intimate-partner violence in the rural South and on Mormon women.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
PERIODICALS
American Journal of Sociology, November, 1999, John P. Bartowski, review of Seventh-day Adventism in Crisis: Gender and Sectarian Change in an Emerging Religion, p. 855.
Christian Century, September 22, 1999, Douglas Morgan, review of Seventh-day Adventism in Crisis, p. 907.
Church History, December, 2003, Rennie B. Schoep-flin, review of Seventh-day Adventism in Crisis, p. 908.
Library Journal, April 15, 1999, Sandra Collins, review of Seventh-day Adventism in Crisis, p. 104.