Susanna Morrill
Department Chair; Associate Professor of Religious Studies
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.
Academic Credentials
PhD 2002, MA 1993 University of Chicago
BA 1989 Bryn Mawr College
Teaching
Spring 2021 Courses:
RELS 255 American Religion Through the Small Screen: Religious Themes in Contemporary Television
MWF 11:40AM - 12:40PM
Exploration of key themes in American religious history as these are revealed in contemporary American television shows. These themes will include millennialism, exceptionalism, revivalism, restorationism, apocalypticism, freedom of religion, religious pluralism, fascination with the exotic “East,” and exploration of paranormal topics.
Prerequisites: None.
Research
Professor Morrill teaches courses in United States religious history up to 1865; United States religious history, 1865-present; colonial American history; women in United States religious history; the body and health in United States religious history; and a seminar focusing on American religions. These courses reflect her interests in researching women in United States religions and, specifically, in finding women (and men) in American history by looking at non-traditional, popular sources—the places in American culture that women were able to safely create and inhabit.