Laura Vance is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Social Science Division at Brevard College. Her research focuses on gender and sexuality in new religions, especially in the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism). She has authored a number of articles, book chapters, and books, including Women in New Religions (NYU Press, 2015), part of the Women in Religions series from New York University Press.