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Marion Goldman, Mentor
Sociology

Kris Kahl, McNair Scholar

Marion Goldman, Professor of Sociology, received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1977 and has been part of the faculty at the University of Oregon since that time. Her research and teaching interests are in the sociology of religion, gender, and deviance. Those interests have led her to work with the Special Collections Department of the Knight Library to develop comprehensive resources about Oregon’s many alternative groups. In her book, Passionate Journeys (1999), Professor Goldman explores the personal stories of the American women who left families, careers, and past identities to follow Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Other recent publications include "When Leaders Dissolve: Solutions to Controversy and Stagnation in the Rajneesh Movement" in Controversial New Religions (2003), and "Voicing Spiritualities: Anchored Composites in Research on Religion" in Reshaping the Ethnography of Religion (2002). Currently, she is considering the ways in which men develop personal spirituality and redefine masculinity at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California.