Natalie Brown: Secular schools might discredit LDS scholars for their faith, and church universities might reject them for their scholarship.
Their dilemma: Secular schools might discredit them for their faith, and church universities might reject them for their scholarship.
I know from experience, however, that the pathway to becoming a professor who approaches Mormon topics from an angle of faith is difficult, especially for Latter-day Saint women. The church is uniquely qualified to nurture the next generation of scholar-disciples and remove some of the obstacles aspiring Latter-day Saint academics face.
Upon graduation, new doctoral recipients in the humanities and social sciences confront a competitive academic job market that offers less and less reward for their degrees. Most faculty members no longer have the ability to gain tenure and the job security it provides, andlive below the poverty line. Contingent faculty typically have little access to research funding, meaning that few voices are contributing to academic conversations.
Aspiring scholars of all backgrounds face nearly insurmountable challenges, but Latter-day Saints — especially Latter-day Saint women — wishing to pursue topics related to their religion run into additional barriers.
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