Laurel C. Schneider

Background

Schneider, Laurel C. was born on June 25, 1961 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Peter Frederick and Pat Schneider.

Education

AB with honors, Dartmouth College, 1983. Master of Divinity, Harvard University, 1990. Doctor of Philosophy with honors, Vanderbilt University, 1997.

Career

Education director Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament, Arlington, Massachusetts, 1986-1989. Educator PEACE, 1991-1993. Graduate teaching fellow Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1991-1993.

Instructor Vanderbilt Division School, 1994-1995, instructor department religious studies, 1994-1995. Visiting professor religious studies Colby College, Waterville, Maine, 1995-1996. Assistant professor religious studies North Central College, Naperville, Illinois, since 1996.

Convenor, women's studies faculty committee North Central College, since 1997. Advisor IMPACT, since 1997.

Achievements

• Laurel C. Schneider has been listed as a noteworthy religious studies educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Re-Imagining the Divine: Confronting the Backlash Against Feminist Theology

    (Religious feminism is at an impasse. Those offering new i...)

Membership

Member Native American Rights Campaign, Washington, since 1997. Member Human Rights Coalition, Washington, since 1996. Member Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual.

Member American Academy Religion, Society for Study of Native American Religious Traditions, Society for Science Study of Religion, American Theological Society (member steering committee Midwest division since 1998).

Interests

• Hiking, running, travel, music appreciation.