Nathan Wright

Nate Wright’s research focuses on three main areas:  religion, culture, and public opinion. 

With regard to religion, he has studied historical changes to religious belief and practice within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the changing relationship between religion and gay and lesbian sexuality over the past few decades; religious voting cleavages in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe; and the place of the study of religion in higher academia and in sociology. 

With regard to culture, he has studied the effect BBC Radio DJ John Peel had on the production and distribution of popular music, an anarchist collective in Chicago, the fate of local regional literary cultures given high rates of mobility, the history and projected future of reading traditional print materials and its relationship to the internet, and the cultural production of college textbooks.

With regard to public opinion, he has studied the relationship between social class and attitudes toward traditional marriage and childbirth, and the social determinants of who is likely to ethically affirm gay and lesbian sexuality.

For specific publications, please see Nate’s CV here.  Please send all questions or comments to Nate Wright.

Please send any questions or comments to nwright@brynmawr.edu