Gary Shepherd

I am a retired professor of sociology at Oakland University in Michigan. I retired from teaching in 2011 and then moved from Rochester Hills, MI to Sandy, Ut in 2018, However, I have not retired from writing. I have collaborated with my brother, Gordon Shepherd (who also is a retired professor of sociology--at the University of Central Arkansas) on a number of research and writing projects. Our most recent published books include: A kingdom Transformed: Early Mormonism and the Modern LDS Church (University of Utah Press); Binding Heaven and Earth: Patriarchal Blessings in the Prophetic Development of Mormonism (Penn State University Press); Voices for Equality: Ordain Women and Resurgent Mormon Feminism (Greg Kofford Books); Jan Shipps: A Social and Intellectual Portrait (Greg Kofford Books); The Palgrave Handbook of Global Mormonism (Palgrave McMillan); Growing Up In the City of the Saints: Glimpses of America in Salt Lake City in the 1950s and 60s (Book Baby)