Doe Daughtrey

Doe Daughtrey has taught at Arizona State University since 2003, as a religious studies faculty associate, teaching associate, and (currently) full-time instructor in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies. Her undergraduate degree in education has informed her love of and commitment to teaching. Since shortly after graduating with her master’s degree in religious studies from ASU, Daughtrey was hired to develop and teach a special topics class about Mormonism. She also developed and taught courses, New and Alternative Religions in the U.S. and the Women and Religion, for ASU Online. Daughtrey enjoys teaching, working with honors college students, and serving on various undergraduate honors and master's-level students’ committees.

Daughtrey’s primary research interests have been in religion in the Americas, religious hybridity, religion and gender, and religion and popular culture. She attends International Comic-Con in San Diego and local comic-cons as often as possible in order to research the intersections of religion, gender, and popular culture. Her main specialties include Mormonism and New Religious Movements. She has presented on these topics at numerous conferences. Daughtrey’s master’s thesis involved looking at the Mormon concept of a Mother in Heaven, analyzing her as an icon and comparing her ability to act with Mary, the mother of Jesus. Her doctoral dissertation consisted of ethnographic research into the ways in which many LDS (Mormon) women create hybrid spiritualities that combine Mormon doctrines and imperatives with elements from New Age spirituality and Contemporary Paganism. She is now working on a chapter for an edited book on Mormonism and gender. She is also studying the intersections between religious studies and social work with the goal of doing research in religion and trauma.