Claudia Lauper Bushman
Encyclopedia
Claudia Marian Lauper Bushman (born 1934) is an American
historian with specialty in the history of the Latter-day Saints.
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Bushman holds degrees from Wellesley College, Brigham Young University
and Boston University
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Bushman is a professor of American Studies
at Columbia University
. In the summer of 2003, she was the director of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History
's Summer Scholars program. For the 2007-2008 academic year Bushman was an adjunct professor at Claremont Graduate University
while her husband held the Howard W. Hunter chair at that institution. Bushman is the author of many books, most recently Contemporary Mormonism: Latter-day Saints in Modern America (Praeger Publishers, 2006).
In 1974 Bushman was involved in the founding of Exponent II, a Mormon feminist magazine. There was some speculation among the faculty of Brigham Young University that this led to an attempt by university officials to rescind an invitation for her to speak there in 1993.
Bushman has been heavily involved in cultural activities and public relations in New York City. She was the producer of the youth celebration than coincided with the dedication of the Manhattan New York Temple
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United States
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historian with specialty in the history of the Latter-day Saints.
Background
A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint herself, she is the wife of fellow historian Richard Lyman Bushman. The Bushmans are the parents of six children. Claudia Bushman was recognized as mother of the year for the state of New York in 2000. She is also the sister of Bonnie Goodliffe, one of the organists for the Mormon Tabernacle ChoirMormon Tabernacle Choir
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, sometimes colloquially referred to as MoTab, is a Grammy and Emmy Award winning, 360-member, all-volunteer choir. The choir is part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . However, the choir is completely self-funded, traveling and producing albums to...
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Bushman holds degrees from Wellesley College, Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
and Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
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Bushman is a professor of American Studies
American studies
American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. It traditionally incorporates the study of history, literature, and critical theory, but also includes fields as diverse as law, art, the media, film, religious studies, urban...
at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. In the summer of 2003, she was the director of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History
Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History
The Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History was an academic research organization at Brigham Young University from 1980 to 2005, which sought to promote the study of the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.-History:In 1982, the History Division of the church's...
's Summer Scholars program. For the 2007-2008 academic year Bushman was an adjunct professor at Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University is a private, all-graduate research university located in Claremont, California, a city east of downtown Los Angeles...
while her husband held the Howard W. Hunter chair at that institution. Bushman is the author of many books, most recently Contemporary Mormonism: Latter-day Saints in Modern America (Praeger Publishers, 2006).
In 1974 Bushman was involved in the founding of Exponent II, a Mormon feminist magazine. There was some speculation among the faculty of Brigham Young University that this led to an attempt by university officials to rescind an invitation for her to speak there in 1993.
Bushman has been heavily involved in cultural activities and public relations in New York City. She was the producer of the youth celebration than coincided with the dedication of the Manhattan New York Temple
Manhattan New York Temple
The Manhattan New York Temple is the 119th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It is the second "high rise" LDS temple to be constructed, after the Hong Kong China Temple, and the third LDS temple converted from an existing building...
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