Kathleen flake biography

Kathleen Flake is an American historian, writer, and attorney.
Kathleen Flake is an American historian, writer, and attorney.
Professor Flake's research in the area of American Religious History focuses on the adaptive strategies of 19th and 20th century American religious communities.

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Kathleen Flake Richard Lyman Bushman Professor in Mormon Studies Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia kathleen.flake@virginia.edu Education 2000 Ph.D., University of Chicago Major Area: History of Christianity (American) Minor Area: Theology & Narrative 1995 M. A., Catholic University of America (Religious Studies) 1980 J.D., University of Utah School of Law 1974 B.A., Brigham Young University (English) Employment 2013- Richard Lyman Bushman Professor in Mormon Studies, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia 2007- 2013 Associate Professor of American Religious History, Vanderbilt University 2000-2007 Assistant Professor of American Religious History, Vanderbilt University Divinity School & Graduate Department of Religion, Nashville, Tennessee. 1986-1996 Senior Counsel to Assistant General Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Resolution Trust Corp., and Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Washington, D.C. 1980-1986 Trial Attorney to Special Counsel to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Of

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Kathleen Flake

Stubborn and Rebellious Children: Liability of Public Officials for Detention of Children in Jails

BYU Law Review, 1980

Flake* t Stubborn children, runaways, common night walkers, both male and female, common railers ... more Flake* t Stubborn children, runaways, common night walkers, both male and female, common railers and brawlers, persons who with offensive and disorderly act or language accost or annoy persons of the opposite sex, lewd, wanton and lascivious persons in speech or behavior, idle and disorderly persons, prostitutes, disturbers of the peace, keepers of noisy and disorderly houses and persons guilty of indecent exposure may be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Mass. GEN. LAWS ANN. ch. 272, $! 53 (West 1970) (amended 1973). If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them; then sha

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LDS woman makes a living thinking about Mormonism

As a girl I was always curious. In fact, I had an eighth grade teacher who told me I was analytical, and I didn't know what the word meant so I had to go to the library to look it up. – Kathleen Flake

CHARLOTTSVILLE, Va. — As a curious little girl, Kathleen Flake says she had "more fun thinking about (Mormonism) than anything else."

Years and one career later, Flake found a way to make a living thinking about Mormonism, and last week the well-regarded scholar of the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints became the first occupant of the Richard L. Bushman Chair of Mormon Studies in the University of Virginia's Department of Religious Studies.

The chair at Virginia is only the third of its kind in the United States.

"We are honored and privileged to welcome Professor Flake to the university," said Kurtis Shaeffer, chairman of the nationally recognized Department of Religious Studies, established in the early 1960s. "She has a distinguished record of published work o