Leslie Dorrough Smith

Leslie Dorrough Smith is Chair of the School of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri. Her research focuses on how evangelicalism and Christian conservatism impact American cultural attitudes on sex, gender, and race. She is the author of two books published by Oxford University Press: 'Compromising Positions: Sex Scandals, Politics, and American Christianity' and 'Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America'.