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Caroline Kline is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Claremont Graduate University (CGU), where she also serves as Assistant Director of the Center for Global Mormon Studies. She is the director of two major oral history initiatives: the Claremont Mormon Women Oral History Project and the Claremont Global Mormon Oral History Project.
Her educational background includes a PhD in Religion from CGU, an MA in Classics (Latin Emphasis) from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a BA in Classical Languages from Scripps College.
Caroline Kline's research centers on feminist theology and ethics, with a specialized focus on Mormonism, gender, and women’s lived experiences globally. Her work explores how Mormon women in diverse cultural contexts—including Botswana, Mexico, and the United States—navigate faith, identity, and community. She employs oral history as a methodological cornerstone, centering women’s voices in theological discourse.
Her recent publications reveal a consistent engagement with themes of gender roles, familial structures, and doctrinal reinterpretation in global Mormon communities. The articles reflect interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of religious studies, gender theory, and cultural anthropology, with increasing attention to transnational religious experiences and racial diversity within the LDS Church.
- Co-editor, Mormon Women Have Their Say: Essays from the Claremont Oral History Collection (Kofford, 2013)
- Book under contract with University of Illinois Press on Mormon women’s communities
She has contributed to significant edited volumes such as The Palgrave Handbook of Global Mormonism, Routledge Handbook on Mormonism and Gender Studies, and Out of Obscurity: Mormonism Since 1945. Her scholarly impact is evident in her editorial collaborations and sustained publication in high-profile academic collections. Kline leads funded oral history projects, indicating active grant involvement, and mentors emerging scholarship in global Mormon studies. She collaborates with scholars like Rachel Hunt Steenblik and Claudia Bushman, contributing to a growing feminist dialogue within Mormon academic circles.
She is actively involved in building research infrastructure through her leadership in oral history programs and her role in advancing the Center for Global Mormon Studies as a hub for inclusive, gender-sensitive religious scholarship.
