Stephen A. Kent

Stephen A. Kent
Kent in 2000
Known forFrom Slogans to Mantras
AwardsGraduate Student Supervisor Award (2009)
Bill Meloff Memorial Teaching Award (2010)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Maryland, College Park, B.A. (1973)
American University, M.A. (1978)
McMaster University, Ph.D. (1984)
Academic work
DisciplineSociology of religion, New religious movements
InstitutionsProfessor of Sociology, University of Alberta
Websiteskent.ualberta.ca

Stephen A. Kent is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He researches new religious movements (NRMs), and has published research on several such groups including the Children of God (The Family), the Church of Scientology, and other NRMs operating in Canada.