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Throughout our history thousands of American citizens have divorced themselves from the primary culture and sought life in a close community. We will study the reasons for such a choice, whether ideological, financial, personal dependency, or attachment to a charismatic leader who makes all decisions for the group. Specific cults and sects studied will include Shakers, Mormonism, Heaven’s Gate, the Manson Family, Branch Davidians, and Jonestown, among others.
GROUP LEADER: Margaret Watson is a product of the Big Ten, having received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Michigan and then pursuing further graduate study at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. She is Professor Emerita from Quinsigamond Community College, serving both in the faculty and the administration in her thirty-six years tenure there.
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