Ronald Enroth

==Academic career==
Enroth was a graduate of [[Houghton College]] and earned his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] at the [[University of Kentucky]].<ref name="Westmont"/> He began his career in teaching [[sociology]] during his doctoral studies, and held the post of an instructor at [[Westmont College]] from 1965 to 1967. He was appointed as an assistant professor (1967–71), and then associate professor (1971–76) at Westmont. He became a full professor in 1976.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}}

Although Enroth's doctoral work was in the field of [[medical sociology]], he pursued research and teaching in the [[sociology of religion]], [[new religious movements]], social problems, and the sociology of [[Deviance (sociology)|deviant]] behavior. He held memberships within four professional organizations: [[American Sociological Association]], [[Society for the Scientific Study of Religion]], [[American Academy of Religion]], and the [[Association for the Sociology of Religion]].{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}}

Enroth won the [[Leo J. Ryan]] commemorative award in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.griess.st1.at/enroth.htm|title=WESTMONT|website=www.griess.st1.at}}</ref><ref name="Westmont2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.westmont.edu/_offices/provost/documents/Faculty_C_V/Enroth,%20Ron%20F2005.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-11-30 |archive-date=2010-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528040518/http://www.westmont.edu/_offices/provost/documents/Faculty_C_V/Enroth,%20Ron%20F2005.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>
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}}</ref> He was the Social Science editor for the periodical the ''Christian Scholar's Review'' (1987–1990).<ref name="Westmont"/> He also served on the editorial advisory board of the secular [[anti-cult movement]] periodical the ''[[International Cultic Studies Association|Cultic Studies Journal]]''.<ref name="CSJ">{{cite web
| title=Enroth, Ronald, Ph.D. profile
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| accessdate=2012-11-30
}}</ref> He also served for a number of years on the board of reference for the ministry the [[Spiritual Counterfeits Project]] in [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], California. In 1987 he delivered the Tanner Annual Lecture at the [[Trinity Evangelical Divinity School]], [[Deerfield, Illinois|Deerfield]], [[Illinois]]. In 1994, Westmont College awarded Enroth twice for both Faculty Researcher of the Year and also Teacher of the Year in Social Sciences.<ref name="Westmont"/>