Mary Laner is an Emeritus Professor from the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University. She taught in the (then) Sociology Department at ASU for 26 years. She passed away in 2018.
Her primary courses were "Courtship and Marriage" and "Family Violence." Her publications include more than 40 articles in scholarly journals and several encyclopedia entries. After her 2002 retirement, she continued to serve as a journal editor and has given talks to various groups including the New Frontiers in Learning program at MCC. She also taught short courses in the Tempe Connections program through the Emeritus College.