Melanie Heath is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at McMaster University. Her research examines marriage promotion policies in the United States, and she is author of One Marriage Under God: The Campaign to Promote Marriage in America (New York University Press, 2012). Her research has been published in Gender & Society, Qualitative Sociology, Sociological Quarterly, and Contexts. Her current project compares government regulation of polygamy in Canada, France, Mayotte, and the United States.