Renata Forste

Renata Tonks Forste is an American sociologist who specializes in the health and well being of women and children in Latin America.

She has served as the chair of the department of sociology at Brigham Young University (BYU) and has also directed that institutions women's studies program.

Her most widely cited article is "The Decision to Breastfeed in the United States: Does Race Matter" published in the journal Pediatrics with Jessica Weiss and Emily Lippinoctt in Vol.

Her next most cited article is Sexual Exclusivity Among Dating, Cohabitation and Married Women published with Koray Tanfer in the Journal of Marriage and Family Vol.

She also wrote the 1984 book Education for Women at Brigham Young University: Students Perception of Opportunities, Problems and Stereotypes under her maiden name Renata Tonks.