EDUCATION |
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2016 |
Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies, Graduate Theological Union |
2008 |
Master of Divinity, Pacific School of Religion |
2005 |
Bachelor of Arts, Bryn Mawr College, Magna Cum Laude |
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COURSES TAUGHT |
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Religion in America, Media and Religion, Sociology of Religion, Ways of Under-standing Religion, Religions of the World, Mormon Women and Power, NeoPagan Liturgy: Earth Ritual, The Christian Tradition, Intro to Humanities (ritual studies) |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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Articles |
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“If all acts of love and pleasure are Her rituals, what about BDSM? Feminist culture wars in contemporary Paganism,” Theology & Sexuality (2017), DOI: 10.1080/13558358.2017.1339930. |
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“Deepening conversations between ritual studies and Pagan studies,” Pomegranate: International Journal of Pagan Studies 16.1 (2014): 5–23. |
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Book Chapters |
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“The chalice and the rainbow: conflicts between women’s spirituality and transgender rights in US Wicca in the 2010s.” In Press, Female Leaders in New Religious Movements, ed. by Inga Tollefsen and Christian Giudice, New York: Palgrave MacMillan, forthcoming. |
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“A Wiccan ally’s perspective,” In Voices of UU Pagans and Earth-Centered Spirituality, ed. by Jerrie Hildebrand and Shirley Ranck, Boston: Skinner House Books, 2017: 103–10. |
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Book Reviews |
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Review of Exhibiting Mormonism: The Latter-day Saints and the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair by Reid L. Neilson, International Journal for the Study of New Religions 6.2 (2015): 226–28. |
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Review of Pagan Family Values: Childhood and the Religious Imagination in Contemporary American Paganism by S. Zohreh Kermani, Pomegranate: International Journal of Pagan Studies 16.2 (2014): 255–57. |
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Review of Re-Riting Woman: Dianic Wicca and the Feminine Divine by Kristy S. Coleman, Pomegranate: International Journal of Pagan Studies 14.2 (2012): 325–28. |