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EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Department of Religious Studies, Northwestern University, 2015
- Dissertation: Catholicism Remixed: Catholic Prayer and the Making of Millennial Catholic Subjectivity
- M.T.S., American Religions, Harvard Divinity School, 2007
- B.A., Departments of Peace Studies and Theology, College of Saint Benedict, 2002, summa cum laude
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
- 2016- : Assistant Professor of Religion, Humanities Department, Springfield College
- 2015-16: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Northwestern University
- 2015: Visiting Lecturer of History and Catholic Studies, History Department, University of Illinois-Chicago
PUBLICATIONS
Books
- Millennial Missionaries: How a Group of Young Catholics is Trying to Make Catholicism Cool, New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
- From the Pews in the Back: Young Women & Catholicism, Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2009. Co-editor.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- “#Adoration: Holy Hour Devotions and Millennials’ Twenty-first Century Catholic Identity,” U.S. Catholic Historian (Winter): 103-127.
- “Gendering Prayer: Millennial-generation Catholics and the Embodiment of Feminine Genius and Authentic Masculinity,” Religion and Gender 7 (Vol 7, No 1, 2017): 1–17.
- “‘Gemma is My Girl!’ Devotional Practices of Millennial Catholic Women and the Making of Contemporary Saints,” American Catholic Studies (Winter 2016): 1-21.
- “Buddhist Women and Interfaith Work in the United States.” Journal of Buddhist-Christian Studies 27 (2007): 31-50.
Manuscripts in Revision
- iPrayer: Catholic Prayer Apps and Twenty-first Century Catholic Subjectivities, The Anthropological Study of Religious and Religion-Themed Mobile Apps, ed. Jacqueline Fewkes.
Book Chapters
- “Young Adult Catholics: Telling Our Own Stories. In Future of Religion: Traditions in Transition, edited by Kathleen Mulhern. Englewood, CO: Patheos Press, 2012.
Book Reviews
- Donna Bowman, Prayer Shawl Ministries and Women’s Theological Imagination (Lexington Books, 2015), Religion and Gender (Winter 2018).
- Review, Jill Krebs, Our Lady of Emmitsburg, Visionary Culture, and Catholic Identity: Seeing and Believing (Lexington Books, 2015), American Academy of Religion’s Reading Religion, 2016.
- Review, Joseph Laycock. The Seer of Bayside: Veronica Lueken and the Struggle to Define Catholicism (Oxford University Press, 2014), “Religion in American History Blog,” July 2015.
- Quarterly Book Reviewer, CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Book Reviews, Topics: Women and Religion, Catholicism in the U.S., American Religion.
Web-based Publications
- “Navigating Ethnography,” Feminist Studies in Religion, FSR Blog, May 19.
2018. - “Catholicism as Contradiction: Review of Anthropology of Catholicism: A Reader,” Marginalia Review of Books, March 30, 2018.
- “Reform in American Catholicism? Not really. Re-emphasis? Yes,” Berkley Forum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, & World Affairs, December 17, 2017.
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS
- 2018, Faculty Development Grant, Springfield College
- 2017, Teaching Interfaith Understanding Faculty Development Seminar, Council of Independent Colleges and Interfaith Youth Corps
- 2017, Research Travel Grant, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, University of Notre Dame
- 2017, Curriculum Development Grant, Interfaith Youth Corps
- 2017, Writing Fellow, Springfield College
- 2016-17, Faculty Development Grant, Springfield College
- 2015-16, Educational Technology Teaching Fellow, Northwestern University
- 2015, Course Enhancement Grant, Weinberg College of Arts and Science, Northwestern University
- 2014-15, Writing Fellow, The Graduate School, Northwestern University
- 2013-15, Teaching Fellow, The Graduate School Northwestern University
- 2014, Alternate, Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellowship
- 2013, Recipient, Graduate Research Grant, The Graduate School, Northwestern University
- 2010, Second Place, Gender Issues, 2010 Catholic Press Association Book Awards
- 2005-07, Academic Scholarship, Harvard Divinity School
INVITED TALKS
- 2010, “Of Memory & Vision: Stories from Young Women in Catholicism,” Call to Action Conference, Milwaukee, IL, November 5-7.
- 2010, “Young Women & Catholicism,” The Church in the 21st Century, Boston College, March 16.
- 2010, “From the Pews in the Back: Young Women & Catholicism,” Ganon Center for Women & Leadership, Loyola University-Chicago, January 25.
- 2009, “From the Pews in the Back,” College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, October 15.
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
Papers Presented
- 2018. “Divine Mercy, the Cold War, and a Polish Pope: The International Context of an American Catholic Devotion,” American Society for Church History, Washington, DC, January 4-6.
- 2017. “Catholic in Fly-over Country: Studying Rural Catholicism in the U.S.,” American Academy of Religion Meeting, Boston, MA, November 17-22.
- 2017. “‘If you Pray About It, God’ll Give you an Opportunity to Do it:’ Gendering Prayers, Catholic Millennials, and the Rhythms of Ethnography,” Society for the Anthropology of Religion Biennial Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 15-17.
- 201. “‘Guard your Hearts:’ Dating, Sex, and Chastity among Millennial-generation Catholics,” New England Maritime American Academy of Religion Regional Meeting, Boston, MA, April 8.
- 2017. “A Hipster Saint and Cool Catholics: Crafting Millennial-Generation Catholic Identity in the U.S.,” American Catholic Historical Association, Denver, CO, January 6-7.
- 2016. “Ethnography Pedagogy, Pedagogical Ethnography: Using and Teaching Ethnography in Religious Studies Classrooms,” American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, TX, November 19-22.
- 2016. “‘Life App:’ Catholics and Grassroots Pro-Life Activism in the Twenty-first Century,” Boston College Biennial Conference on the History of Religion, Boston, MA, April 1-2.
- 2016. “Pope Francis: Media Re-Presentations,” American Catholic Historical Association, Atlanta, GA, January 7-10.
- 2015. “‘Dynamically Orthodox’ Catholics: The Mass and Technologies of Catholic Group Formation,” Society for Anthropology of Religion Biennial Conference, San Diego, CA, April 16-19.
- 2014. “Devotions Remixed: Millennial Catholics and 21st Century Devotionalism,” American Academy of Religion, San Diego, CA, November 22-24.
- 2014. “Millennial Missionaries: Recycling Jesuit Fragments for the 21st Century,” Crossings and Dwellings: Restored Jesuits, Women Religious, American Experience, 1814-2014, Chicago, IL, October 16-19.
- 2014. “Making Catholicism Hip: Young Adult Catholics and Cool American Catholicism,” Midwest Region American Academy of Religion, Ada, OH, April 4-5.
- 2014. “Hip Catholicism: Crafting a Catholic Cool,” Chicago Ethnography Conference, Evanston, IL, March 15.
- 2012. “A Space Set Apart: Sacred Texts From the Pews in the Back,” West Region, American Academy of Religion, Santa Clara, CA, March 24-26.
- 2011. “Forgive Me, iPhone, for I have Sinned: Catholic Engagement with the Confession App,” American Academy of Religion, San Francisco, CA, November 19-22.
Conference Discussant
- 2014, “Where Religion Takes Place,” Northwestern University Religious Studies Graduate Student Conference, Evanston, IL, October 31-November 2.
- 2012, “Transnational Transitions,” Northwestern University Religious Studies Graduate Student Conference, Evanston, IL, October 12-14.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Springfield College
- Religion and Sports
- Religions of the World
- Religion in American: Religion in New England
- Religion in America: American Religious History
- Introduction to Philosophy
Northwestern University
- Introduction to Religion
- Christian Thought in Global Perspective
- Introduction to Christianity
- Women and Religion
- Chicago Catholicism: A Case Study
- Contemporary American Catholicism (
University of Illinois-Chicago
- Catholics and Catholicism in U.S. History (spring 2015)
Northwestern University, Teaching Assistant
- Introduction to Buddhism
- American Religious History
- Religion, Medicine, and Suffering in the West
- Methods of Observing Human Behavior
- Introduction to Hinduism
- Religion and Identity
- Introduction to Religion
- Introduction to Judaism
- Introduction to Buddhism
Other Teaching Experience
- English Language Learning Teacher, Mason County Literacy, Shelton, WA
- English Teacher, Instituto Intercultural, Mendoza, Argentina
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
- Peer Reviewer, Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art, and Belief (2017)
- Teaching Consultant, Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching (2013-16)
- Coordinator, North American Religions Workshop, Northwestern University (2012-14)
- Workshop Leader, New TA Conference, Graduate School, Northwestern University (2013-14)
- Teaching Consultant, Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching (2013-16)
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
- Member, Curriculum Committee, Springfield College (2017-18)
- Workshop Presenter, Center for Teaching and Learning, Springfield College (2017)
- Search Committee Member, Humanities Department, Springfield College (2016-17)
- Teaching Representative, Religious Studies Graduate Student Association (2014-15)
- Teaching Representative, Religious Studies Graduate Student Association (2014-15)
- Member, Religious Studies Graduate Student Association (2009-2015)
- Member, Religious Studies Graduate Student Conference Committee (2014)
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
- 2017, Faculty Bootcamp, Center for Teaching and Learning, Springfield College
- 2013, Graduate Teaching Certificate, Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching, Northwestern University
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
- 2008-2009: Nutrition Educator, Squaxin Island Tribe, Washington State University Extension, Shelton, Washington
- 2007-2008: Community Engagement Educator, Alaska Initiative for Community Engagement, Alaska Association of School Boards, Juneau, Alaska
- 2005-2007: Research Associate, Women’s Networks and Religious Diversity News, The Pluralism Project at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
- 2004-2005: Executive Director and Marketing Coordinator, Columbia Gorge Winegrowers, Resource Assistance for Rural Environments, University of Oregon, Bingen, Washington
- 2003-2005: Planning Specialist, Mid-Columbia Economic Development District, Resource Assistance for Rural Environments, University of Oregon, The Dalles, Oregon
- 2002-2003: Regional Program Coordinator, Women’s Housing, McAuley Institute, Jesuit Volunteer Corps Raleigh, North Carolina.
LANGUAGES
- Spanish, reading and speaking proficiency
- French, reading proficiency with dictionary
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- American Academy of Religion (2010-present)
- American Catholic Historical Association (2015-present)
