Christopher B. Zeichmann, lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University. Welcome Chris! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Ramisuddeen Vypukaran Muhammed Mansoor, Master’s student in Religion in the Public Sphere, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. Welcome Ramisuddeen!

Raj Kumar Singh, PhD researcher in Anthropology at University of Delhi, India. Welcome Raj! www.linkedin.com/in/dr-raj-ku...

Mayuri Patankar, Independent Research Scholar. Welcome Mayuri! www.linkedin.com/in/mayuri-pa...

Seth Palmer, Assistant Professor at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA. Welcome Seth!

Marie Olson Purcell, Lecturer in Religious Studies, Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX) www.linkedin.com/in/marie-ols...

Lauren K. McCormick, postdoctoral research associate at the Center for Culture, Society, and Religion at Princeton University. Welcome Lauren! bsky.app/profile/lolo...

Terence Mayo, Coordinator of the African American Roundtable at Center for LGBTQ & Gender Studies in Religion, Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. Welcome Terence! www.linkedin.com/in/terence-m...

Paula Landim Nazaré, a graduate student at Federal University in Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Welcoime Paula! www.instagram.com/paulinhaland...

Jimmy Hoke, Independent Scholar & adjunct faculty at United Theological Seminary in St. Paul, MN. Welcome Jimmy! bsky.app/profile/jimm...

Samantha Carwyn, M.Div., with the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches. Welcome Sam! www.linkedin.com/in/sam-carwyn/

Esther Brownsmith, Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at University of Dayton, in Ohio. bsky.app/profile/brow... Welcome Esther!

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Claudia Alvarez, PhD student in Religion & Society at Princeton Theological Seminary. x.com/Claudia52602...

2025 Carpenter Cohorts: Summer — Sacred Writes Sacred Writes’ trainings provide scholars with opportunities to acquire skills, identify resources, push disciplinary boundaries, and build communities of accountability and support to produce public ...

A belated but no less grateful & enthusiastic introduction thread for Sacred Writes public scholarship training Summer Cohort, for scholars of religion, gender, and sexuality! Meet them below and here: www.sacred-writes.org/2025-carpent...

Also huge kudos to @sacredwrites.bsky.social for training and encouragement to create more public scholarship.

Applications due by end of day 7/7! You can fill out yours here: forms.gle/3REKf4CH8eaH...

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The training will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays in August from 12-1pm, and will pay each selected scholar a stipend. For more details, see: www.sacred-writes.org/apply

Hello there scholars of religion, gender, and sexuality. Tomorrow--Monday July 7th--is the deadline to apply for Sacred Writes online public scholarship training August Intensive!

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Today's the day! Get those training applications in to join Sacred Writes online in May and June scheming about how to get your expertise in religion, gender, and sexuality out into the public conversation.

Hi there! Applications to the May-June online session of Sacred Writes Public Scholarship Training for scholars of religion, gender, and/or sexuality are DUE MONDAY! Take a second and apply, it will be fun I promise :) forms.gle/xeJWXcnQYw1x...

Welcome to our first Sacred Writes Classical Ideas scholar interview from our new trainings focused on religion, gender, and sexuality! Thank you @khansonwoodruff.bsky.social and @gregsoden.bsky.social

Rebecca Wolfe @rebeccathewolfe.bsky.social is a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University, with a PhD in Sociology from UCSF, where she examined bodily experiences of disordered eating and sexual dysfunction among people raised as women in Protestant purity culture. Welcome Rebecca!

Lucas Wilson, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Toronto Mississauga, is an award-winning author and the editor of Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors’ Stories of Conversion Therapy. Welcome Lucas! www.instagram.com/lukeslamdunk...

Tess Starman is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at Howard University studying intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and power at the nexus of religion and politics. Welcome Tess! www.linkedin.com/in/tess-star...

Khanum Shaikh is Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies & Director of the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at California State University, Northridge. Her research on gender in contemporary Pakistan is funded by the NEH and the Fulbright Foundation. Welcome Khanum! www.instagram.com/khanums50/

Saraswati Pottekkatt is a Masters student in Sutra and Tantra atThe Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Thought, and a member of the Western States Center’s inaugural Commons Cohort which brings together faith and civic leaders to respond to oppression. Welcome Saraswati!

Sohini Sarah Pillai, @sohinipillai.bsky.social is Assistant Professor of Religion, Director of Film & Media Studies, and Marlene Crandell Francis Endowed Chair in the Humanities at Kalamazoo College. She studies Hindu traditions, epic narratives, Indian cinema & women in religion. Welcome Sohini!

Cathy Melesky Dante, is a PhD candidate in Theology at Marquette University, has served as a social worker doing child abuse prevention trainings in Catholic parishes, a campus minister, and currently as a spiritual director. Welcome Cathy!

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Shantanu Mehra, PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at York University, Canada, studies how the Twelver Shia Muslim community of Toronto navigate Islamophobia in the Canadian multicultural public sphere. Welcome Shantanu! x.com/shantanumehra