PhD Candidate Instructor of Record I am a Ph.D. Candidate and Instructor of Record in the Department of Religion. My research interests include considering the ways women have been described by religion and religious institutions, the history of witch trials in Scotland and the US, and illegal trials for witchcraft in the Southeastern US. My dissertation focuses on a woman named Mary Ingleman who was tried in an illegal trial in 18th Century South Carolina who sued her torturer in civil court and won, and women who are rejecting descriptions placed upon them and embracing the label of witch through subversive repetition. I am the creator and host of the Pastor to High Priestess Podcast, a series where I interview women (and others) who have left Christianity and now embrace the spiritual practice of witchcraft. Education Education: BA Religion The University of Georgia, 2009 MDiv Candler School of Theology, Emory University, 2015 Courses Taught Courses Regularly Taught: RELI 1001 Awards, Honors and Recognitions Of note: Ruth Sewell Flowers Award, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, 2015 Researcher for the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Project at the University of Edinburgh, 2022 Participant in the NHC Graduate Student Podcasting Winter Institute, January 2023
