Expertise

Academic Interests

  • Afro-Brazilian and Afro-diasporan religions; Women & religion; Gender/Sexuality and religion; Possession religions; Ritual studies; new religious movements; black magic
Past Affiliations

Adjunct Associate Professor, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Assistant Professor, Africana Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Associate Professor, Women's Studies Program, School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Adjunct Associate Professor, Women's Studies Program, School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Assistant Professor, Women's Studies Program, School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Assistant Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
African American Studies, Chicano/a Studies, African Studies, Religious Studies
Degrees
PhD, University of Chicago, The History of Religions, 2004
MA, University of Chicago, Religious Studies, 1996
BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Non-Western Religious Traditions, 1991