Education
PhD, Religion, Duke University (2023)
ThM, Theology, Western Theological Seminary (2017)
MTS, History of Christianity, Calvin Theological Seminary (2016)
BA, English and French, Hillsdale College (2010) Publications
Dissertation
Word and Presence: The Role of Scripture in the Formation and Reformation of Mystical Theology, 1200–1580
Journal Articles
“The Unknown Deed of the Last Day and Julian of Norwich’s Eschatological Hermeneutic in the Showings,” Medieval Mystical Theology 32, no. 1 (2023): 46–57.
“Luther and Contemplation,” with Samuel J. Dubbelman, Reformation and Renaissance Review 25, no. 1 (2023): 3–20.
“The Bride of the Holy Trinity: The Role of Mary in Mechthild of Magdeburg’s Mystical Theology,” Church History 91, no. 2 (June 2022): 245–263.
Book Reviews
Review of Enemies of the Cross: Suffering, Truth, and Mysticism in the Early Reformation, by Vincent Evener. Fides et Historia 52, no. 2 (2022): 166–168.
Review of Dissimilar Similitudes: Devotional Objects in Late Medieval Europe, by Caroline Walker Bynum. Anglican Theological Review 103, no. 3 (Summer 2021): 368–70.
Review of Protestants and Mysticism in Reformation Europe, edited by Ronald K. Rittgers and Vincent Evener. Anglican Theological Review 102, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 705–7.
Projects
Conference Presentations
- “Readers and Lovers: The Song of Songs as Hermeneutic in Hugh of Balma’s The Roads to Zion Mourn,” Mysticism and Lived Experience Network Conference (2023)
- “For the Perfect Only? Thinking about Exclusivity in the History of Christian Spiritual Practices,” Makarios Conference, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry and the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, Rome (2023)
- “What Would Jesus Contemplate? Mendicant Interpretations of Luke 10:38-42,” Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference, Villanova University (2022)
- “Not Permitted to Utter: Paul, the Third Heaven, and Ecstasy in Early Protestant Exegesis,” Sixteenth Century Society & Conference (2021)
- “What’s Love Got to Do With It?: The Role of Election in Richard Rolle’s Song of Songs Commentary,” Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference, Villanova University (2021)
- “The Influence of the Psalms in the Mystical Poetry of Hadewijch of Brabant,” Society of Biblical Literature (2020)
- “Thoughts and Prayers, or Something More? Affective Meditation as Ethical Critique in The Book of Margery Kempe,” Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference, Villanova University (2020)
- “A New Hermeneutic? Julian of Norwich’s Relationship with ‘Holy Church’ and the Scriptures,” Southeastern Medieval Association (2019)
- “Julian of Norwich, Holie Church, and the Unknown Deed of the Last Day,” Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference, Villanova University 2019)
- “Balaam’s Ass, John Ames, and the Hermeneutics of John Calvin,” Southeast Conference on Christianity and Literature (2018)
- “The Lover and the Psalms: Hadewijch of Antwerp’s Mystical Poetry,” Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference, Villanova University (2017)
- “Embodied Desire: Catherine of Siena’s Theology of Tears,” Duke Graduate Conference in Theology (2016)
- “The Power to Lead and the Power to Damn: Cynewulf’s Elene,” Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies (2016)
Other Talks
- “Love to Read: The Song of Songs as Biblical Hermeneutic in the Middle Ages,” Theology and Ethics Colloquium; Duke University (2022)
- “The Virgin Mary in Mechthild of Magdeburg’s Flowing Light of the Godhead and Other Late Medieval Texts,” Guest Lecture, Medieval Women Mystics: The Beguines, General Theological Seminary; New York City, NY (2022)
- “Caught Up into Paradise: Paul, the Third Heaven, and Mystical Ascent from the Late Middle Ages to the Reformation,” Hope College-Western Theological Seminary Theology Seminar; Hope College, Holland, MI (2022)
- “Protestant Mysticism,” Society of Saint Mary Magdalene (2022)
- “Reforming the Heavens: Protestants and Angelology,” Society of Saint Mary Magdalene (2021)
- “Hildegard of Bingen: Scholar and Saint,” The Academy of Classical Christian Studies, Oklahoma City (2020)
- “Hildegard of Bingen: Her Life and Legacy,” Church of the Holy Family, Chapel Hill, NC (2020)
- “‘Heaven and Earth Are Full of Angelic Motion’: Reconsidering Calvin’s Theology of Angels,” Theology and Ethics Colloquium, Duke University (2019)
- “St. Alban and the Role of the Saints in the Church,” St. Alban’s Anglican Church, Strasbourg (2019)
- “Mystical Marriage: Puritan Exegesis of the Song of Songs,” Advanced Theological Studies Fellowship, Kampen Theological University (2019)
