Writing

Below you will find some of my most recent chapters and articles. You can read more about my book, Growing Up Pure, on the home page.

  • Spiritual Healing from Sexual Violence: An Intersectional Guide

    "A Sacred Trust: The Spiritual Community’s Duty"

    In Spiritual Healing from Sexual Violence: An Intersectional Guide. Buy it here.

  • "Purity Culture and the Limits of Queer Evangelicalism"

    Co-written with Victoria Houser for Theology & Sexuality. Read it here.

  • Responding to Spiritual Leader Misconduct: A Handbook

    Co-edited with Emily Cohen and Annie Mesaros for FaithTrust Institute. Buy it here.

  • "Sexual Practices and Relationships among Young People"

    Co-written with Kate Ott for The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality. Buy it here.

  • "No Savior at All: Updike’s Black Jesus and the White Church"

    For The Other Journal. Read it here.

  • "Taylor Swift and the Peristance of Purity"

    The introduction to a roundtable on “Purity Culture Beyond Abstinence Only” for the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. Access it here.

Awards.

2022 Drew University Graduate Division of Religion Recipient

Helen LePage and William Hale Chamberlain Prize, for the Ph.D. dissertation singularly distinguished by creative thought and excellent prose style