About

I study religion in antiquity through the early Middle Ages and Byzantine era, with foci on Christianity in its ascetic expressions and concepts of ethnic othering in antiquity. I teach on the history of religions in the Department of Theology, on classical antiquity in the Classical and Near Eastern Studies program in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, and on religion and medicine in the Department of Medical Humanities in the School of Medicine, all at Creighton University. I also serve as a faculty affiliate in the Honors Program and the interdisciplinary Women’s and Gender Studies Program, and I am the General Editor of the Journal of Religion & Society published by the Rabbi Kripke Center for Religion and Society.