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Who we are: Leadership Team

Elizabeth Ursic

Elizabeth Ursic

Women's Caucus Co-Chair

Elizabeth Ursic is a professor of Religious Studies at Mesa Community College in Phoenix, Arizona. She is also adjunct faculty at the California Institute of integral Studies, teaching Women and World Religions for the graduate Women’s Spirituality program.

Deborah Fulthorp

Deborah Fulthorp

Women's Caucus Co-Chair

Deborah (Debbie) Fulthorp is a full-time online faculty member at Grand Canyon University and assistant professor for GCU's College of Theology.

Joshua Turpin

Joshua Turpin

Leadership Team: Secretary

Joshua Turpin is a doctoral student at Brite Divinity School/Texas Christian University focusing on womanist interpretive hermeneutics and the Hebrew Bible.

Theresa Yugar

Theresa Yugar

Leadership Team

Theresa A. Yugar currently teaches at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles where she is situated in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department.

Rosalind Hinton

Rosalind Hinton

Leadership Team, Book Review Editor

Rosalind Hinton is an independent scholar and oral historian who uses her skills for movement building, public history and fundraising.

Elaine Nogueira-Godsey

Elaine Nogueira-Godsey

Women's Caucus Co-Chair

Dr. Elaine Nogueira-Godsey is an Assistant Professor of Theology, Ecology and Race at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio.

Kimberly L. Carter

Kimberly L. Carter

Leadership Team: Social Media Director

Kimberly L. Carter is a keynote speaker, published author, and freelance writer who has been writing professionally since 2012.

Jonathan Eder

Jonathan Eder

Leadership Team

Jonathon Eder is Programs Manager at The Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston. He hosts the Library's Seekers and Scholars podcast, many episodes of which focus on the intersection of women's studies and religion.

Claire Hein-Blanton

Claire Hein-Blanton

Leadership Team

Claire Hein-Blanton is an Adjunct Faculty member of Baylor University’s Truett Seminary - Houston.

Elizabeth Freese

Elizabeth Freese

Women's Caucus Co-Chair

Dr. Elizabeth M. Freese is a scholar-activist working as a Research and Education Consultant with several organizations focused on religion and reproductive justice - SACReD (Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity), RCRC (Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice), and Auburn Seminary.

Janice Poss

Janice Poss

Leadership Team - Secretary

Janice Leah Poss is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Women's Studies in Religions at Claremont Graduate University and holds an MA in Pastoral Theology from Loyola Marymount University.

Tracy McEwan

Tracy McEwan

Leadership Team

Dr Tracy McEwan is a theologian and sociologist of religion and gender affiliated with the University of Newcastle.

Julia Berger

Julia Berger

Leadership Team

Julia Berger is Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Religion at Montclair State University.

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