Who we are: Leadership Team

Elizabeth Ursic, professor of religious studies and author of the book, Women, Ritual, and Power: Female Imagery of God in Christian Worship published with SUNY Press, chaired the AAR/SBL Women’s Caucus for ten years until 2022.

Telesia Kathini Musili is a lecturer at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya, and a research fellow at the University of South Africa.

Julia Enxing (she/her) is a full professor of Fundamental Theology at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at Ruhr University, Bochum/Germany.

Itohan M. Idumwonyi is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and a lively interdisciplinary scholar.

Mahjabeen Dhala, PhD., is Assistant Professor of Islamic studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley where she also serves as chair of the Women’s Studies in Religion program and director of the Madrasa-Midrasha program.

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

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

Deborah (Debbie) Fulthorp is an Associate Professor with Grand Canyon University's College of Theology.

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

Jonathon Eder is Programs and Scholarly Engagement Manager at The Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston. 

Win Whelan is a member of the Chicago Area Camera Clubs Association.

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

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

Veena R. Howard, Ph.D., is Professor of Asian Religious Traditions in the Department of Philosophy at California State University, Fresno.

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

Ulrike E. Auga is Professor of Religious Studies, Intercultural Theology and Ecumenism at Humboldt University of Berlin and Hamburg University as well as CTI Fellow in Princeton.

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.

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

Elizabeth M. Freese, PhD is a sociologist of religion focused on the Reproductive Justice movement and serving as Scholar-in-Residence with SACReD (Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity) to support its education and advocacy programs. In her public scholarship, Freese contributes to an understanding of the interactions between Christianity and the politics of reproduction.

Colleen D. Hartung, PhD, is developer and coordinator of the Ministry for Families and Children at Holy Wisdom Monastery in Madison, Wisconsin.