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. She has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, as well as a scholar in residence with the Auroville Community in Southern India.
She holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Arizona State University, MDiv from Yale Divinity School, and a MBA, MA, BS, BA from the University of Pennsylvania. Her book, Women, Ritual, and Power: Female Imagery of God in Christian Worship was published with SUNY Press in Fall 2014. Her research interests include: gender studies, ritual studies, and the contemporary history of feminist theology.
In addition to academics, Elizabeth plays cello and piano, and she recorded an instrumental CD titled Unspoken Touch which led to a fellowship at the Yale Institute for sacred Music. Recently she composed music for the World Academy for the Future of Women which was performed at SIAS University in Henan province, China. She is trained as a spiritual director and works primarily with artists. She is a board member of the Arizona Interfaith Movement, and has formerly served as a board member of the Arizona Sexual Assault Network.
“I have appreciated the warm and supportive space of the Women’s Caucus for networking and developing collaborative projects at the AAR/ SBL. I am thrilled to be co-chairing the Women’s Caucus, and I am delighted to co-create programming with such an enthusiastic and dynamic leadership team!”
