Publications & Awards

Essays

“Dispatch from a Pandemic: Portland, Oregon, 1893.” Another Chicago Magazine  (2020)

“The Empty Space That Opens Up.” Oregon Humanities Magazine blog (2015)

Articles and Film- Education

“PSU stakeholders need transparency, access to university budget information.” Oregonian (2012)

Poorer by Degrees. Documentary about higher education and income inequality. Writer and director. (2014)

Articles & Reviews - History and Religion

“’Holy Church is not able to recognize her’”: The Virtues and Interpretation in Marguerite Porete’s Mirror.” History of Religions (Winter 2013)

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“Is Bowling a Sport: Thinking Theoretically about Religion.” Teaching Theology and Religion (2012)

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“Development of a Religious Studies Program at Portland State University,” co-authored. In Fostering Religious Literacy Across Campus (2011)

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“Pan’s Labyrinth.” The Journal of Religion and Film: 12 (April 2008)

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Review, Holy Bones, Holy Dust: How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe, by Charles Freeman. Journal of World History (January 2012)

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Review, Pain and Suffering in Medieval Theology: Academic Debates at the University of Paris in the Thirteenth Century, by David Mowbray. The Medieval Review  (January 2010)

Awards

Tin House Winter (novel) Workshop (2020)