Education

Master of Arts: Sociology | East Tennessee State University 2023

• Concentration: Religion
• Thesis: What Discrimination? Christian Microaggression Rhetoric Against Nontheists

Bachelor of Arts: Global Studies | North Park University 2016

• Minors in Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies
• Israel/Palestine Study Abroad Program

Associate of Arts | Rock Valley College 2013

• Concentration in music performance & history

Publications

• Christian nationalism and organized white supremacy: British-Israelism and Christian Identity in the twentieth-century United States
• Our Fathers, Who Aren’t in Heaven: The framing of doubters, atheists, agnostics, and other nones in Father Brown
  • Forthcoming chapter in Religion & the Television Procedural. Lexington Books 2025

Publications in Process

• Microaggressions Against Non-theists: Christian supremacy and other hidden contexts
• Eroding My Faith in Humanity: The methods and mayhem of researching Christian microaggressions

Selected Conference Papers

• “Father Brown: Not So Cozy for Nontheists”
  • Popular Culture Association. New Orleans, LA — April 2025
• “Concepts of Just War & Just Peace in Doctor Who: Exploring Ethical Dilemmas”
  • Popular Culture Association. Chicago, IL — March 2024
• “Microaggressions Against Nontheists Categorized”
  • Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Salt Lake City, UT — October 2023
• “The Rhetoric of Microaggressions: Perceptions of Nontheist Discrimination”
  • Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network. Ottawa, Canada — June 2023
• “Christian Nationalism and Organized White Supremacy in the United States: The Case of James A. Lovell, Evangelist of British-Israelism”
  • MidSouth Sociological Society. Nashville, TN — October 2022