I research gender, social change, community building, andreligious practices in modern East Africa. Focused on Protestant communities in Kenya and Tanzania, my current project argues that spiritual discourses served as key resources for Christian women as they negotiated changing gender norms across the second half of the twentieth century. This work, titled “God Gave Women Power: Intersections of Faith, Gender, Agency, and Well-Being in Christian East Africa, uses oral interviews and ethnographic methods to bring local, embodied knowledge into conversation with academic scholarship. Beyond research,I enjoy introducing students to non-Western cultures and histories, facilitating healthy department life through service on various committees, cooking, and running.