My research focuses on post-independence East Africa. My current dissertation, titled “God Gave Women Power: Intersections of Faith, Gender, Agency, and Well-Being in Christian East Africa," explores the role of main-line, historic Christian denominations in social change in Kenya and Tanzania. Emphasizing oral histories and interviews across a range of economic and educational backgrounds, I ask how church has operated not only as a socio-economic institution but also a fulcrum for questions of gendered identity, work, family composition, and belonging.