Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, History of Medieval Christian Thought, 2004; B.A., Yale University, Humanities, magna cum laude, 1998

Teaching Specialties
Medieval and early modern Christian thought (Europe), monotheistic religions, mystical traditions in all major religions, Spain and the New World, church history

Research Interests
Mystical texts and traditions (negative theology, visionary experience, Passion meditation) in Europe in general and early Golden Age Spain in particular, with attention to the influence of culture, gender, and religious/racial heritage

Selected Publications
“Agonies of the Virgin: Mary Fainted, Mary Crucified in Sixteenth Century Castilian Passion Treatises.”  Sixteenth Century Studies 38.1 (2007): 3-26; “A Mystic in the Age of the Inquisition: Bernardino de Laredo's Converso Environment and Christological Spirituality.”  Medieval Encounters: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Confluence and Dialogue 12.2 (2006): 133-52; “Trinitarian Love Mysticism: Hadewijch, Ruusbroec, and the Gendered Experience of the Divine.”  Church History 72 (2003): 484-503. 

Professional Distinctions
Awarded two Mellon postdoctoral positions at Duke University, 2004-2006; Javits fellowship for graduate study