Allison Shulman
Graduate Student in History of the Christian Tradition
Allie studies 18th-century transatlantic evangelicalism, with a particular focus on early Methodist history and women's history. She studies epistolary networks of evangelical women in the British Atlantic to see how life-writing practices shaped the transatlantic Methodist movement in the eighteenth century. Before pursuing her PhD at SMU, Allie completed her BA in Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and her Master's of Divinity at Duke Divinity School. She currently serves as an associate pastor at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas. When not writing or researching, you can find her wrangling her three children to their various activities or playing pickleball. Coursework Advisor: Dr. Kate Carté Presentations: “Writing ‘Religion of the Heart’ in Early Methodism: The Correspondence of Mary B. Fletcher.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Church History, Chicago, IL, 2026. “Making the Methodist West Indies: Print, Authority, and the Arminian/Methodist Magazine (1780–1810).” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Church History, Chicago, IL, 2026. "Epistles of the Spirit: Mary Bosanquet Fletcher's Letters as Tools of Ministry and Divine Manifestation in Early Methodism," Wesley Theological Society, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 2025.
Fellowships/Awards: John Wesley Fellowship
