Publications

“‘Somebody Touched Me:’ Conversion, Disidentification, and the Promise of Queer Transformation in James Baldwin’s Fiction,” Black Theology: An International Journal (forthcoming)

Conference Papers

"Holy Sex, Queer Love, and the Ecstatic Encounter with the Transcendent in James Baldwin's Just Above My Head," Gay Men and Religion Unit, American Academy of Religion, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, November 2018

"Strange Flesh: James Baldwin and the Struggle Against Theological Race-Making in the Black Church," Graduate Student Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, October 2018

"Queering Black Religion: James Baldwin, Disidentification, and Reimagining Black Faith," Black Religion, Spirituality, and Culture Conference, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 2018

"James Baldwin's 'Religion of Love:' A Humanist-Theological Response to Christian Supremacy," Religion and Literature Section at the Midwest American Academy of Religion, Regional Meeting, Ada, Ohio, April 2015