Alison Renna

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies    

Office:  Ladd 210
Phone:  (518) 580-5426
Email:   arenna@skidmore.edu

Education:

• PhD, Yale University, Religious Studies, expected 2026
• MPhil, Religious Studies, Yale University, 2021
• MA, The History of Science and Medicine, Yale University, 2020
• BA, Religious Studies and Science, Technology, and Society, Franklin & Marshall College, 2018

Research and teaching interests:

• Science and Religion;
• Religions of the Americas;
• Science and Technology Studies; The History of Ecology;
• Method and Theory in the Study of Religion;
• The Fate of Metaphysics;
• US Constitutional Law;
• International Climate Diplomacy

Selected publications:

• “Truth and Duration, Or the Problem with How Things Actually Are.” Forthcoming in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
• “Fit and Form in Science and Religion in the United States.” American Religion 5, no. 1 (2023): 161-171. https://dx.doi.org/10.2979/amerreli.5.1.13.