Alison Renna

Visiting Assistant Professor
Department 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.