Chelsea Taylor
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Religious Studies
Office: Ladd 210
Phone: (518) 580-8404
Email: cmtaylor@skidmore.edu
EDUCATION:
- Ph.D. Northwestern University, Interdisciplinary Theatre & Drama, 2023
- M/A. Northwestern University, Interdisciplinary Theatre & Drama, 2019
- M.A. University of Houston, Theatre Studies, 2017
- B.A., Trinity University, Theatre and English, 2012
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
History of Religion in the United States, Christian Nationalism, Evangelicalism, Religion and Popular Culture, Performance Studies, Adaption Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
- “Performing Pilgrimage: Popular Religious Education and Chautauqua’s Palestine Park.” Theatre Symposium 31 (2022)
- “’Jesus, the Ark for Today’: Evangelizing through Sight & Sound Theatres’ Noah.” Studies in Musical Theatre 15, 3 (2021): 265-71.
Reviews & Public Scholarship
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- Review of One Faith No Longer: The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America, by George Yancey & Ashlee Quosigk.Religion 52, no. 2 (2022): 322-5.
- Virtual Tour: “The Great Passion Play: Eureka Springs, Arkansas,” Materializing the Bible Digital Scholarship Project. https://www.materializingthebible.com/the-great-passion-play.html (2022)
- Virtual Tour: “Sight & Sound Theatres: Lancaster Pennsylvania & Branson, Missouri,” Materializing the Bible Digital Scholarship Project. https://www.materializingthebible.com/sight--sound-theatres.html (2022)