Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer in Religion in America
Michelle Mueller has degrees from the Graduate Theological Union, the Pacific School of Religion, and Bryn Mawr College. Her research focuses on gender and sexuality in new religious movements. Mueller's dissertation examined alternative religious families' uses of reality television as a medium for public advocacy (e.g., Sister Wives). Interested particularly in California's religious legacies, Mueller has spent time doing participant-observation within local Wiccan communities. Mueller has been a Visiting Scholar of Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics & Ritual (WATER), a Christine Downing Dissertation Fellow, and the recipient of two Newhall Teaching Fellowships.
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About Michelle Mueller
Michelle Mueller has degrees from the Graduate Theological Union, the Pacific School of Religion, and Bryn Mawr College. Her research focuses on gender and sexuality in new religious movements. Mueller's dissertation examined alternative religious families' uses of reality television as a medium for public advocacy (e.g., Sister Wives). Interested particularly in California's religious legacies, Mueller has spent time doing participant-observation within local Wiccan communities. Mueller has been a Visiting Scholar of Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics & Ritual (WATER), a Christine Downing Dissertation Fellow, and the recipient of two Newhall Teaching Fellowships.
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| 2018 - Present | Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer in Religion in America, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Religious Studies | |
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| 2017 - 2018 | Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer in Religion and Society, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Religious Studies | |
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| 2014 - 2017 | Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Religious Studies | |
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Disciplines
Grants
| 2020 - Present | Adam the Father, Eve the Mother: The Adam-God Doctrine & ‘Heavenly Parents’ in Mormonism |
| Center for Arts and Humanities | |
| Faculty Fellowship | |
| 2019 - Present | Interviews with Mormon Polygamist Women and Men on the Subject of Religious Plural Marriage |
| Association for the Sociology of Religion | |
| Joseph H. Fichter Research Grant | |
| Role: Principal Investigator | |
| $2,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| Present | Faculty Member, Living Religions Collaborative | 2017 - 2020 | Unit Chair, American Academy of Religion Western Region |
Courses
- Sociology of Religion
- Religion in America
- Religion & Ethnography
- Is Scientology a Religion?
| 2016 | Ph.D. in Religious Studies & Theology, Graduate Theological Union | |
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| 2008 | Master of Divinity, Pacific School of Religion | |
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| 2008 | Certificate in Sexuality & Religion, Pacific School of Religion | |
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| 2005 | B.A. in Religion & Classical Studies, Bryn Mawr College | |
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