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Prof. Megan Goodwin

Prof. Megan Goodwin (she/her/hers) is a scholar of American religions, race, gender/sexuality, and politics. She is the author of Abusing Religion: Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions (Rutgers 2020). With Prof. Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, she co-hosts “Keeping It 101: A Killjoy’s Introduction to Religion Podcast” and is currently cowriting Religion Is Not Done with You (Beacon 2024).

She is the media and tech consultant for the Crossroads Project and a visiting assistant professor of religious studies at Bates College.