Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Assistant Professor of American Religions, Iowa State University
I am a scholar of American and Indigenous religions. My ethnohistorical scholarship draws on history and anthropology to examine religion, race, and culture in (and beyond) the United States. My work primarily focuses on the representation of Native American and Indigenous religions in political, scientific, and popular realms.
My research and teaching areas include American religions; Indigenous religions; religion and museums; religion, health, and medicine; method and theory in the study of religion; religion, law, and politics; and religion, race, and empire.
Experience
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2019–presentAssistant Professor of American Religions, Iowa State University
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2016–2019Postdoctoral fellow, Northwestern University
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2014–2016Lecturer, University of Tennessee
Education
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2018Northwestern University, Certificate, Museum Studies
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2015Indiana University, PhD, Religion in the Americas
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2009University of Iowa, MA, Religious Studies & American Indian & Native Studies
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2007University of Kansas, BA, Religious Studies & Creative Writing
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Religion
- Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
- Ames, Iowa, U.S.
- Website
- @sarahedees
- Article Feed
- ORCID
- Joined
