K. Reed Stephenson, PhD, MDiv
Education:
The University of Georgia, Ph.D., May 2025
Dissertation Title: Pastor to High Priestess: My Journey from Rejecting Descriptions
of Christianity to Describing Myself as a Witch
Emory University, Candler School of Theology, MDiv, Emory University, May 2015
The University of Georgia, B.A. Religion, August 2009, cum laude
Teaching Experience:
The University of Georgia, August 2022 – May 2025
Instructor of Record, Classes Taught: RELI 1001, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
The University of Georgia, August 2021 – 2022
Writing Intensive Program Teaching Assistant
Additional Professional Experience:
Creator and Producer of the Pastor to High Priestess Podcast, August 2023 – Present
The University of Georgia Office of Global Education, June 2023 – June 2024
Program Assistant, University of Liverpool Undergraduate Student Exchange
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 2013 - 2020
Hope Lutheran Church, Palm Desert, CA, Associate Pastor for Worship, June 2019-June 2020
Atlanta Bar Church, Atlanta, GA, Founding and Lead Pastor, Curatrix of Community, March 2014-June 2019
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta, GA, Associate Pastor for Community Engagement, 2013-2017
House of the Rock, Atlanta, GA, Director of Community, 2013-2015
Academic Conferences:
Presenter, Oxford Symposium on Religious Studies, Oxford, UK, March 2025, #Women #Deconstructing #Christianity on TikTok
Presenter, Southeastern Region, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA, March 2023, Untangling the Myth of Mary Ingleman: The Witch of Winnsboro
Professional Research Experience:
Research Assistant, The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, University of Edinburgh, 2022
Publications:
Forthcoming:
Adams, Flor, Manlangit, Erny ros. V, Osborne-Kibbe, Elizabeth, Stephenson, K. Reed, Zhang, Jie. Reclaiming Monstrosity: Haunting Heteropatriarchal Legacies in Pedagogy and Post-Qualitative Inquiry, Pedagogy, Culture, and Society
In Preparation:
Stephenson, K. Reed, Untangling the Tale of Mary Ingleman, the Witch of Winnsboro: A Hauntological Investigation of Illegal Trials for Witchcraft in 18th Century South Carolina
Professional Activities:
Graduate Student Support Team, Post-Qualitative Inquiry Lecture Series: Six Public Lectures by Dr. Elizabeth A. St. Pierre, Athens, GA, 2024-2025
President, Religious Studies Student Association, The University of Georgia, 2023-2024
Panelist, Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant Information, US Alumni Network of Tajikistan, 2023
Participant, Podcasting Cohort for the National Humanities Center, Podcasting the Humanities, 2023
Presenter, Wild Goose Festival, Hot Springs, NC, 2014-2019
Facilitator and Co-host, Community Conversations on Race and Gender, Atlanta, GA, 2016-2018
Chaplain, Church of the Common Ground, Atlanta, GA, 2015-2016
Chaplain, Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter, Atlanta, GA, 2015-2016
Ordination, Pastor for Word and Sacrament, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 2016
Intern, Lutheran Services of Georgia Refugee Resettlement Service, Atlanta, GA, 2012-2014
Awards:
Hatchery Innovation Winner, Centerform Innovation Hub, 2018
Ruth Sewell Flowers Award, Emory University, 2015
Languages:
Spanish and French, reading and conversant proficient; proficient in Koine Greek translation
