Kristy Nabhan-Warren

Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair in Catholic Studies, University of Iowa

I am a Religious Studies-trained Ph.D. and my research and scholarship focuses on religion, migration, and work in the United States. I am the inaugural Figge Chair in Catholic Studies at The University of Iowa. I focus on the cultural history and anthropology of Catholicism and am a specialist in Latina/x/o Catholicisms. I have authored five books and numerous articles and am working on a new book about the value of colleges and universities today, and why the humanities matter more than ever. I have been a college professor since 2001, and have mentored numerous undergraduates and graduate students in the humanities and adjacent fields. I am also currently Associate Vice President of Research at The University of Iowa, where I oversee and support faculty and graduate student research and creative work in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Experience

2027–present

Figge Chair of Catholic Studies, University of Iowa
2012–present

Professor, University of Iowa
2002–2012

Associate Professor, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
2001–2002

Visiting Assistant Professor, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky

Education

2001

Indiana University, Ph.D. Religious Studies
1994

Arizona State University, M.A. Religious Studies
1992

Indiana University, B.A. Religious Studies & Political Science

Publications

2022

The Oxford Handbook of Latinx Christianities in the United States,
2021

Meatpacking America:How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland,
2013

The Cursillo Movement in America: Catholics, Protestants, and Fourth-Day Spirituality (UNC Press),
2005

The Virgin of El Barrio: Marian Apparitions, Catholics Evangelizing, and Mexican American Activism (NYU Press),

Grants and Contracts

2023

Writing for the Public Good

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University of Iowa
2016

Louisville Institute Sabbatical Grant for Researchers

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Louisville Institute

Professional Memberships

President-Elect, American Catholic Historical Association

Honours

2023 American Catholic Historical Association Distinguished Teaching Award