Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Assistant Professor,
History 
(616)526-6809
kkd3@calvin.edu
Office: Hiemenga Hall 488
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Educational background
B.A., History and German, Dordt College
Ph.D., American History, specialties in women's history and religious history, University of Notre Dame
Research and professional interests
Prof. Du Mez's research areas include gender and religion in 19th and 20th-century U.S. history, specifically, historical proto-feminist theologies; connections between gender, religion, and foreign policy; and, more recently, gender issues in world Christianity.
Recent activities
Prof. Du Mez is currently working on the book The Forgotten Women's Bible, on the theology of Katharine Bushnell and Lee Anna Starr and contracted with Westminster John Knox. Related to this book are two articles: “Leaving Eden: Resurrecting the Work of Katharine Bushnell and Lee Anna Starr,” under provisional contract to Breaking Boundaries: Female Biblical Interpreters who Challenged the Status Quo with T&T Clark and “Katharine Bushnell” and “Lee Anna Starr,” articles for the Biographical History of Women Biblical Interpreters, under contract to Baker Academic Press.
Her ongoing research is on gender, militarism, and American Evangelicalism. She will be presenting a paper on this topic at the National Women's Studies Association this fall and should have an article ("Warriors for Christ") coming out on this within the next few months in American Evangelicalism: George Marsden and the Shape of American Religious History (University of Notre Dame Press).
Life outside of Calvin College
"Right now nearly all my free time is spent hanging out with my two kids, Zachary (age 3 in August) and baby daughter, Eva Lucia. We go on walks, play at parks, ride bikes, garden, and have all sorts of enlightening conversations."
Other information
Prof. Du Mez is serving as a teaching fellow for the next three years and is a member of Gender Studies committee.
See a partial list of Kristin Du Mez's publications.
