Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Associate 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 received a 2010-2011 Louisville Sabbatical Research Grant to complete work on her book The Forgotten Women's Bible, on the life and theology of Katharine Bushnell 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,” in Breaking Boundaries: Female Biblical Interpreters who Challenged the Status Quo (T&T Clark, 2010) and "Reorienting American Religious History in the Age of Global Christianity: The Case of Katharine Bushnell," in American Evangelicalism: George Marsden and the Shape of American Religious History (forthcoming, University of Notre Dame Press).
An additional research project concerns gender, militarism, and American Evangelicalism. She presented a paper titled "Resurrecting Teddy Roosevelt: Masculinity, Imperialism, and Contemporary Evangelical Heroes” at the National Women's Studies Association in the fall of 2009 and gave an invited talk on “Masculinity, Militarism, and Modern American Evangelicalism," for Calvin College’s Paul Henry Institute in the Spring of 2011.
Life outside of Calvin College
"Lately I've enjoyed spending time in England doing research. Closer to home, my hobbies include reintroducing native plants to our urban acreage, preparing for a new course I'll be teaching on 'Cooking and Eating in American History,' and learning all sorts of fascinating things from my two kids (ages 4 and 2)."
Other information
Prof. Du Mez is serving as a Calvin College Teaching Fellow. She is a member of Gender Studies committee.
See a partial list of Kristin Du Mez's publications.
