Masih lives in an FBI safe house after two assassination attempts. Her message can't be silenced https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-04/masih-alinejad-islamic-republic-iran-women-rise-up-against-hijab/101727240 #news #Unrest,ConflictandWar #ReligionandBeliefs #ReligiousLeaders #Discrimination #WomenReligious #WorldPolitics #Demonstration #WomensStatus #HumanRights

My first piece for Network was an interview for #BlackCatholic History Month in November with Sr. Sandra Helton. It was a privilege to speak with her and her inspiring and challenging and words will stay with me. #vocation #racism #RacismInTheChurch #WomenReligious #CatholicSisters #NetworkLobby https://networklobby.org/black-sisters-authentically-you/

Time for a belated introduction!

I'm a medievalist, teaching graduate Medieval Latin courses in the DC area and paleography virtually and IRL (e.g. for HMML and in workshops).

I'm currently working on an open-access Latin paleography textbook and also writing a novel about nuns and archaeologists. I have high hopes that procrastinating on one of those projects will result in finishing the other, or vice-versa.

Since 2010, most of my work in DC has been in historic preservation, with a focus on the architecture and development of DC's neighborhoods. A lot of my energy over in the other place was devoted to local DC matters—yelling about statehood, yelling at District agencies, following weather and traffic, etc. I expect I will remain there for those purposes as long as those functions continue.

#paleography #medievaldons #medieval #manuscripts #nuns #womenreligious #benedictines #archaeology #dchistory #dcstatehood #historicpreservation #preservation