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Jennifer Graber
OccupationHistorian
SpouseStacy Vlasits
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (2023)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisChristianity Imprisoned: Religion and the Making of the Penitentiary, 1797-1860 (2006)
Doctoral advisorGrant Wacker
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineHistory of religion in the United States
Institutions

Jennifer Graber is an American historian. Originally a classical singer while studying at Goshen College, she later shifted towards studying history during her graduate studies, before becoming the Gwyn Shive, Anita Nordan Lindsay, and Joe & Cherry Gray Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.[1] A 2023 Guggenheim Fellow, she has written on the history of religion in the United States: The Furnace of Affliction (2011) and Gods of Indian Country (2018).

Biography

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A native of Goshen, Indiana,[2] Graber got her Bachelor of Arts degree (1995) in Music at Goshen College,[3] where she performed as an opera singer at the university, including at their centennial concert in 1995.[2][4] She later obtained her Master of Theological Studies degree (1999) at the Candler School of Theology, and Doctor of Philosophy degree (2006) in American religious history at Duke University; her doctoral dissertation Christianity Imprisoned: Religion and the Making of the Penitentiary, 1797-1860 was supervised by Grant Wacker.[3]

In 2006, Graber became Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the College of Wooster.[3] In 2012, she moved to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and became Associate Professor of Religious Studies there.[3] On November 5, 2019, she was promoted to Gwyn Shive, Anita Nordan Lindsay, and Joe & Cherry Gray Professor.[5] She became the Associate Director of UT Austin's Native American and Indigenous Studies Program in 2019, as well as the Associate Chair of UT Austin's Department of Religious Studies in 2022.[3]

Graber has authored two books on the history of religion in the United States: The Furnace of Affliction (2011) and Gods of Indian Country (2018).[6][7] She has also taught classes in religion in the United States, as well as freedom of religion.[1] She collaborated with the Kiowa Tribal Museum to create the Kiowa Calendar Project.[8] In 2023, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Religion.[9]

Graber is married to Stacy Vlasits, who works as a Senior Information Technology Manager at UT Austin.[10][11]

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  1. ^ a b "Jennifer Graber". UT Austin College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Kronemyer, Bob (February 3, 1994). "'Figaro' requires stamina". The South Bend Tribune. pp. D3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d e "JENNIFER GRABER" (PDF). UT Austin College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "Concert features Anabaptist martyr". The South Bend Tribune. March 19, 1995. pp. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Congratulations Dr. Jen Graber!". UT Austin College of Liberal Arts. November 5, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "The Furnace of Affliction | Jennifer Graber". University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  7. ^ "The Gods of Indian Country - Jennifer Graber". Oxford University Press. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  8. ^ "About". The Kiowa Calendar Project. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "Jennifer Graber". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  10. ^ "Margie Vlasits". Park View Mennonite Church. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  11. ^ "Staff". UT Austin Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  12. ^ Abruzzo, Margaret (2011). "Review of The Furnace of Affliction: Prisons and Religion in Antebellum America". The Journal of American History. 98 (3): 826. doi:10.1093/jahist/jar376. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 41510158.
  13. ^ Hanley, Mark Y. (2012). "Review of The Furnace of Affliction: Prisons and Religion in Antebellum America". The American Historical Review. 117 (2): 525. doi:10.1086/ahr.117.2.525. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 23310794.
  14. ^ Heuser, Frederick J. (2013). "Review of The Furnace of Affliction: Prisons and Religion in Antebellum America". The Journal of Presbyterian History (1997-). 91 (1): 44. ISSN 1521-9216. JSTOR 24463324.
  15. ^ Lazerow, Jama (2011). "Review of The Furnace of Affliction: Prisons and Religion in Antebellum America". Journal of Church and State. 53 (4): 680–681. doi:10.1093/jcs/csr094. ISSN 0021-969X. JSTOR 24708235.
  16. ^ Roberts, Kyle (2012). "Review of The Furnace of Affliction: Prisons and Religion in Antebellum America". Church History. 81 (1): 218–220. doi:10.1017/S000964071200039X. ISSN 0009-6407. JSTOR 41410845.
  17. ^ Rose, Anne C. (2011). "Review of The Furnace of Affliction: Prisons & Religion in Antebellum America". The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. 109 (2): 215–217. ISSN 0023-0243. JSTOR 23387467.
  18. ^ Wiewora, Nathaniel (2012). "Review of The Furnace of Affliction: Prison and Religion in Antebellum America". The Historian. 74 (1): 105–106. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2011.00314_14.x. ISSN 0018-2370. JSTOR 24455796.
  19. ^ Hamm, Thomas D. (2021). "The Gods of Indian Country: Religion and the Struggle for the American West". Quaker History. pp. 89–90. Retrieved December 18, 2024 – via Project Muse.
  20. ^ Hermann, Adrian (2020). "Relating North American Indigenous History and the Study of Religion: Introducing a Review Symposium on Jennifer Graber's The Gods of Indian Country and Pamela Klassen's The Story of Radio Mind". Numen. 67 (2/3): 281–288. doi:10.1163/15685276-12341576. ISSN 0029-5973. JSTOR 48594769.
  21. ^ Johnson, Sylvester A. (2020). "Religion and Empire in Transnational Perspective: a Response to Pamela Klassen's Story of Radio Mind and Jennifer Graber's Gods of Indian Country". Numen. 67 (2/3): 298–302. doi:10.1163/15685276-12341578. ISSN 0029-5973. JSTOR 48594771.
  22. ^ Martin, Joel W. (September 6, 2021). "The Gods of Indian Country: Religion and the Struggle for the American West". The American Historical Review. 126 (2): 799–780. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhab257. ISSN 0002-8762 – via Oxford Academic.
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