FSR, Inc. Receives Key Support From Carter Center: Internships
Thanks to funding from The Carter Center, three project intern positions were created in the fall semester of 2014. Each position was tailored to function as a specialized unit for JFSR, Inc., based on the respective branches that make up FSR, Inc., which are FSR, JFSR, and EFSR. Broadly speaking, the internships have provided concrete opportunities for these students to gain experience in the production of feminist scholarship in religion. Each intern works with at least one feminist scholar, who provides active mentorship and support to the student as she develops skills and competencies in the publishing and networking processes of our organization. As junior scholars, the interns have been encouraged to contribute to the broader and more established community of feminist scholars in religion through their work with the print (Journal) and digital (Forum, social media) aspects of the organization, as well as establish lasting connections with the feminist scholars and networks that are associated with FSR, Inc.
FSR Unit Intern: Kelsi Morrison-Atkins is a first year ThD student at Harvard University Divinity School in New Testament and Early Christianity. She began working with FSR, Inc. in 2012, and is now the intern responsible for planning and establishing a virtual and in-person network for feminists scholars and activists in feminist studies in religion. Her work has involved researching a number of organizations of varying size and scope and integrating their approaches with the needs of potential members of this organization. These early planning and strategy sessions have illuminated not only the possibilities for a far-reaching network of feminist studies in religion, but also the important work that FSR, Inc. is already doing.
JFSR Unit Intern: Elizabeth Freese is a PhD student in Religion and Society at Drew University Theological School. Her research is focused on new materialist, feminist critical analysis of Christian liturgy as its cultural forms dialectically relate with sociological structures and processes. In her capacity as the JFSR unit intern, she has been working on learning the Journal’s publication process, staying current with trends in feminist scholarship in religious studies, and generally connecting to the feminist academic community. Specifically, she has been working on connecting with Journal reviewers and cleaning up the reviewer database, an integral aspect of the Journal process.
EFSR Unit Intern: Midori E. Hartman is a PhD student in Historical Studies at Drew University Theological School. Her research focuses on the ways in which the rhetoric of animality was used to qualify slavery in late antiquity, which she seeks to connect with her contemporary interest in activism against human trafficking. She joined the EFSR team in 2013, working primarily with the blogging and social media aspects of the Feminism in Religion Forum (FiR). With the assistance of this internship, in 2014 she was able to expand her duties to include assisting with the overall management of the FSR, Inc. website. In this capacity, she has been able to increase her research assistance to the various branches of FSR,Inc. including website development and the e-book project, as well as with helping the other unit interns with technology support.