Anna Blaedel, PhD

Adjunct Professor
Biography

Drop-In Hours

Tuesday and Thursday 9:30-10:45 am

About

Anna is a chaplain, public theologian, and writer who tends to the theopoetic intersections of spiritual, academic, and activist engagement. They studied Religious Studies at the University of Iowa, did an MDiv at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA, and are preparing to defend their dissertation for a PhD in Theological and Philosophical Studies at Drew University’s Graduate Division on Religion. Anna survived a series of complaints and charges for being queer clergy; after years under complaint, they lost/left their place of religious belonging and believe more than ever that healing from religious trauma and spiritual violence is sacred work, best done in community. Anna has been chaplaining at sacred collective since 2014. They are also a co-founder and co-director at enfleshed.