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Walking Through the Valley

By emilie m. townes
Dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School

December 12, 2022

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By emilie m. townes
Dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School

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Emilie M. Townes is the Dean and University Distinguished Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society and Gender and Sexuality Studies at Vanderbilt University and Divinity School. In 2008, she was the first African American woman to serve as president of the American Academy of Religion and was President of the Society for the Study of Black Religion from 2012-2016. She is the editor of two collections of essays, co-editor of three books, and author of four books, including Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil. Townes is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.