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"Conversation is the vehicle for change. We test our ideas. We hear our own voice in concert with another. And inside those pauses of listening, we approach new territories of thought." Terry Tempest Williams, When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice
From kincraft to Black Church burnings, Professor Todne Thomas teaches about the multidimensional character of human experience Todne Thomas, Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies, is an esteemed ethno-grapher and an expert on kinship studies. But when it comes to titles, Thomas prefers something more personal: “My favorite titles are daughter and mother,” she shares. Her preferred honorifics point to who Thomas is at her core a person who understands the eminence of connection.
One of the highest priorities for HDS in recent years has been expanding faculty expertise. This year, Dean Hempton welcomed Professors Tracey E. Hucks, AM '95, PhD '98, Terrence L. Johnson, MDiv 'oo, and Ahmad Greene-Hayes to the HDS community. Their remarkable strengths as researchers and teachers will greatly enhance the School's curricular offerings, scholarship, and support of African diasporic and African American religious studies. In collaboration with leading scholars across the School, this wave of new faculty members will have a major influence on the next generation of HDS students and the future of education.