Gina Messina Dysert

Gina Messina
Born (1975-09-06) September 6, 1975 (age 49)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesGina Messina-Dysert
Academic background
Alma mater
Doctoral advisorRosemary Radford Ruether
Academic work
Discipline
School or traditionChristian feminism
Institutions
Websiteginamessina.com Edit this at Wikidata

Gina Messina (born 1975), previously known as Gina Messina-Dysert, is an American religious studies and women's studies scholar and activist. She gives particular attention to gender issues in religion.[1][2]

Messina is co-founder of Feminism and Religion,[1] which she founded in 2011 with Caroline Kline, Xochitl Alvizo, and Cynthia Garrity Bond. Feminism and Religion is a project that explores the intersection between scholarship and the feminism (the "F-word") in religion, community, and activism.[3][4]

Messina is also founder and Editor in Chief of The Far Press, an independent feminist publisher which publishes books that explore feminism and gender, religion and spirituality, politics, and social change.

She is the assistant professor of religious studies at Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio, where she formerly served as dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies.[5] Prior to her time at Ursuline College, Messina served as the Director of the Center for Women's Interdisciplinary Research and Education (WIRE) at Claremont Graduate University and as a visiting professor of Theological Ethics at Loyola Marymount University.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b Williams, Mariam (8 September 2014). "Being black, feminist and Christian: an ongoing struggle". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. ^ "On being 'doubly othered'". Crux. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  3. ^ "WGBH News". News.
  4. ^ "Dismantling the Patriarchy is an Ecumenical Task | Jewish Exponent". Archived from the original on 18 June 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Going Places". Crain's Cleveland Business. Vol. 34, no. 18. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2016 – via EBSCOhost.
  6. ^ Suttell, Scott (20 June 2015). "Ursuline preps MBA students for 'triple bottom line' world". Crain's Cleveland Business. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  7. ^ Farkas, Karen (5 July 2016). "Ursuline College launches "socially-conscious" MBA program". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.