Alia Norton

3rd Year PhD Student

Education

2022 Master of Theological Studies and Carpenter Certificate in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality, Vanderbilt Divinity School

2020 B.A. in English Literature and Bible/Theology

2020 B.A. in History

Research Interests

Climate-displacement, sex trafficking, sexual ethics, feminist/ womanist ethics, critical race theory, liberation theology

Professional/Community Affiliations

American Academy of Religion

Society of Christian Ethics

Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars

Publications/Research Listings

Review of Walking through the Valley: Womanist Explorations in the Spirit of Katie Geneva Cannon, edited by Stacey Floyd-Thomas, Emilie M. Townes, Angela D. Sims, and Alison P. Gise-Johnson, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, Vol. 43(2)

Presentations

"Global Racism, Climate-Displacement, and Human Trafficking: Who is Responsible for these Intertwining Oppressions?" International Human Trafficking & Social Justice Conference, 2024.

“Racism, Climate-Displacement, and Human Trafficking: Untangling These Intertwining Oppressions,” 17th Annual Loyola University Chicago Graduate School Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, 2024.

“Blame, Exploitation, and Sacrifice: Analyzing Family-Facilitated Sex Trafficking Through the Lens of Judges 11,” Loyola-Marquette Colloquium, 2024.

“Beyond Forgiving and Forgetting: An Analysis of the Value of Remembering Jephthah’s Daughter,” Stone Campbell Journal Conference, 2022.

“When Only Faith Remains: Rereading Hagar’s Story in Genesis 16 Through a Marxist-Feminist Lens,” South Atlantic Modern Language Society Annual Gathering, 2019.