Alia Norton
STANDING
3rd Year PhD Student
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Climate-displacement, sex trafficking, sexual ethics, feminist/ womanist ethics, critical race theory, liberation theology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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.
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
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Academy of Religion
Society of Christian Ethics
Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars