Loyola University Chicago

Department of Theology

Alia Norton

EMAIL

anorton1@luc.edu 

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