Mark R. Cheathem @markcheathem.bsky.social Historian, documentary editor, and writer. Views are my own. https://linktr.ee/markcheathem
Darin Self @darinself.com Assistant Professor of Political Science -- Researching democratization, autocracies, the military, and political parties.
Chair of Utah County Democratic Party -- making democracy work locally:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/utcountydems
Adam Russell Taylor @revadamtaylor.bsky.social President, Sojourners. New book “A More Perfect Union” available now. Passionate social justice advocate & bridge builder. Ordained Baptist minister.
Ada Ferrer @aditaferrer.bsky.social Writer of books, professor of History (once NYU, now Princeton), orphan & always daughter, winner of Pulitzer, descended from Encarnación Carabalí who crossed the Atlantic in chains, mother of daughters, here to resist urge to bury my head in the sand.
Nicholas Shrum @nbshrum34.bsky.social American Religions PhD candidate at UVA | UVA Mormon Studies podcast "Scholars & Saints" host | cat dad | bagpiper
Johannah Palomo @johannahpalomo.bsky.social doctoral candidate at UNC Sociology • Rice University graduate • interested in religion, family, and well-being • posts about basketball and sociology
Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social Scholar and author of Prince’s Minneapolis https://uncpress.org/9781469690957/princes-minneapolis/
The Center for the Study of Evangelicalism @cse-uccs.bsky.social CSE @ UCCS
Research center for the academic study of evangelicalism.
Free public programs featuring authors & scholars.
📍Colorado Springs
Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social Historian of grief and public memory | Senior Manager of Interpretation at Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House | Writing about Edwin Booth, celebrity, and grief | Author of Marquis de Lafayette Returns (History Press, 2024) |
www.elizabethmreese.com
Paul A. Anthony @paul-a-anthony.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate in American religious history, Florida State University. Instructor of history in San Antonio. I study marginalized/fundamentalist religions and American culture. Dissertating on the 2008 Texas FLDS raid in my spare time.
Josefrayn Sánchez-Perry @icxicoatl.bsky.social scholar of mesoamerica, religious studies, and medical humanities. assistant professor @ loyola chicago. Incense and Performance (University of Arizona Press 2026).
Nicole Carroll @nxcarroll.bsky.social PhDing in Religious Studies at Stanford | thinking about American religion, secularism, carcerality, and urban space
Dr Stephen E. Mawdsley @smawdsley.bsky.social Historian of modern American medicine and disability
Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences, University of Bristol
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/stephen-e-mawdsley
Zaakir Tameez @ztameez.bsky.social Legal Scholar of the Reconstruction Era
My favorite quote? “There are but few who stand rooted, like the oak, against the storm.” — Charles Sumner
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social Prof @ Penn studying media, race, tech, feminism, politics.
Author of A SECOND SIGHT (Mariner, 2026), co-author #HASHTAGACTIVISM (MIT Press, 2020) + more.
Typos and opinions both mine.
Co‑Director: @miccenter.bsky.social
Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social 🔍 Curious about the past? So are we! 🎧 Join award-winning historian @lizcovart@bsky.social as we time-travel through early America to uncover the people, ideas & stories that shaped our world. New eps every other Tuesday! 🇺🇸 #HistoryMatters
Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social Nonfiction writer. Author of The Mess That Made Them (Bloomsbury, 2026). | 🏠 Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha Metro Area) | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency
@eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social https://eraldosouzadossantos.com/
A. M. Vincent @vincent.northsky.social Associate Professor, History of Religion. Migrant. Bad at gender, worse at writing bios. I do stuff involving religion and literature and genocide, usually all at once. Posts mostly in English, ibland på svenska, ובעברית רק כדי לספר בדיחות
Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social Daily #ShareGoodNewsToo
Novelist (SF & fantasy), historian (UChicago Renaissance, censorship, radical thought), composer (filk, Norse myth), disability (chronic pain), manga/anime (Tezuka), pics #SomethingBeautiful Blog exurbe.com Podcast “Beforecast”
Ben Spackman @bspackman.bsky.social PhD, American Religious History, minor Reformation+ history of science; MA/PhD work in Semitics. Apple fan, LDS, francophile, bibliophile, gourmand, cyclist, husband. Ramblings at http://BenSpackman.com 
WNBA @wnba.com The official account for the WNBA
https://tr.ee/HEwbJA1hq6
Cassandra Yacovazzi @cassieyacovazzi.bsky.social Historian, Writer, Gardener, Chaser of Toddler
Jessica Otis @jmotis.bsky.social Early modern British historian of science, digital humanist, first book, By The Numbers: Numeracy, Religion, and the Quantitative Transformation of Early Modern England, now out from OUP
ACH @ach.bsky.social Association for Computers and the Humanities, the US-based professional society for the digital humanities. #digitalhumanities
@meadmerrill.bsky.social @meadmerrill.bsky.social 
@bycommonconsent.bsky.social @bycommonconsent.bsky.social 
Christopher R Davis @christopherdavis67.bsky.social PhD Historian. Modern America, History of Sport, Desegregation of College Football
Madison @mlyonhart.bsky.social Doctoral Candidate👩🎓 Historian 👩🏻💻
I'm a doctoral student at the University of Oxford. My work looks at US History, particularly the intersections of 20th Century Evangelicalism, Gender, Masculinity, the Vietnam War, and the rise of the Religious Right.
Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social Music theory and history professor. Will help you with your music theory homework. Dad.
Jessica Brabble @jmbrabbs.bsky.social W&M History Ph.D. candidate studying eugenics, euthenics, and disability in Southern agricultural spaces | NCWC & VT Alumna
Courtney Rabada (she/her) @travelswithhuck.bsky.social PhD candidate focused on contemporary American religion, black feminist theory, women's studies. Proud feminist, road trip expert, CA native.
Jesse Curtis @jessecurtis.bsky.social Assistant Professor of History, Valparaiso University.
Author of The Myth of Colorblind Christians.
Working on new book on evangelical childhood.
R. Mark Melville @rmarkmel.bsky.social Assistant editor of Utah Historical Quarterly. Holiday enthusiast, casual trail runner, cat dad. Views are my own. 🏳️🌈
Hugo Méndez @hugomendez.bsky.social Associate Professor of New Testament & Early Christianity at UNC-Chapel Hill. Author, The Epistles of John (Cambridge 2026) and The Gospel of John: A New History (Oxford 2025) #LGM
Personal site: http://www.hugomendez.com
New Book: https://amzn.to/4jT6pJZ
Elise Scott @elise-scott.bsky.social UT→DC
Opinions my own.
Nicholas T. Pruitt @ntphistory.bsky.social Assistant Professor of History | University of Cambridge | Historian of 20c U.S. religion, politics, and culture | Book w/ NYU Press | Sucker for books and coffee | Views are simply my own.
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-nicholas-pruitt
NBA @nba.com The official account for the NBA
Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social US foreign policy, human rights, decolonization, Indonesia, UConn, DIPG dad. #DefeatDIPG
https://www.bradleyrsimpson.com
My new book from Oxford! https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-first-right-9780199944408?q=the%20first%20right&lang=en&cc=us
Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social Professor | 2026-2027 Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar | Books: Growing God's Family; Addicted to Lust; Taking America Back for God; The Flag & The Cross; Religion for Realists; SOON: Fill the Earth and Subdue It | CV: https://tinyurl.com/mtvxvdfa
Mikaela Dufur @mikaeladufur.bsky.social Sociologist studying kids' social resources and, occasionally, sport at BYU. Living the academic middle management dream. Ohio State alum. Serving the world's best cat.
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics @ctrrelpol-washu.bsky.social Research and teaching center at Washington University in St. Louis focused on the many intersections of religion and U.S. politics. https://rap.wustl.edu/
Joe Blankholm @joeblankholm.bsky.social Associate Professor of Religious Studies at UC-Santa Barbara. Author of The Secular Paradox (NYU 2022). Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project. Book under contract with W. W. Norton.
Pete Cajka @petecajka.bsky.social Assistant Teaching Prof/Director of Undergraduate Studies. U of Notre Dame, American Studies. Historian. Catholic. Augustinian/Existentialist. Writes about...Catholics. Midwesterner. Dad. Tottenham fan.
Katie Hemphill @kmhemphill.bsky.social Historian of gender and sexuality. 🌈 Opinions my own and not representative of my employer.
Michael Muhammad Knight @mmknight.bsky.social 
Janelle M. Higbee @wodsidas.bsky.social Free-range rhetorician. 19c Mormon women’s historian. Actively anti-dystopian. Books and doors must be opened.
Johanna Mueller @johanna-mueller.bsky.social PhD candidate in American Religions at Stanford
Religion, Politics, & Culture Research Workshop at Stanford @rpc-at-stanford.bsky.social The Blokker Research Workshop: Religion, Politics, & Culture, funded by the Stanford Humanities Center, hosts hybrid events on a variety of topics with the goal of enhancing the interdisciplinary study of religion. Follow along to learn about our program!
Brett Krutzsch @brettkrutzsch.bsky.social Editor of The Revealer | Author of Dying to Be Normal: Gay Martyrs & the Transformation of American Sexual Politics | NYU | https://linktr.ee/brettkrutzsch
Adam T. Hogan @adamthogan.bsky.social History PhD candidate @ Texas Tech | American environmental & religious history | M.A.R., Yale Divinity | Bow tie aficionado
www.adamthogan.com
Kathryn Tucker @lkathryntucker.bsky.social Assistant Prof of History at University of Montevallo, focusing on the US South in the 19th and 20th centuries. WFU 🎩 UGA 🐾
Lauren Brand @laurenbrand.bsky.social Reviews Editor @ American Historical Review. 📚 Coffee-drinker. Cross-stitch enthusiast.
https://www.historians.org/news-publications/american-historical-review/
Dr. Amanda Roberts @toriamosephemera.bsky.social English and Gender Studies instructor at NIU. Dissertation: Tori Amos and Third-wave Feminism
Nate Kogan @nkogan.bsky.social Historian of #disability, #Quakerism, #atlantichistory; teacher @RowlandHall; @utarlington PhD in transatlantic history; @Columbia alum; aspiring #jazz guitarist.
Chanhee Heo 허찬희 @chanheeheo.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Associate at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis | race and religion in the pacific | dog mom
Century of Black Mormons @centblckmormons.bsky.social Century of Black Mormons is a digital history database designed to recover what was lost--the identities of Black Mormons from 1830 to 1930. Visit the database at www.CenturyofBlackMormons.org 
lane e. davis @lanedavis.bsky.social reader of books / writer of things / teacher of church stuff / pastor of methodists / lanedavis.us
Sacred Writes Public Scholarship @sacredwrites.bsky.social Helping religion scholars communicate with the public since 2018.
www.sacred-writes.org
Megan Stanton @meganannstanton.bsky.social PhD historian.
Sarah @sarahjwh.bsky.social she/her Trixie's person
sewing/quilting/embroidery
utahn (south valley)
Episcopalian
Looking for friends
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Maggie Goldberger @suburbangothix.bsky.social PhD Student in American Religions UChicago
Clarence Jefferson Hall Jr. @cjeffersonhall.bsky.social Associate Professor of History at Queensborough Community College / CUNY. Author of A Prison in the Woods: Environment and Incarceration in New York's North Country. NYC denizen. Views mine.
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com SVP, Strategy & Operations. Building products, growing audiences and driving revenue. Previously TIME and VICE News. Posting about media, technology and AI.
Website: https://tylerborchers.com/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tylerborchers/
Peter King @peterking1.bsky.social Have a book about my 40 years covering football coming out in October. Preorder: https://wwnorton.com/books/the-game …Had a good run at Cincinnati Enquirer, Newsday, SI, ABC, CNN, HBO, The MMQB and NBC. Chuck the dog pictured.
Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social Believer | Happy husband and dad | Associate Professor of History & Director of African Studies, University of Washington | Chosen Peoples (Duke UP), Bounds of Blackness (Cornell UP)
UW bio: https://history.washington.edu/people/christopher-tounsel
Tim Bontemps @timbontemps.bsky.social Senior NBA writer for ESPN. Prior stops: Washington Post, New York Post. Proud St. Bonaventure alum.
Mike Sando @sandonfl.bsky.social 27th season covering NFL. The Athletic + HOF selector, PFWA board, AP Awards Voter, QB Tiers, Pick Six column. Alum: ESPN, TNT, S-R, Football GM Podcast .
John Hatch @johnhatch.bsky.social Author of "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, MURDER?" CLUE AND THE MAKING OF A CULT CLASSIC.
mike altman @miketheprofessor.bsky.social co-host of Cult Favorite podcast about cult documentaries, professor of religious studies, writing about pro wrestling, kayfabe, and society
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) @sssreligion.bsky.social The SSSR is an interdisciplinary academic association that promotes & communicates social scientific research about religious institutions and experiences. Founded in 1949. sssreligion.org Flagship publication: JSSR @jssreligion.bsky.social
ESPN @espn.com Serving sports fans. Anytime. Anywhere.
Holly George @holly-g.bsky.social Editor, Utah Historical Quarterly. Author of Show Town: Theater & Culture in the PNW. Mother, nature lover, baker. My views are my own. #culturalhistory #Americanwest #Utah
J Barts, PhD (he/him/his) @jbartashius.bsky.social religion & film/gender/migration. pubs on stranger things/lady bird/fight club. bylines: @japantimes@kyotojournal@civilbeat
@religiondispatches@deepkyoto
https://buymeacoffee.com/jbartashius
Journal of Religious History @j-religioushist.bsky.social International double-blind peer-reviewed journal publishing high quality scholarship on the history of all religions & their relationship with human experience.
Diane Brown @dianeberrettbrown.bsky.social Deputy director of Whitney Humanities Center at Yale. Films at the Whitney, Whitney Publishing Project. Books, poetry, democracy, dogs, supporting scholars and their work. Erstwhile dix-huitiémiste. Also: Utah adjacent.
Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social Wife. Mom. Friend. Historian. Award Winning Author. Podcaster. Seeker of Joy.
Refusing Daily.
Michael Sevel @michaelsevel.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Jurisprudence, University of Sydney. Rule of Law. Moral, Legal, and Political Philosophy. Maritime Law.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1315432
Hope J. Shannon @historianhope.bsky.social Historian, slow cyclist, lover of maps and cities, outdoorsy | Director of Engagement @historians.org | US history & public history PhD
thepipsqueakery.org/donate
Gene Zubovich @genezubovich.bsky.social Historian of the modern United States. Author of BEFORE THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT. Expert on history of human rights, US foreign relations, religion. Associate Prof, University at Buffalo, SUNY. www.genezubovich.com
Holly Rowe @sportsiren.bsky.social 
Diane Shane Fruchtman @dianeshanef.bsky.social Rutgers Religion Prof; Medievalist historian of Christianity. Martyrdom Scholar. Advocate for inclusive pedagogy, public education, and peace. New Yorker turned Hoosier. Mom of 3. (She/her or they)
Candace Lukasik @clukasik.bsky.social Yang Visiting Scholar in World Christianity at Harvard Divinity School
Author of “Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire” (2025)
www.candacelukasik.com
University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social University of Illinois Press / Publisher of scholarly and regional trade books and journals since 1918
Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social Stanford University Press has been publishing books across the humanities, social sciences, law, business, and other areas since 1892.
Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social Books et Veritas. Bringing truth to light for more than one hundred years.
Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social First University Press in the US
Established 1869
http://cornellpress.cornell.edu
亶法荷 @dfineffable.bsky.social Assistant Professor Philosophy and Religion at University of Humanistic Studies
vesna jaksic lowe @vesnajaksiclowe.bsky.social writer. bylines in 3 anthologies, NYT, Washington Post, NY Daily News, Catapult, Pigeon Pages. alumna of Hedgebrook,Tin House, Kenyon Review, Martha’s Vineyard. Immigrant Strong newsletter: immigrantstrong.substack.com
Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social Writing the New York Community Choir biography. Curator of #GodsMusicIsMyLife at Substack/YT. Consulting producer on Peabody-winning podcast When We All Get to Heaven.
https://linktr.ee/timdillinger
paulftremlett @paulftremlett.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the Open University & President of the British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR). Religions; places; literacies; alternative futures. Bad at chess, worse at table tennis.
Jonathan AC Brown @jonathanacbrown.bsky.social https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RYoCAAW/jonathan-brown
https://georgetown.academia.edu/JonathanACBrown
Anna Bigelow @annabigelow786.bsky.social Walking the dog, learning, teaching, and writing about religion, Islam, South Asia, material culture, death, and other things
Samira K. Mehta @samirakmehta.bsky.social Scholar of American religion, especially American Judaism, focusing on Religion and Reproductive Politics in the US, Interfaith Families, Jews of Color. Knitter, cellist. Dogs and cats, living together!
Center for Culture, Society and Religion at Princeton University @princetonccsr.bsky.social Princeton University Center for Culture, Society & Religion is an academic initiative promoting scholarly research, teaching & public discussion about religion
Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture @csraac.bsky.social https://raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/
The Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IUI explores the connection between religion and other aspects of American culture.
Tazeen M. Ali @tazeenmali.bsky.social scholar of islam & gender in the US • currently writing on US & UK Muslims on TV • author of The Women’s Mosque of America: Authority & Community in US Islam NYUP • she/her • views are my own
James Goldberg @goldbergwriter.bsky.social Always up for a conversation about Mormon literature.
More on my books at www.goldbergish.com
Elaine Maisner @emaisner.bsky.social Chair, Cedar Falls Precinct @ncdemocrats.bsky.social | Politics SotoZenBuddhism Food Writing Art IyengarYoga | Executive Editor Emerita @uncpress.bsky.social & love my authors.
[above: Sphinx (1964) by Saori Akutagawa Madokoro]