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Beck Henriksen joins the Department of Religious Studies as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Dr. Henriksen received their Ph.D. in Religious Studies and a Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2023. Their research interests center on the anthropology of religion and gender and sexuality studies. Dr. Henriksen’s first project focuses on evangelical beliefs around gender, leadership, and LGBT policies in contemporary Rwanda. Their second project examines trans medical care in the context of politicized Christianity in the United States. They have taught courses titled Gender Theory and the Study of Religion, Religion and Violence, Religious Things, and Introduction to Religion and Culture.