Johanna  Mueller
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Johanna Mueller

M.A. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany (2018)
B.A. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany (2015)
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2020

Johanna I. Mueller is a PhD candidate in American Religions and US History at Stanford University, working on the intersections of religion, race, and national identity in the nineteenth century. Her current research focuses on the early American foreign missions movement, transnational evangelical connections, and the multifaceted relationship between religion and western imperialism. Among her other interests are African American (religious) history, slavery and abolitionism, Christian fundamentalism, and questions about the separation of church and state in the US. 

Johanna studied at Heidelberg University (Germany), Yale University’s Divinity School, and Sweet Briar College, VA, and holds a BA in American Studies and an MA in Christianity & Culture. Before coming to Stanford, she worked as a strategist in the international higher education sector. 

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RESEARCH SPECIALTY(IES):
American Religions