Kristy Slominski
Associate Professor, Religious Studies / Classics
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Associate Professor, Public / Applied Humanities
Learning Services Building, 203
Kristy L. Slominski, Associate Professor of Religion, Science, and Health, is a religious studies scholar specializing in US religious history, health humanities, and sexual health education. She recently published The Routledge Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, and the Medical Humanities (2026). Her first book, Teaching Moral Sex: A History of Religion and Sex Education in the United States, was published by Oxford University Press in 2021. She is a former board member of the American Academy of Religion, and she is currently co-chair of its Religion, Medicines, and Healing Unit. She also serves on the leadership board for the Religion, Health, and Humanities Researchers network (RHHR).
Research Interest
American religious history; religion and sex education; religion and public health
Offering Research Opportunities
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Prerequisite Courses
Students must have taken at least one Religious Studies course.
Majors Considered
Any major will be considered. Students with health-related majors, especially health humanities experience (Religious Studies for Health Professionals major/minor/courses; Health and Human Values minor; Care, Health, and Society major, etc.) will be given priority.
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