Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Academic Appointments
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Associate Professor, Religious Studies
Program Affiliations
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American Studies
2026-27 Courses
- American Religions in a Global Context: Proseminar
RELIGST 359A (Aut, Win, Spr) - Constructing Race and Religion in America
RELIGST 246, RELIGST 346 (Win) - Magic, Marvel, and Sinners: Exploring Religion in Popular Culture
AMSTUD 120M, RELIGST 120 (Aut) - The Religions and Cultures of Enslaved People in America
AFRICAAM 263C, AMSTUD 263, RELIGST 263 (Aut) -
Independent Studies (6)
- Advanced Teaching Practicum
RELIGST 390 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Individual Work for Graduate Students
RELIGST 389 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Individual Work for Undergraduates
RELIGST 199 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Paper in the Field
RELIGST 392 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Research in American Religions
RELIGST 382 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Senior Essay/Honors Thesis Research
RELIGST 297 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Advanced Teaching Practicum
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Prior Year Courses
2024-25 Courses
- Foundations of African American Studies I: Black Religion, Culture, and Experience to the Civil War
AFRICAAM 104, AMSTUD 104A (Aut) - Introduction to African American Studies: Black Religion, Culture, and Experience to the Civil War
RELIGST 35X (Aut) - MMUF Seminar
CSRE 55M (Win, Spr) - Researching and Writing Religious History
RELIGST 379 (Win) - Service Learning Practicum
EDUC 98, EDUC 98SI (Win) - What Makes a "Cult?" Studying Religion on the Margins
AMSTUD 155R, RELIGST 155 (Aut)
2023-24 Courses
- Introduction to African American Studies: Black Religion, Culture, and Experience to the Civil War
AFRICAAM 104, AMSTUD 104A (Aut) - Introduction to African American Studies: Black Religion, Culture, and Experience to the Civil War
RELIGST 35X (Aut) - Readings in Race and Religion in America
RELIGST 348 (Win) - The Religions and Cultures of Enslaved People in America
AMSTUD 263, RELIGST 263, RELIGST 363 (Aut)
- Foundations of African American Studies I: Black Religion, Culture, and Experience to the Civil War
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Mathew Ayodele, Johanna Mueller, Jeffrey Sanchez -
Orals Evaluator
Mathew Ayodele -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Lanai Huddleston
All Publications
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The Demands of Justice: Enslaved Women, Capital Crime, and Clemency in Early Virginia (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY
2024; 111 (1): 151-152
View details for DOI 10.1093/jahist/jaae031
View details for Web of Science ID 001262425600054
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Denmark Vesey's Bible: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION
2023
View details for DOI 10.1093/jaarel/lfad022
View details for Web of Science ID 001009827900001
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Engendering Slave Religion: Methodology Beyond the Invisible Institution
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION
2023
View details for DOI 10.1093/jaarel/lfac049
View details for Web of Science ID 000973272400001
- The Souls of Womenfolk: The Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South University of North Carolina Press. 2021
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Re-evaluating Roots: Slavery as Source and Challenge for African American Theology
T&T CLARK HANDBOOK OF AFRICAN AMERICAN THEOLOGY
edited by Daymond, A. M., Ware, F. L., Williams, E. L.
2019: 19-31
View details for Web of Science ID 000579879000003
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"She Come Like a Nightmare" Hags, Witches and the Gendered Trans-Sense among the Enslaved in the Lower South
JOURNAL OF AFRICANA RELIGIONS
2017; 5 (2): 239-274
View details for Web of Science ID 000416730000005