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Kathryn Grace Martin

Lecturer

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Mail Code: 8610
kmart517@stanford.edu

BioLerone A. Martin is the Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Professor in Religious Studies, African & African American Studies, and The Nina C. Crocker Faculty Scholar. He also serves as the Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute and Senior Editor of the Institute's Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project.

Martin is an award-winning author. His latest book, "Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King, Jr." chronicles the overlooked adolescence and calling of Martin Luther King, Jr. It will be published by HarperCollins in May 2026.

Martin is also the author of "The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism." The book, published in February 2023 by Princeton University Press, has garnered praise from numerous publications including: The Nation, Foreign Affairs, The Guardian, Religion News Service, Publisher’s Weekly, and History Today.

In 2014 he published, "Preaching on Wax: The Phonograph and the Making of Modern African American Religion." The book received the 2015 first book award by the American Society of Church History, an affiliated organization of the American History Association (AHA).

In support of his research, Martin has received a number of nationally recognized fellowships, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, The American Council of Learned Societies, The Institute for Citizens and Scholars (formerly The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation), The Teagle Foundation, Templeton Religion Trust, the Louisville Institute for the Study of American Religion, and the Forum for Theological Exploration.

Most recently, Martin became Co-Director of $1 million grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to fund “The Crossroads Project,” a four-year, multi-institution project to advance public understanding of the history, politics, and cultures of African American religions.

He has also been recognized for his teaching, receiving institutional teaching awards as well as fellowships from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.

His commentary and writing have been featured on The NBC Today Show, The History Channel, PBS, CSPAN, CNN, and NPR, as well as in Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He also served as an advisor on the critically acclaimed PBS documentary series The History of Gospel Music & Preaching.

Lerone is currently working on a graphic novel version of "Young King," also to be published by HarperCollins.

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Mail Code: 2084
lerone@stanford.edu

Lindsay Hope Martin, MSN, AGNP-C, AOCNP

Affiliate, IT Services

BioLindsay Martin, MSN, AGNP-C, AOCNP is a nurse practitioner specializing in head and neck and endocrine malignancies. She began her career as a registered nurse at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, CT after graduated from New York University. She worked on an inpatient oncology and palliative care unit before transitioning to outpatient cancer care. She joined Mount Sinai Hospital as a nurse clinical coordinator within the Genitourinary Oncology practice while pursuing her master's degree from Hunter College. After becoming a board-certified nurse practitioner, she remained within the GU program until 2021, when she took over the GU Cancer Clinical Trials program as a program manager and sub-investigator. Her supervisory scope expanded in 2024 when she became the nurse leader for nurses and APPs within the Solid Tumor Clinical Trials service line. Seeking to grow as a nurse leader and expand her scope of expertise, she joined Stanford Health Care in August 2025 as the Lead Advanced Practice Provider for the Head and Neck, Cutaneous and Endocrine department. She is passionate about reducing healthcare disparities and improving access to quality cancer care through care coordination.

Lynne Martin, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiology

BioDr. Martin is an interventional radiologist with Stanford Health Care Interventional Radiology. She is also a clinical instructor in the Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Dr. Martin specializes in interventional oncology (minimally invasive cancer treatments). She diagnoses and treats venous (vein) disease, including venous occlusion (when a vein becomes narrowed or blocked by nearby structures), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and vascular malformations (abnormal development of blood vessels). She also focuses on the management of cirrhosis (severe scarring of the liver) and portal hypertension (elevated pressure in a large abdominal vein). Additionally, she treats women’s health issues, such as fallopian tube blockages, chronic pelvic pain, pelvic venous disease, and uterine fibroids. She is a specialist provider for patients with HHT and pulmonary AVMs as well as patients with vascular malformations (arterial, venous, venolymphatic).

Her research interests include treatments for portal vein thrombosis (clotting), liver cancer, and health care disparities. She has also studied intra-arterial corticosteroid treatment for inflammatory bowel disease. In addition, she has explored the use of bronchial artery embolization (blocking a blood vessel) for the treatment of hemoptysis (coughing up blood) in people with cystic fibrosis.

Dr. Martin twice received the Society of Interventional Oncology (SIO) Scholarship Award. She won first place in SIO’s Artificial Intelligence Hackathon. She has also twice received the Etta Kalin Moskowitz Fund Research Award.

Dr. Martin has published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Clinical Medicine, Neuropeptides, and Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. She has delivered presentations at a number of professional society meetings, including the SIO, the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Dr. Martin is a member of several professional groups, including SIO, SIR, and RSNA. She also serves on committees such as SIO’s Education Committee and Stanford’s Performance Improvement Committee.