Dr. Philippa Koch

Department

Languages Cultures and Religions
Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield

Postal mail

Missouri State University
Languages Cultures and Religions
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65897

Details

Education

  • PhD, History of Christianity, 2016, University of Chicago Divinity School

  • MA, Religion, 2007, University of Chicago Divinity School
  • BA, American Studies, 2004, Georgetown University

Teaching

  • REL 131 Religion in America
  • REL 346 Sexuality and American Religion
  • REL 368 Health and Body in American Religions
  • REL 580/685 Theories of Religion
  • REL 771 Body and Sexuality in Religion and Culture (Graduate Program)

Research and professional interests

  • Colonial America and Atlantic World
  • Religion and Medicine
  • Religion and Sexuality
  • Caregiving
  • Maternity
  • Pietism

Awards and honors

  • Summer Faculty Fellowship, Graduate College, Missouri State University, 2023
  • Young Scholars in American Religion Program, Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, 2019-2021
  • David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality, John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, 2018
  • Dr. Liselotte Kirchner Postdoctoral Fellow, Francke Foundations, Halle, 2017
  • Colonial Essay Award, Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, 2016
  • Sidney E. Mead Prize, American Society of Church History, 2015
  • Junior Fellow, Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion, 2015-2016
  • Newcombe Fellow, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 2014-2015
  • Carpenter Fellow, McNeil Center for Early American Studies, 2013-2014