The appointments are Lerna Ekmekcioglu at MIT, Daniela Arias-Rotondo at Kalamazoo College, Amanda Deliman at Utah State University, Kristen Marceau at Purdue University, Nell Gabiam at Iowa State University, Danielle Battisti at the University of Nebraska Omaha, Elizabeth J.A. Siwo-Okundi at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Taryn Okuma at the Catholic University of America, and Jennifer Ellis at Cameron University.
Based at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Kentucky and funded by the Lilly Endowment, the Louisville Institute awards grants and fellowships in support of leadership, education, and research on North American religion. Dr. Lovelace, a longtime professor and scholar of the Hebrew Bible, began her tenure as the institute's top executive leader on August 1.
