Kristin Du Mez — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

New York Times bestselling author of "Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation" (2020).
Professor of history and gender studies at Calvin University.
Author of "A New Gospel for Women: Katharine Bushnell and the Challenge of Christian Feminism" (2015).
Announced the film "For Our Daughters" (2024), which draws from her work on "Jesus and John Wayne."
Holds a Ph.D. in American history from the University of Notre Dame.

Biography

Kristin Kobes Du Mez is an American historian and a professor of history and gender studies at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in history and German from Dordt College in 1997 and a Ph.D.

in American history from the University of Notre Dame. Before joining Calvin University, Du Mez worked at Williams College and the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center at Mount Holyoke College.