Kate Dugan 

• Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 2015
• Master of Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Mass.
• Bachelor of Arts, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minn.

Katherine Dugan joined the Humanities Department in 2016. She studies American religions with a specialization in contemporary Catholicism in the United States. At Springfield College, Dugan teaches courses on world religions, religion in the United States, Catholicism, religion and sports, and Interfaith Studies. Her research interests are in religious experience, women in religion, and the intersection of religious practice and American culture. Her first book, Millennial Missionaries: How a Group of Young Catholics is Trying to Make Catholicism Cool (Oxford 2019) is an ethnographic study of young adults who commit two years evangelizing on college campuses in the United States. Her current project is on Catholics and natural family planning.

Twitter: @katherineadugan

Research Interests

• Religion in the United States
• American Catholicism
• Religion and Gender
• Interfaith Studies