Gina Messina-Dysert

Activist, Blogger, Change Agent, Educator/Teacher, Writer/Editor

Gina Messina-Dysert, Ph.D., is Dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Ursuline College and Co-founder of Feminism and Religion. She is the author of Rape Culture and Spiritual Violence (Routledge, 2014), and co-editor of Feminism and Religion in the 21st Century (Routledge, 2014) and the forthcoming Faithfully Feminist (White Cloud Press, 2015). She is a widely sought after speaker and has presented across the US at universities, organizations, conferences, and in the national news circuit including appearances on Tavis Smiley and MSNBC. She has also spoken at the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations to discuss matters impacting the lives women around the globe. She is active in movements to end violence against women and explores opportunities for spiritual healing for those who have encountered gender-based violence. Gina can be followed on Twitter @FemTheologian and her website can be accessed at http://ginamessinadysert.com.

gender issues, violence against women, feminism, feminist issues in religion

My own TEDx talk before becoming an organizer: The New Feminist Revolution in Religion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMb1UkkZsR8

feminism, religion, theology, women's studies, Catholicism