Our Community

The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics draws on the vast experience and resources of many people to fulfill its mission: to deepen academic and public understanding of religion and politics in the United States.

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Fellows

We offer competitive postdoctoral fellowships to recent Ph.D.s seeking to join our community for up to two years. These fellows teach one undergraduate course per year and participate fully in the life of the center, while also pursuing their own research and scholarship. We also periodically welcome visiting research fellows into the life of the Center for teaching and research opportunities.

  • Judah Isseroff

    Postdoctoral Research Associate

    I study the manifold questions and problems of Jewish political theology including issues related to antisemitism, Zionism, and American Judaism and race.

    Biography
  • Jesse J. Lee

    Postdoctoral Research Associate

    As a historian of Asian American religion, I explore how Japanese American Buddhists navigated American legal and cultural dynamics of religion, race, and citizenship in the early-twentieth century.

    Biography
  • Abigail Modaff

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    I study how Americans have understood their world since the 1860s. My current book traces a predominantly Jewish women’s book club from 1879 through the present.

    Biography
Past Fellows