Gina Messina Dysert
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Gina Messina | |
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| Born | September 6, 1975 |
| Other names | Gina Messina-Dysert |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Doctoral advisor | Rosemary Radford Ruether |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | |
| School or tradition | Christian feminism |
| Institutions | |
| Website | ginamessina |
Gina Messina (born 1975), previously known as Gina Messina-Dysert, is an American religious studies and women's studies scholar and activist. She gives particular attention to gender issues in religion.[1][2]
Messina is co-founder of Feminism and Religion,[1] which she founded in 2011 with Caroline Kline, Xochitl Alvizo, and Cynthia Garrity Bond. Feminism and Religion is a project that explores the intersection between scholarship and the feminism (the "F-word") in religion, community, and activism.[3][4]
Messina is also founder and Editor in Chief of The Far Press, an independent feminist publisher which publishes books that explore feminism and gender, religion and spirituality, politics, and social change.
She is the assistant professor of religious studies at Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio, where she formerly served as dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies.[5] Prior to her time at Ursuline College, Messina served as the Director of the Center for Women's Interdisciplinary Research and Education (WIRE) at Claremont Graduate University and as a visiting professor of Theological Ethics at Loyola Marymount University.[6][7]
Born September 6, 1975,[citation needed] Messina grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where she moved after her parents' divorce when she was 12.[8] She earned her GED "while working double shifts at the local Dairy Queen".[8]
Messina earned her doctorate at Claremont Graduate University, focussing on women studies in religion, theology, ethics, and culture. Her advisor was Rosemary Radford Ruether. She completed a Master of Arts degree in religious studies at John Carroll University. She also earned a Master of Business Administration degree with a dual focus in organizational leadership and marketing at the University of Findlay and completed her undergraduate degree at Cleveland State University.