Mélena Laudig

Mélena Laudig is a PhD Candidate in Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University, where she is also pursuing a Certificate from the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies. Her dissertation project, tentatively titled “‘Her Country’s Children’: African American Religion and Childhood in Slavery and Freedom,” examines how religious communities, institutions, and cultures shaped the experiences of Black American children during the long nineteenth century. She earned a Master of Arts in Religion from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Yale College.