Harvard University, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA

Dorothy “Dorie” Goehring

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Education:

Harvard University, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA

Master of Divinity (expected 2016), Islamic Studies.

Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York City, NY

Bachelor of Arts(expected 2013), Theology and Anthropology, minor in Women’s Studies

GPA: 3.62/4.0, Theology major: 3.73/4.0, Anthropology major: 3.75/4.0

Senior Theology Capstone Seminar Paper (completed Fall 2011) discussing and analyzing female gender roles and theological anthropology in Islamic thought.

Professional Experience

The Crossing, Episcopal Diocese of Masachusetts, Seminarian, Fall 2015-present

• Assist in administrative duties such as creating worship sheets and updating the website
• Plan and coordinate anti-racism, trans*, anti-Islamophobia, and mental health programming
• White People Challenging Racism course and training, January 2016
• Boston Trans Day of Remembrance
• Massachusetts Trans Political Coalition Buddy ID Project training and coordination, October 2015-present
• Mental Health Monologues, January 2016-present
• The Crossing Pastoral Care Collective implementation and co-coordination, October 2015-present

Junior Fellow, Science, Religion, and Culture Program, Fall 2015-present

• Independent research project on Catholic and Muslim women’s communications via web forums.

Field Education intern and Research Associate, Science, Religion, and Culture Program, summer 2015

• Research Associate on the IMA Global Health- funded study on sexual and gender based violence awareness in Massachusetts’sreligious congregations and leadership.

Contributing Scholar, State of Formation online magazine, fall 2013-present

• Write monthly articles reflecting on interfaith engagement.
• Invited participant for the magazine in a conference at the US Holocaust Museum, centering on religion, interfaith dialogue, genocide, and violence—March 2015.

Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, fall 2014.

• Teaching Fellow for the History Department, “History of the Prison” with Professor Elizabeth Hinton
• Responsible for grading midterms, papers, responses, and finals.
• Responsible for leading a weekly discussion section of 22 students to supplement twice-weekly lectures.

Language Lab Assistant, Language Resource Center, Lamont Library, Harvard University, summer 2014-present

• Responsible for basic IT maintenance of the Language Resource Center
• Responsible for providing basic customer service to the patrons of the Language Resource Center.

Bethany House, member, fall 2013-spring 2014

• An intentional community for women run by the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry in Boston, MA.
• Live in a community focused on enacting social justice, particularly with regard to homelessness, domestic violence, and women’s and LGBTQ rights.
• Primary initiative: living alongside and building relationships with women transitioning out of the homeless shelter system.
• Forthcoming 2014: co-coordinator of a weekly peer advising group.

Dr. J. Patrick Hornbeck, II, and Dr. Thomas Beaudoin, June 2012-present

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Theology Department: “Varieties of Deconversion in Roman Catholicism”.

Dr. Jeanne Flavin, June 2012-August 2012

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Sociology Department: “Difficult Discussions in the Classroom”.

Love Beyond Borders: Equality and Acceptance For All: June 2012-June 2013

Social Media and Outreach

• Lobbies for international LGBTQ rights by working within the spheres of international policy, domestic education and outreach, and fundraising
• Current endeavors include building safe houses in Ghana, India, and Uganda; offering asylum to LGBT individuals through governmental negotiations; inter-governmental policy advocacy

Unitarian Universalist Office of the United Nations, June 2012-August 2012

Intern

• LGBT/SOGI Human Rights group

• Created and implemented lesson plans for UU congregations based off of the UUUNO LGBT Action Guide
• Co-wrote/edited blog posts
• Worked with contacts from Uganda to assess LGBT violence and advocate against discriminatory policies

• Women’s Rights

• Brainstormed ideas to include reproductive justice into UU curriculum and consciousness
• Worked to cultivate contact with UN Women

• Every Child is Our Child

• Created and implemented lesson plans for UU congregations to inform them about ongoing educational initiatives.
• Wrote blog posts to foster consciousness and social action.

Church of St. Paul the Apostle, September 2011-June 2013

Bookstore/Welcome Center attendant

• Responsible for helping to manage and update the store stock, purchase orders, display merchandise.
• Directly helped to plan and market art exhibitions, guest lectures, and other social events.
• Provided assistance and information to customers, especially about comparative aspects of religion as they correlated to our products.
• Performed various administrative tasks as necessary, such as data entry and basic bookkeeping.

Office of Disability Services, Fordham University, January 2013-June 2013

Note-taker for “Art and Christian Values”.

All Stars Project, Inc.

GOAL intern, summer 2010

• Received firsthand insight into how artistic opportunities and after school programs ultimately leads to successful students.
• Practical experience gained in canvassing, human resources, and fundraising.

Activities:

Boston Trans Day of Remembrance, Planning and Organizing Committee, Fall 2015.

Harvard Prison Education Project, member, Fall 2013-present, co-coordinator, Spring 2014-present

• Connects Harvard Divinity School students with inmates in Norfolk Prison who visit weekly.
• Provide consistent academic and personal mentorship.
• Work with Partakers, a Boston-based nonprofit that promotes education as a means of providing inmates with tangible skills to end the cycle of poverty and reduce the rate of recidivism.

Harvard Better Together: Students for Interfaith Action, Founding member and President, Fall 2013-present

• Successfully co-led a dialogue and walk in remembrance of the Boston Marathon bombings.
• Helped start the “Interfaith Storytelling” series.

Religious Literacy in Dialogue, Co-coodinator, Spring 2014

• Successfully facilitated Harvard Divinity School’s first Religious Literacy elective course, which provided a basic introduction to Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism.
• Each session offered the perspective of both a scholar and a practioner of that religion.
• Participants received a certificate of completion through the HDS Student Association.

Harvard Divinity School Finance Committee, Member, Fall 2013-Spring 2015, Coordinator Fall 2014-Spring 2015

• Initiated the Social Spark Awards with the Social Justice Chair to facilitate direct service engagement.
• Oversaw the increase of the student activities fees to increase the student budget to $25,000.
• Managed a $20,000 budget to lead student initiatives.

Harvard Divinity School Thursday Morning Eucharist, Assistant Music Coordinator, fall 2013-2014, Music Coordinator, fall 2014-present

Queer Theory Study Group, Founder and Student Coordinator, spring 2012-onward

• An educational initiative among students and faculty to explore the different facets of queer theory as it applies to the lives of LGBTQ individuals and Allies. Topics for discussion include politics, queer theology, and many more.
• Inaugural Panel: “Queer Theory and Ignatian Values”. Fall 2012.

LGBTQ Interfaith Spirituality Group, Founder and Student Coordinator, spring 2012-onward

• Fordham University’s first ever LGBTQ spirituality group
• Working in partnership with Campus Ministry to provide a safe space to discuss issues of religion and sexual identity

Fordham University Dean’s Advisory Council, student representative, Spring 2013-present

• One student selected from each academic major based on departmental recommendations.
• Meets with the Dean and fellow students monthly with the intention and goal of bettering the campus.
• Holds a sustained dialogue format in order to discuss pertinent campus issues and pragmatic solutions.

Fordham University Rainbow Alliance: general member 2010-present, Education and Outreach Coordinator 2012-present

• Weekly meetings and facilitated discussions regarding issues surrounding the LGBT community
• Help plan events that promote LGBT tolerance and understanding
• Presenting a talk in Spring 2012 regarding religion and LGBTQ individulals: “Sexuality and Spirituality”.
• “More than a Monologue” conference student attendee and Rainbow representative.
• Coordinating comprehensive resources detailing local community-based LGBTQ social justice groups open to volunteers and Fordham University courses that relate to queer theory, gender studies, and the like.

Fordham University Office of Multicultural Affairs, Fall 2012-present, Diversity Peer Leader

• Work to enhance knowledge and awareness on the many facets of social justice and diversity.
• Trained to facilitate dialogue intended to encourage communication and exchange.
• Engage the ways in which the University’s mission supports intentional reflection and authentic exchange around fundamental tenets of diversity and social justice education.

Fordham University Campus Ministry Board: Fall 2011-present

• Founding member and Student Liturgy Coordinator, Liturgical Choir representative
• Directly responsible for organizing campus-wide worship services
• Planned and marketed educational and extracurricular events relating to the discussion of religion.

Fordham University Urban Plunge: 2009-2013

• 2009: One of 28 freshmen selected to participate in community service prior to Freshman Orientation.
• 2010: One of 17 student leaders chosen to lead freshmen in community service.
• Worked in numerous settings including music and arts festivals, community gardens, and public schools.

Service and Justice Council: 2010-2011, revived in 2012-2013

• Founding Member
• Representative for the University wide Dorothy Day Center for Service and Justice
• Educate and dialogue about social justice issues, including homelessness, education, and health.
• Lead service projects and reflections with members of the student body
• Serve as student liason to other clubs and student body.

Fordham University Justice Film Festival—Lincoln Center. Inaugural Co-student Coordinator, Spring 2013.

• Organize films based around predetermined themes of social justice to be screened.
• Facilitate talkbacks between participants and student leaders and faculty.
• Offer community resources for information, education, and continued service.

Voices Magazine, February 2012. Founding Managing Editor.

• An online magazine dedicated to telling the stories of survivors of domestic violence, sexual abuse, and commercial sexual exploitation and their loved ones.
• Responsibilities include editing content for posting online and research for national organizations dedicated toward serving the survivors.

Fordham University Global Outreach: 2009-2013

GO! Project member

• GO! Waynesburg, Spring 2010—Habitat For Humanity
• GO! Ghana, Summer 2012—PACE Ghana
• Organized fundraising efforts for community service trips
• Worked in construction, community health initiatives, and education.

Conference Participation and Invited Talks

“Meaning Making and Letting Go.” Engaging Rhetorics of Violence Against Wo/men. Boston Theological Institute. April 2015.

“Religion, Genocide, and Violence.” Invited conference and roundtable. US Holocaust Museum. March 2015.

“Gender Construction and Performativity in Judith Butler.” Class Discussion, Fordham University English Department, Composition I. Fall 2012.

“The Nasty Girl”: Invited Panel address. Fordham University Justice Film Festival—Rose Hill, fall 2012.

United Nations Youth Assembly, Youth Delegate, summer 2012

UNwired Generation

• Attended invited lectures and workshops focused on youth activism and participation in UN activities
• Special focus on technology, social media, and activism.
• One of about 100 youth invited to participate.

United Nations World Youth Day, Representative, summer 2012

• Attended discussions and lectures regarding youth activism at the UN
• UUUNO representative.

JUHAN conference, Fairfield University, Fordham University undergraduate representative, summer 2012

• Undergraduate representative to the Jesuit University Humanitarian Action Network annual conference
• Topics to be discussed include international disaster prevention and preparation.
• Participated in a simulation of political unrest in Southern Sudan.

Anti-Racist Alliance, “Undoing Racism” workshop participant, Spring 2012.

• Critically examined issues of race and class and the history of the construction of those structures.
• Discussed pragmatic solutions for undoing the damage of those structures to all people.

Fordham University, Office of Multicultural Affairs, LGBT and Ally Network of Support, Spring 2012.

Goals:

• Promote an environment in which each member of the University community is welcomed and valued.
• Promote an understanding, acceptance and appreciation of our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students that is rooted in the Jesuit tenet of CuraPersonalis and the principle that all persons should be treated with dignity and respect which is explicit in Catholic teaching.
• Promote an environment of inclusion within the University community through a network of trained students, faculty and staff across Fordham who support our LGBT students; understand the unique challenges facing LGBT students; are aware of the appropriate resources; and sponsor education and awareness opportunities to challenge systemic discrimination, homophobia, heterosexism and ignorance.

“Sexuality and Spirituality: Comparative Perspectives.” Invited talk, Fordham University Rainbow Alliance. Spring 2012.

OMA Sustained Dialogue Series, Spring 2013, Co-leader

• Co-leading a dialogue on “Whiteness”, in which issues of race and class will be critically examined through the lens of the construction of whiteness.

Gannon Lecture Seminar, taught by Ambassador Anne Anderson, envoy to the UN from Ireland, student.

• One of twelve students selected from Fordham University’s undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools.

“The Pink Elephant in the Room: Women, Faith, and the Vagina Monologues”, Spring 2013

Invited Panelist

“Identity Politics and Not Identifying” Spring 2013.

Invited Speaker, FCLC Rainbow Alliance

Awards and Recognition:

• Harvard Divinity School Merit Scholarship, fall 2013-present.

• U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship Program, summer 2013 (began, later forced to forfeit due to medical illness).

• Full scholarship to study critical languages as defined by the U.S. Department of State.
• Studying Turkish in Ankara, Turkey.

• American Society for Oriental Research Fellowship for Archaeological Research, summer 2013 (declined).

• $1,000 scholarship to participate in the excavation: “Monuments and Cities in Israel”, directed by Dr. Carolina Azar. Tel Regev, Israel.
• Explore the historical, archaeological, and cultural influences of the region and its impact on the sacred texts of the Abrahamic faith traditions.

• Fordham University Dean’s List Honoree, 2011-2013
• Fordham University Spring 2012 Inductee into Theta Alpha Kappa, the national honors society for Theology and Religious Studies.
• Fordham University Dean’s Scholarship recipient: 2009-present

Skills

• Basic grant writing and budget knowledge.
• Microsoft Office: Word, Excel,Powerpoint, Outlook
• Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pandora, Blogspot.
• Survey Monkey, Dedoose Qualitative Social Science Research

Languages

• Spanish—advanced reading level, intermediate conversational level
• Modern Standard Arabic: intermediatereading level, advanced beginner conversational level
• German: advanced intermediate reading level
• French: advanced reading level
• Latin: beginner reading level