Professor Anderson arrived at Carleton in 2016 as a visiting professor and then began a tenure track position as assistant professor in 2017. She earned her BA in religious studies from University of California–Los Angeles, her MA in religious studies from University of Notre Dame, and her PhD in religious studies from Yale University. Prior to arriving at Carleton, she taught Greek at the Yale Divinity School and Yale College, and was a McDougall Teaching Fellow at the Yale Center for Teaching and Learning. Her teaching includes courses in early Christianity and ancient Judaism, as well as courses on medicine and healing, gender and the Catholic Church, mysticism and monasticism, and apocalyptic movements. Her classes center student discussion, and she builds an inclusive classroom through carefully designed pedagogy and lively conversation. Anderson studies early Christianity. Her book, Idol Talk: False Worship in the Early Christian World, will be published by Edinburgh University Press in 2025. Noting her facility with a wide array of languages, including Greek (both classical and Byzantine), Latin, Hebrew, and Syriac, external reviewers praise her ability to make connections between ancient and contemporary entanglements of religion and politics. She has served on Carleton’s College Council and on the Education and Curriculum Committee, and has shown great dedication to her work advising students. She has been a mentor for the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship and regularly attends TRIO events supporting first generation and low-income students.