About me
Sherie Gayle is a Ph.D. candidate in Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University, where her research examines gender, power, and interpretive authority across Jewish, Christian, and Islamic texts. Her work brings critical theory into conversation with religious studies to explore how traditions construct and regulate authority, identity, and embodiment.Sherie’s teaching focuses on interreligious pedagogy in complex and politically charged classroom environments. As a 2024–2025 Georgetown University Qatar Dissertation and Teaching Fellow, she taught courses on Abrahamic religious texts, gender, and power, developing adaptive pedagogical strategies (including comparative theology, religious deidentification, and game-based learning) to support rigorous and ethical student engagement.In addition to her academic work, Sherie brings nearly two decades of experience in ministry and congregational leadership, including church planting and leading large-scale women's ministries. Since 2020, she has also served as a Residential Minister at Georgetown University, accompanying students in their intellectual, ethical, and personal development.Her work is oriented toward bridging scholarly research, innovative teaching, and lived religious experience, with a focus on cultivating classrooms that foster critical reflection, intellectual humility, and meaningful engagement across difference.
