Melissa Hackman

Melissa received a BA in Women's Studies at Temple. Her initial focus was on the dynamics of women as healers, the intersection of religious/spiritual experiences and healing of individual and community, and the particular inclusion of Feminist and Queer theory in the study of health and healing. Her fieldwork led her to study the impact of HIV/AIDS among GLBT adolescents and young adults in Boston African Diaspora, seeking to give voice to the experiences of a greatly marginalized community. Melissa has received her Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, and intends to pursue doctoral studies. She is now working for the American Friends Service Committee.

View Melissa's BHLP work:
Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth of Color: Qualitative Insights into
Intersections of Race, Religion, and Sexual Orientation

What is she up to now?
UC Santa Cruz
“Morality, citizenship and belonging: An “Ex-Gay” Christian ministry in Cape Town, South Africa,” 15th Annual Africa/Diaspora Conference paper