Ahmad Greene-Hayes (he/him) is an Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies at Harvard Divinity School.
His research and teaching interests include 19th and 20th century African American religious history; race, sexuality, and religion in the Americas; interdisciplinary archive studies; and theories and methods in the study of religion and Black Studies. He earned his Ph.D. in Religion with certificates in African American Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies from Princeton University, and his B.A. in History and Africana Studies, with highest honors, from Williams College. He is the author of Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion-Making in Jim Crow New Orleans (University of Chicago Press, 2025), and Little Richard’s Witness: Liner Notes on Black Religion and Sexuality, forthcoming with Penguin Random House.
Research Area: LGBTQ Rights & Gender
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