Education:
B.S. Morgan State University
M.R.E. Interdenominational Theological Center
M.S. Iowa State University
Ph.D. American University

Dr. Cynthia Bragg is Associate Professor who continues her research on women’s leadership in the Black Church. She has published chapters and articles in The Journal of Human Behavior for the Social Environment (JHBSE) and the Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies (ARCS) Book Series. Her research is informed by womanist theology, intersectionality, and feminist theory, while focusing on social justice issues related to race, class, gender, gentrification, and aging. Currently, she is working on a book that further explores church women’s agency nationally and globally.

Courses Taught:
Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Urban Sociology, African Americans in the US, Marriage and the Family, Social Problems, Gender and Violence, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Sociology of Gender, The Black Family in America (graduate course), Alternatives to the Traditional Family Structure (graduate course), Sociology of Family (graduate course)

Research Interests:
Spirituality, the Black Church, Intersectionality, Race, Class, Gender, Aging and Health Disparities, Gender Inequality, Black Feminist Perspectives

Presentations:
Bragg, Cynthia. 2015. "Gender Relations in the Church: Pentecostal Ecclesiology and Women's Leadership Roles in an Emerging Culture." Paper presented at the annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Lakeland, Florida.

Bragg, Cynthia. 2014. "Women of Color: Gender Inequities and Obstacles to Socioeconomic Mobility in Higher Education." Paper presented at the Second Annual Conference on Social Justice, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia.

Bragg, Cynthia. 2009. "Barriers Impacting Church Leadership in the Global Community: Women, Gender, Power and Patriarchy." Paper presented at The International Conference on Gender and Social Transformation, Beijing, China.