2006/2008 Predoctoral Teaching Fellow
Krista Duttenhaver
Krista Duttenhaver is a Ph.D candidate in systematic theology at the University of Notre Dame. She received her A.B. in Religion, with certificates (minors) in French and German, from Princeton University in 1998. As a senior, she wrote a thesis examining gender and the concepts of activity and receptivity in the work of 19th c. German philosopher and theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher.
After graduating from Princeton, Duttenhaver taught French, English, and social studies at an under-resourced middle school in Baton Rouge, LA from 1998-2000. She was part of the national teacher corps of Teach For America, a selective Americorps program dedicated to providing an excellent education for all children in America.
Following her stint with Teach For America, she earned an M.A.T.S. (master of arts in theological studies) from Claremont School of Theology in 2002, where she was one of two Presidential Fellows. Focusing on philosophy of religion and systematic theology, she also passed masters examinations in the areas of women’s studies and religion, and the history of Christianity.
Duttenhaver matriculated at the University of Notre Dame in 2002, and was awarded the Gender Studies Predoctoral teaching and research fellowship for the years 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. Under the auspices of this fellowship, she has advised senior theses, directed internships, and worked with study-abroad students. While at Notre Dame, she has taught courses on gender studies and theology, and served as a teaching assistant for theology courses. Under the direction of Dr. Cyril O’Regan, she is writing a dissertation entitled “Christian Platonism as a Radical Politics: Simone Weil and the Mystical-Political.” She has published translations in French and German, as well as essays on Schleiermacher, A.N. Whitehead, and Martin Luther.