The people behind the Computational Theology Lab
Director of the Yale Divinity Library with expertise in systematic theology and digital humanities. Co-author of Artificial Intelligence for Academic Libraries and editor of Digital Humanities and Libraries and Archives in Religious Studies.
Hope is a second-year MAR, concentrating in Theology. She comes to the Computational Theology Lab having been trained in sociology, systematic theology, and biblical studies. Her research with the lab involves developing new computational protocol for network analysis of theological journals. Her current academic interests are post-colonial feminist theologies, ethnic and Asian American studies, and apocalypse/tic bodies.
Arne studied Protestant Theology in Bavaria, Berlin, and Tübingen and spent a semester abroad in Japan for interreligious studies. He is currently participating in an exchange program between the state of Connecticut and the state of Baden-Württemberg and is studying at Yale Divinity School. From an early age, he has been interested in software engineering and programming. At the Digital Theology Lab, Arne is working on implementing TEI guidelines for our current project MapTheo.
Mikey studies Second Temple Judaism at Yale. He is broadly interested in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew Bible, and Semitic Philology. He comes to Yale from Saint Paul Minnesota, where he finished his BA from Macalester College, with major in Classics and minors in Linguistics and Computer Science. At the Digital Theology Lab, Mikey collaborates with scholars from Vanderbilt and Texas A&M and works on Syriaca.org, an online platform that produces digital tools and reference resources that facilitate scholarly research on Syriac studies.
Jonah is an MAR student, concentrating in the New Testament. His primary academic interests are in apocalypses/apocalypticism, Jewish-Christian relations, and martyrdom. Before enrolling at Yale Divinity School, he received his BA from Boston University, where he double majored in Religion and Philosophy with a minor in Political Science. At the Computational Theology Lab, Jonah works with scholars from Vanderbilt and Texas A&M on the Syriaca.org project, which produces digital tools and reference resources for the study and preservation of Syriac literature, history, and culture.
Morgan is a first-year MAR student concentrating in History of Christianity. Her research focuses on ancient medicine, the body, and gender in late antiquity. Her background in German language and literature has prepared her for her research in the lab, which focuses on the Karl Barth project.
Coordinates research initiatives and collaborative projects at the Computational Theology Lab, bringing expertise in cultural heritage and digital projects.
The Computational Theology Lab welcomes graduate students at Yale Divinity School and elsewhere to become involved in our research.