Allison Shulman
Graduate Student in History of the Christian Tradition
Allie studies 18th-century transatlantic evangelicalism, with a particular focus on early Methodist history and women's history. She studies epistolary networks of evangelical women in the British Atlantic to see how life-writing practices shaped the transatlantic Methodist movement in the eighteenth century. Before pursuing her PhD at SMU, Allie completed her BA in Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and her Master's of Divinity at Duke Divinity School. For the last seven years, Allie has served as the Executive Pastor of The Grove Church, a United Methodist congregation that she helped found in 2017. When not writing or researching, you can find her wrangling her three children to their various activities or playing pickleball.
Coursework Advisor: Dr. Kate Carté
Presentations:
"Epistles of the Spirit: Mary Bosanquet Fletcher's Letters as Tools of Ministry and Divine Manifestation in Early Methodism," Wesley Theological Society, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 2025.
Fellowships/Awards:
John Wesley Fellowship
