Rate My Professor Amy McDowell

McDowell's first book, Whispers in the Pews: Evangelical Uniformity in a Divided America (New York University Press, 2026), details how everyday interactions in evangelical churches maintain consensus and isolate dissenting members. She directs the Queer Mississippi Histories Project, an oral history initiative that documents and preserves LGBTQ+ hardship and resilience in Mississippi; the project has received Achieving Equity Grants and Isom Fellowships. Her peer-reviewed publications include "Aggressive and Loving Men: Gender Hegemony in Christian Hardcore Punk" (Gender & Society, 2017), "‘This for the Brown Kids!’: Racialization and the Formation of ‘Muslim’ Punk Rock" (2016), "‘Christian But Not Religious’: Being Church as Christian Hardcore Punk" (2018), "Enemies, Allies, and the Struggle for Self-definition in ‘Muslim Punk’ Rock" (2018), and "White Women Who Lead: God, Girlfriends, and Diversity Projects in a National Evangelical Ministry" (2020, co-authored). McDowell has presented her work through public lectures and book events, including signings at Off Square Books.