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Angie Heo serves as Associate Professor of the Anthropology and Sociology of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School, with additional appointments as Associate Member in the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and faculty in the College. Her research examines global Christianities through anthropological lenses at the intersection of media, economy, and politics.
Her educational background includes a BA from Harvard University and MA/PhD from University of California at Berkeley. Research interests span colonial/postcolonial studies, media/visual culture, diaspora communities, and East Asian religious dynamics with particular focus on Christian-Muslim relations and Cold War religious formations.
Heo's publications reveal consistent engagement with material religion in politically contested contexts, analyzing how saint veneration mediates sectarian violence in Egypt and how anti-communist ideologies shaped Korean Protestantism. Her work demonstrates methodological rigor in ethnographic analysis of religious objects and border politics.
Major recognitions include:
- National Science Foundation grant
- Social Science Research Council grant
- Mellon Foundation grant
- Wenner-Gren Foundation grant
- Connaught Global Challenge Fellowship (2019-2022)
- POSCO Fellowship at East-West Center (2022-2023)
At the Divinity School, Heo trains students in social scientific approaches to religion with emphasis on ethnographic methods. Her grant portfolio demonstrates sustained support from premier institutions for fieldwork in Egypt and Korea, enabling comparative analysis of religious mediation in authoritarian contexts and divided societies.
