"Her Country's Children": African American Religion and Childhood in Slavery and Freedom
Mélena (Mae) Laudig is a scholar of early African American religious history. Currently, she is a Ph.D. candidate in the Religion Department at Princeton University, where she is also pursuing certificates from the Department of African American Studies and the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies. Her dissertation, "Her Country's Children": African American Religion and Childhood in Slavery and Freedom, examines how religious institutions, discourses, and communities shaped the experiences of African American children in the long nineteenth century.
Her research has been supported by the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, and the Edward A. Bouchet Fellowship Program among others. She received her MA in Religion from Princeton University and her BA in Religious Studies from Yale University.