Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

Home institution

Colby College

Research project

Women's Careers in Afro-American Holiness and Pentecostal Traditions

An exploration of the wide variety of gender-based forms of social organization found within the 'Sanctified Church' and their divergence from dominant culture ideals and realities.

Publications

• 'If It Wasn't for the Women...': Black Women's Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community