Areas of specialization: American Religion; New Religious Movements; Christian and post-Christian histories of the Devil, Queer and Trans Studies in Religion, and Religion and Popular Culture.
J Selke is a PhD candidate in the Religious Studies Department at University of California, Riverside. Their areas of specialization are in American Religion; New Religious Movements; Christian and post-Christian histories of the Devil, Queer and Trans Studies in Religion, and Religion and Popular Culture. Their research investigates contemporary and historical popular manifestations of the Satanic figure in Satanism, Occultism, and Witchcraft through a queer, transgender, and feminist lens. J's dissertation project examines the transing, de-transing, queering, and de-queering of the Baphomet, Lilith, and Lucifer/Samael as historical Satanic figures within contemporary television, film, and other pop cultural manifestations. J teaches relevant religious studies courses on religion in the United States, gender & sexuality, queer & transgender studies, death & dying, and religion & popular culture.