Kathryn Lofton is Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies, and Professor of History and Divinity at Yale University, where she also serves as Dean of Humanities. She is the author of two books, Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon (2011) and Consuming Religion (2017), and one coedited (with Laurie Maffly-Kipp) collection, Women's Work: An Anthology of African-American Women's Historical Writings (2010).