Richard Yoder
108 Weaver Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-1367
Curriculum Vitae:
Education:
Biography:
I am a historian of gender and religion in France, with a focus on the Jansenists. My dissertation examines the convulsionnaires of Saint-Médard through a queer/disabled lens. I locate the convulsionary movement as a privileged site for marginalized voices and the disruption of gender norms within French Catholicism. I tie this disruption to the larger epistemic process known to historians and cultural theorists as “disenchantment.” More broadly, l am interested in the history of the supernatural within modernity. In my previous scholarly life, I have had training in both Religious Studies and Theology, and I see my work as engaging critically with both of these fields.
Publications:
Jansenism: An International Anthology. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2024. French Translator and Co-Editor with Shaun Blanchard
“From the Dove to the Eagle: Jansenist Visual Culture Between Piety and Polemic.” The Catholic Historical Review, 107, no. 4 (Fall 2021). Recipient of the 2021 Peter Guilday Prize from the American Catholic Historical Association.
Awards and Service:
2024 – Fulbright Open Study/Research Grant, France
2024 – The Chateaubriand Fellowship, The French Embassy in America (declined)
2024 – Graduate Student Paper Award, for “Women, Miracles, and the Church of Utrecht: 1724-1734,” Penn State Religious Studies Initiative
2024 – The E-tu Zen Sun Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Penn State Department of History
2024 – The Marjorie M. and Lancelot L. Farrar Memorial Award, The Society for French Historical Studies
2023 — President, History Graduate Student Association (HGSA)
2023 — Mother Theodore Guerin Research Travel Grant, The Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, University of Notre Dame
2023 — Penn State Committee on Early Modern Studies (CEMS) Grad Student Award, 2nd Place
2022 — John Tracy Ellis Dissertation Award, American Catholic Historical Association
2022 — Penn State Liberal Arts Research and Graduate Studies (RGSO) Research Grant
2022 — Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grant for Research in European, African, or Asian History, American Historical Association (AHA)
2022 — Knight Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University
2021 — Charles and Harriet Pencak Endowment, The Pennsylvania State University
2019 — Ted H. and Tracy Winfree McCourtney Family Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in American History, The Pennsylvania State University
Recent Courses:
HIST 10: World History to 1500
HIST 103: The History of Madness, Mental Illness, and Psychiatry [online]
Advisor:
Ronne Po-chia Hsia