Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Sarah Griffis’ current research focuses on early Christian martyr narratives and Greek tragedy. Specifically, she demonstrates that early Christians drew from tragedy in order to formulate their own, very different stories about martyrs' suffering through a case study of the Martyrdom of Pionius. She looks forward to teaching two courses in the coming fall: Introduction to the New Testament and Ancient Healing and Magic.

Griffis earned her Ph.D. in religion from Harvard University, an MTS in New Testament and Early Christianity from Harvard Divinity School, and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Arkansas in classics and English literature.