Chaplains’ Ambassadors
Katherine Marshall
(abroad Fall ‘24)
Pronouns: she/her
Involvement with religious & spiritual life: Spiritual Diversity Dinner Club, Buddhist Pilgrimage to South Korea, Winter Break grant January 2023 (for a weeklong retreat at Magnolia Grove Monastery), irregular Dharma/Mindfulness member
Religious/spiritual topics of interest: finding religious/spiritual community in college, interfaith work, meditation/prayer practice, pilgrimage/walking (El Camino de Santiago), embracing having a complicated/ever-changing relationship to being Christian
Petrah Sakwa
(abroad Fall ‘24)
Pronouns: she/her
Involvement with religious & spiritual life: Catholic Campus Ministry, Intervarsity, Chaplain’s Ambassador, Beloved Community trip to Atlanta, Faith and Justice trip to South Africa
Religious/spiritual topics of interest: spirituality away from home(international), Catholicism, superstition, religion vs spirituality, religion in school vs at home
Gillian Freeze
Pronouns: she/they
Involvement with religious & spiritual life: 2021-22 Spiritual Diversity Dinner Club, 2023 interfaith fall break retreat "Beloved Community in a World House," 2024 Ripple Interfaith Conference, Davidson Dharma
Religious/spiritual topics of interest: religious and spiritual growth and exploration, interfaith dialogue, religion and queer identity, spirituality and environmentalism, religious and spiritual expression
Gabby Valencia
Pronouns: she/her
Involvement with religious & spiritual life: Catholic Campus Ministry, 2022 Cook Family Fellowship grant, 2022 Fall Break Interfaith trip to Atlanta, 2023 Spring Break pilgrimage to Taizé, France, 2024 Spring Break journey to South Africa, recipient of the 2024 Charles Malone Richards Award
Religious/spiritual topics of interest: Community-building, multifaith conversations, and Catechism
AJ Jacobs
Pronouns: any
Involvement with religious & spiritual life: Mindfulness Club, Jewish Student Union, spiritual exploration grant to go on the Poland trip in 2023
Religious/spiritual topics of interest: intersection of spirituality and religion with nature, art, and activism
Lily Geiger
Pronouns: she/her
Involvement in religious & spiritual life: Ukirk Campus Ministry and Leadership, Davidson Dharma, Spiritual Diversity Dinner Club, MeckMin Interfaith Conferences, Stapleton-Davidson Intern (2024)
Religious/spiritual topics of interest: Religious Trauma and Healing; Religion, Politics, and Justice; Religion and Gender/Sexuality; Interfaith and Ecumenical Work; Mysticism, Meditation, and Mindfulness
Isa DeGuzman
Pronouns: she/any
Involvement in religious & spiritual life: Spiritual Diversity Dinner Club '22, Interfaith Fall Break trip '22, Ripple Interfaith Conference '24, Mindfulness and Davidson Dharma
Religious/spiritual topics of interest: food/farming and faith, liberation theology, queerness and faith, interfaith and activism
Liv Norten
Pronouns: she/her
Involvement with religious & spiritual life: UKirk Campus Ministry, Jesus and Justice PCUSA conference ‘24
Religious/spiritual topics of interest: returning to/discovering faith in college, deconstruction and reconstruction, liberation theology, womanist theology, queer intersections with faith, religion and politics, faith-based justice work