Melissa Elizabeth Maples is a creative leader in Higher Education Administration and an American researcher, focusing on issues related to religion, identity, and modernity.

 

Featured Materials

 

On Natale and Pasulka’s Believing in Bits

"Believing in Bits ... unquestionably achieves the goal to awakening the reader to a relevant and engaging academic discussion about how belief and practice take shape in the encounter digital media." Explore the brave new world of digital religion in my published book review for Believing in Bits. (06/2022)

Reshaping Police Culture

One officer is pushing to make effective change and shift police culture to address police brutality and systemic issues surrounding policing! Join me for the short interview and info session created with the help of Powtoon for Educators. (4/2021)