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Professor Reinbold studies the interaction of religion and law in the contemporary world. Her areas of emphasis include controversies over the separation of church and state in the U.S., and the role of religion in the propagation of human rights.

Degrees:

• B.A., Portland State University 1999
• M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara 2003, 2007

"Human Rights Versus the American Right: The Secular Logic of the UDHR and the Making of a New Cultural Relativist Critique," in progress.

"There Is No Secular in Abortion: How Dobbs Defines Religion, and Why It Matters," in progress.

"How COVID-19 Changed the World (of Free Exercise)," Journal of Church and State 64.4 (Autumn 2022): 562-580.

"A Tale of Two Burdens: COVID-19 and the Question of Religious Free Exercise," book chapter in  (Temple University Press, 2022).

"The Secular Subject of Human Rights," book chapter in  (Stanford University Press, 2020). 

"'Honorable Religious Premises' and Other Affronts: Disputing Free Exercise in the Era of Trump," Studies in Law, Politics, and Society Volume 79 (2019): 31-54.

"Human Rights as a Narrative of Faith," in (London: Gingko Library, 2018).

"Traditional Marriage on Trial: The Supreme Court, Same-Sex Marriage, and the Fate of Secular Argumentation," Journal of Church and State 59.1 (Winter 2017): 81-101.

 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017).

"Sacred Institutions and Secular Law: The Faltering Voice of Religion in the Courtroom Debate Over Same-Sex Marriage," Journal of Church and State 56.2 (Spring 2014): 248-268.

"Political Myth and the Sacred Center of Human Rights: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Narrative of 'Inherent Human Dignity,'" Human Rights Review 12.2 (May 2011): 147-171.

"Radical Islam and Human Rights Values: A 'Religious-Minded' Critique of Secular Liberty, Equality and Brotherhood," Journal of the American Academy of Religion 78.2 (2010): 449-476.

  op-ed in Religion and Politics, July 2021

guest scholar on Rolling Stone, October 2020

 op-ed in Religion and Politics, August 2020

op-ed on The Academic Minute, February 2020

op-ed in Religion and Politics, August 2019

op-ed in Salon.com, June 2019

"The Hazards and Necessities of 'Imaginative Sympathy,'" Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion (JFSR) 35.2 (Fall 2019), 111-113.

 op-ed in The Kansas City Star, May 2019  

, interview on Religious Studies News, March 2019

 interview with 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Research, December 2018 

 guest scholar on Rear Vision, October 2018 

 guest scholar on Two Broads Talking Politics podcast, February 2018 

 blog post on Open Democracy: Free Thinking for the World, March 2017

 blog post on UOPblog: Oxford University Press’s Academic Insights for the Thinking World, January 2017 

 blog post on The Penn Press Log, January 2017

• RELG 102: Religion, Power, and Politics 
• RELG 255: Church, State, and Law in the U.S.
• RELG/NAST 320: Native American Religious Freedom
• RELG/POSC 338: Sex, Law, and the American Culture Wars
• RELG 342: Our Secular Age
• RELG 345: Religion and Human Rights
• RELG 352: Theory and Method in the Study of Religion
• CORE 111: Core Conversations 

Winner of the Phi Eta Sigma 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Teacher of the Year Award (2019)

Winner of the  from the American Academy of Religion (2018)

Member of the  with PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute) (2018-20)
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Member of the Syracuse University Central New York Religious Studies Consortium (2018-20)