Katherine (Kate) DeVane Brown is a doctoral student in History of Christianity intending to specialize in medieval spiritual theology. Her academic focus on this time period first developed while studying medieval Germanic literature and linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She subsequently worked in product management at an educational software startup, an experience which shaped her desire to recover insights from the Christian tradition that speak into the challenges of faith formation and human flourishing in the digital age.

She has a master’s degree in theological studies from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where she wrote her thesis on the theological poet Ava, who was the first woman to write in the German language.

Kate's current research interests include vernacular theology, models of discipleship and spiritual growth, medieval reception of the desert monastic tradition, and the history of women’s (semi-)religious vocations.