Lelwica, Michelle Mary: - Michelle Mary Lelwica is professor of religion at Concordia College (Moorhead, MN), where she teaches courses on religion, gender, race, culture, and the body. She received her master's of theological studies and doctorate of theology degrees from Harvard Divinity School. She's the author of Shameful Bodies (2017), The Religion of Thinness (2009) and Starving for Salvation (1999), and scholarly articles on embodied pedagogy and on Christianity's hidden influence on American cultural norms.