William Stell
@wmstell.bsky.social
Teaching at NYU | scholar of religion, sexuality, disability, and race in the US | author of “Born Again Queer: A History of Evangelical Gay Activism and the Making of Antigay Christianity” (May 12, 2026) | 🏳️🌈🏃🏻♂️🎾
Just submitted final grades, and that’s a wrap on my second year of teaching at NYU! Truthfully, there is no other place—no other students—I’d rather be teaching.
May 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Just submitted final grades, and that’s a wrap on my second year of teaching at NYU! Truthfully, there is no other place—no other students—I’d rather be teaching.
Some of the texts we practiced reading scripturally in my “What Is a Scripture?” class
April 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Some of the texts we practiced reading scripturally in my “What Is a Scripture?” class
Had class outside today 😎
April 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Had class outside today 😎
On my way to Worcester, MA, to attend this groundbreaking conference and give a presentation on Deaf queer religious life in the 1970s and 80s. Especially excited for this first lecture!
March 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
On my way to Worcester, MA, to attend this groundbreaking conference and give a presentation on Deaf queer religious life in the 1970s and 80s. Especially excited for this first lecture!
Wonder how many times my email has told me “It seems you forgot to attach a file.” Many, many times.
March 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Wonder how many times my email has told me “It seems you forgot to attach a file.” Many, many times.
Fastest time in a LONG time today!
February 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Fastest time in a LONG time today!
Beginning a 2-week unit on Mormonism in one of my classes today!
February 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Beginning a 2-week unit on Mormonism in one of my classes today!
Something awful special about playing with my nephew in my childhood home 🥰
February 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Something awful special about playing with my nephew in my childhood home 🥰
Any and every day is a good day to be loving this man.
February 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Any and every day is a good day to be loving this man.
One of the few sentences that I’ve drafted for “The Moses of the Gay Liberation Movement” is the first line of the preface: “I first learned about Rev. Troy Perry because I told a lie.”
February 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
One of the few sentences that I’ve drafted for “The Moses of the Gay Liberation Movement” is the first line of the preface: “I first learned about Rev. Troy Perry because I told a lie.”
MY PHONE JUST AUTOCORRECTED “UNTENURED” TO “INDENTURED” ☠️
February 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
MY PHONE JUST AUTOCORRECTED “UNTENURED” TO “INDENTURED” ☠️
Lovely email today from a former student (one of my best) who said that “your teaching and one-on-one support inspired and solidified my commitment to Jewish American studies.” Very excited to see where this student goes.
February 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Lovely email today from a former student (one of my best) who said that “your teaching and one-on-one support inspired and solidified my commitment to Jewish American studies.” Very excited to see where this student goes.
Hmmm these AAR CFPs are just not inspiring me like they usually do…
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Hmmm these AAR CFPs are just not inspiring me like they usually do…
Recurring conversation while watching the Super Bowl last night…
Husband: I don’t understand what just happened.
Me: Do you want me to explain it to you?
Husband: No.
Husband: I don’t understand what just happened.
Me: Do you want me to explain it to you?
Husband: No.
February 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Recurring conversation while watching the Super Bowl last night…
Husband: I don’t understand what just happened.
Me: Do you want me to explain it to you?
Husband: No.
Husband: I don’t understand what just happened.
Me: Do you want me to explain it to you?
Husband: No.
I hate hate hate waking up in the middle of the night to thoughts of our president’s attacks on humans and on our government’s institutions.
February 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I hate hate hate waking up in the middle of the night to thoughts of our president’s attacks on humans and on our government’s institutions.
I did it, I got back in the pool
January 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I did it, I got back in the pool
Today, I feel like I have the best job in the world.
January 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Today, I feel like I have the best job in the world.
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Trump is calling for ethnic cleansing—“clean out that whole thing” was his phrase!—but the NYT manages to make him sound like a humanitarian.
January 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Trump is calling for ethnic cleansing—“clean out that whole thing” was his phrase!—but the NYT manages to make him sound like a humanitarian.
Bringing legos to one of my classes tomorrow. Stay tuned.
January 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Bringing legos to one of my classes tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Some of the books we’ll be reading in my two courses this semester: “‘Cults’ and Religious Panics” and “What Is a Scripture?”
January 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Some of the books we’ll be reading in my two courses this semester: “‘Cults’ and Religious Panics” and “What Is a Scripture?”
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i don’t understand how, psychologically, a person gets to a place where they interpret sign language as some kind of attack or imposition on their life. like, what the fuck is wrong with you?
January 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
i don’t understand how, psychologically, a person gets to a place where they interpret sign language as some kind of attack or imposition on their life. like, what the fuck is wrong with you?
It’s gonna be a WILD semester…
January 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It’s gonna be a WILD semester…
The room was packed for our session on “Finding the Mainstream within the Margins.” Never given a conference presentation in a room like this before!
January 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The room was packed for our session on “Finding the Mainstream within the Margins.” Never given a conference presentation in a room like this before!