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
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!
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.
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.
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?”
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!
My last week in two photos ❤️
December 28, 2024 at 10:18 PM
My last week in two photos ❤️
Final grades submitted, another semester in the books!
December 18, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Final grades submitted, another semester in the books!
In the thick of one-on-one meetings with each of my students to end the semester, and it is really, really lovely.
December 13, 2024 at 2:59 PM
In the thick of one-on-one meetings with each of my students to end the semester, and it is really, really lovely.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
December 3, 2024 at 5:22 PM
I will not be taking questions at this time.
AAR history is being made today: an entire session is being presented in American Sign Language (and interpreted in English). I’m honored beyond words to contribute to this panel on Deaf liberation theology, sharing a bit about crip theory and Deaf queer religious community in the 1970s.
November 23, 2024 at 8:25 PM
AAR history is being made today: an entire session is being presented in American Sign Language (and interpreted in English). I’m honored beyond words to contribute to this panel on Deaf liberation theology, sharing a bit about crip theory and Deaf queer religious community in the 1970s.
First full draft of the manuscript of “Born Again Queer: The History of Evangelical Gay Activism and the Making of Antigay Christianity.”
Another read-through, and then it’s off to my editor at Princeton University Press!
Another read-through, and then it’s off to my editor at Princeton University Press!
November 20, 2024 at 4:30 PM
First full draft of the manuscript of “Born Again Queer: The History of Evangelical Gay Activism and the Making of Antigay Christianity.”
Another read-through, and then it’s off to my editor at Princeton University Press!
Another read-through, and then it’s off to my editor at Princeton University Press!
Thrilled to announce that I’ve signed a book contract with Eerdmans’ Library of Religious Biography series: “The Moses of the Gay Liberation Movement,” a biography of Rev. Troy Perry!
November 19, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Thrilled to announce that I’ve signed a book contract with Eerdmans’ Library of Religious Biography series: “The Moses of the Gay Liberation Movement,” a biography of Rev. Troy Perry!
OK the conclusion still needs some love, but the rest of this book manuscript is FULLY DRAFTED!
November 15, 2024 at 10:51 PM
OK the conclusion still needs some love, but the rest of this book manuscript is FULLY DRAFTED!