Ellin Jimmerson

Historian, liberation theologian, cultural critic, and documentary film maker.

I investigate the history behind the headlines. What is the back story of Depp vs. Heard? Or illegal immigration?  Who benefits?

Credentials:
PhD (20th century US cultural & intellectual history; subspecialty: later Middle Ages popular religion), University of Houston, TX 
MA (Southern US history, women's history, labor history), Samford University, Birmingham, AL
MTS (Masters in Theological Studies, specializing in liberation theology), Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, TN 

Writer, Director, Editor: The Second Cooler, a migrant advocacy documentary, narrated by Martin sheen. Released 2013. Runtime 80 minutes. Competed in 7 film festivals in the US and the Dominican Republic.
Won 4 awards including Best Feature Documentary. 

Compiler, Editor: Rainbow in the Word: LGBTQ Christians' Biblical Memoirs. Published 2017.