Devon Abts

Background

About Devon Abts

Devon Abts, PhD, is Director of Research and Operations at The Clemente Course in the Humanities, a higher education nonprofit that offers free college courses to underserved communities. Prior to Clemente, Dr. Abts served as interim director of the Henry Luce Center for the Arts and Religion in Washington, DC. As Clemente’s first-ever research director, she oversees the national organization’s research agenda and grant strategy. Dr. Abts earned her PhD in Theology from King’s College London and her MA in religion and literature from Yale Divinity School. She currently holds a visiting fellowship at King’s. A scholar of theology and literature, she has taught on both sides of the Atlantic and presently serves on multiple transatlantic research collaborations in her field. Dr. Abts is co-chair of the theology and arts seminar at the Society for the Study of Theology (UK), and serves on the board of directors for EcoTheo Collective.