About Me: I am a writer and aspiring academic who recently completed a Master of Divinity (2024) at Union Presbyterian Seminary (Richmond, Virginia), where I also served as a graduate exchange student with the Theologische Fakultät at the Universität Bern (Switzerland). I am currently a graduate student (M.A.) with the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, where I focus on modern and contemporary religious thought.
My research lies at the intersections of political theology, continental philosophy, modern Jewish thought, and critical social theory. It investigates how modern conceptions of humanity become the site through which nation, race, and religion are organized as distinct but mutually reinforcing forms of collective identity. My current project, Alien-Nation(s), offers a genealogical and theoretical account of these configurations, with particular attention to German Idealism, while exploring possibilities for reimagining them in the present.
Feel free to message me or email me (dakotawesleywade@gmail.com) if you have any questions or suggestions. I’m always happy to connect.
P.S. Much of my writing here is creative in nature. If you’re interested in my academic writing, see my Academia page.
Dakota Wade 