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Melissa holds a Ph.D. in Christian Ethics from Loyola University Chicago.  Her primary research areas include Feminist theology and ethics, sexual ethics, bioethics, and HIV and AIDS. Her most recent project focuses on the ways in which marriage is an HIV/AIDS risk factor for women in East Africa. In this project, Melissa builds on fieldwork completed in Mwanza, Tanzania where women were asked to re-imagine Christian marriage as a space of safety and health for women.

As an ordained Baptist minister in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Melissa attempts to balance her academic work with her commitment to the church and the world. She has worked in relief and development with street children and refugees in Nairobi, Kenya and has also completed academic fieldwork and study in the East Africa region.

Additionally, Melissa has presented numerous papers at academic conferences and has published both academic and popular articles.

She is currently an Adjunct Instructor in Ethics at Lexington Theological Seminary, McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University, and Kennesaw State University. She lives in Atlanta, GA with her husband, Wes Browning, their daughter, Olivia, and their dog, Jack. Wes is a documentary filmmaker and owner of Sema Films.

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*During the month of September, you can follow the conversation in            Melissa's Ethical Forms course at Lexington Theological Seminary by following the Twitter hashtag #IB551