Itohan Idumwonyi, (PhD) is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Gonzaga University in Washington State. She earned her Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Rice University in Houston. An accomplished and interdisciplinary scholar, she has authored several works, including her most recent monograph, Crashed Realities?: Gender Dynamics in Nigerian Pentecostalism (2024). Her interdisciplinary research interest spans African Religions, African diaspora religions, African Studies, Sociology of Religion, African Womanist Theology, Religion, and Gender Studies. Beyond academia, she actively engages in community and public discourse as she seeks to enrich dialogue on faith, gender, and cultural identity. She is recognized as a Smithsonian Global Religions of Africa Speaker and a member of the 2024/26 Humanities Washington Speakers’ Bureau. She is also scheduled to be a 2025/26 OMSC Resident Fellow at Princeton Theological Seminary, advancing her work on religion, gender, and culture in African and global contexts.