John Robert Lewis Fellow
Cohort 3
(2023 - 2024)
Undergraduate Institution: Emory University, BA History & Sociology, 2022
Graduate Institution: Oxford University, MPhil Theology, 2024
Occupation: Starting a PhD in Religion in the Americas at Princeton (Fall 2024)
Career Goals/Interests: Academia, ministry, journalism/writing
Current Region: Oxford, UK (Until 08/24) & Princeton, NJ (After 08/24)
JRL Program Bio: Annie Li is a Marshall Scholar pursuing an MPhil in Theology (Ecclesiastical History) at the University of Oxford. Her research interests center on 20th-century American religious history, specifically the Civil Rights Movement, Asian American church history, and liberation theology. She graduated summa cum laude from Emory University with a BA in History and Sociology in 2022. Annie's undergraduate thesis examined the participation of Chinese American Christians from San Francisco in the Civil Rights Movement, from 1963 to 1966. Previously, she served as founding Editor-in-Chief of Emory's Christian thought journal, supported Fair Fight's development and voter protection efforts during the 2020 election, and mobilized churches in Atlanta toward racial reconciliation with OneRace Movement.
Oral History Project: https://www.faithandpolitics.org/oral-history/annieli
