About Mollie

Rev. Mollie Winninger is a San Diego native currently living in the blustery PNW completing her PhD in the Religion and Gender Studies Program, with a focus in Disability Studies and Scriptural Exegesis, nearing doctoral candidacy this Summer. She is a candidate in the ELCA Oregon Synod. Following her Master’s completion, Mollie opened Moxie Trauma Recovery, a private practice specializing in the chronic illness and LGBTQ+ communities. As the lead trauma chaplain, she specializes in helping AFAB people leave domestic violence, having done so herself. 

Her dissertation will encompass the unheard stories of femme chronic pain, the history of hysteria, and how the harmful healing stories of the church and incorrect exegesis of the gospels and ancient texts have led to AFABs being dismissed, gaslit, and misdiagnosed. Her academic interests include systematic theology, theodicy, pharmacology, and bioethics. She can also be found playing records, baking, trying to accrue book storage, and getting into trouble drinking too much caffeine.