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Kristen Carella
Kristen Carella is associate professor in the Department of English at Assumption College (Worcester, MA). She has published primarily in the field of late antique and early medieval studies, particularly Hiberno- and Anglo-Latin, Old English and Old Irish law, literature, homiletics and biblical exegesis. Her secondary interests include transgender studies, dystopian literature, zombie theory and punk rock. Outside of academia, Kristen is a vocal social democrat, organic gardener and activist campaigning for racial, class and LGBTQQIA+ equality. From 2001–2005, she served as an active-duty enlisted soldier in the US Army, and is a combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom I. Her current book project is entitled The Ideological Foundations of Early Irish Law and Its Reception in Anglo-Saxon England, c.600–c.900.