Bethany Hughes

Episode 17

This week we spoke with Dr. Bethany Hughes, a professor of American Culture at Michigan who also serves as director of the Native American Studies Program at the U of M. Like many Christian scholars, Bethany straddles the world of academia--in which Christians are sometimes viewed with suspicion--and the church, where studying subjects such as racial and cultural identity can sometimes raise eyebrows. She shared with students how her Christian faith enables her to perceive the humanity in others and "translate" across cultural and spiritual divides.