Kerry Poethig

I’m interested in worlds – this world, that world, the worlds in-between; and how humans and non-humans find refuge across them. Raised in Manila as the child of Presbyterian missionaries, I've shuttled between the U.S. and Southeast Asia most of my life. The memoir Manila Days explores what it means to be raised at the edge of American Empire. My work explores faith, empire, and citizenship, and currently, investigating the invisible and other entities -- Castoriadis’ social imaginary and Henry Corbin's mundus imaginalis.

I'm Professor Emerita of Global Studies at California State University Monterey Bay. A scholar-practitioner, I have written on Cambodia, including the Dhammayietra, and feminist interreligious alliances in the Philippines.

I live in Northern California with my spouse Victoria Rue.