Nadia Andrilenas, Ph.D.

Education

• Ph.D., Baylor University, 2026.
• M.A.R, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2021.
• M.S.W, University of Washington, 2017.
• B.A., University of Washington, 2009.

Biography

A proud Pacific Northwest native, Nadia spent her most formative years to date in Seattle, Washington and Vietnam. She joined the Religion Department at Baylor as a doctoral student in Historical Studies in 2021 and finished her dissertation in the summer of 2026. 

Academic Interests and Research

Nadia recently completed her dissertation on women, gender and the shaping of early twentieth century Vietnamese evangelicalism. Her research interests include gender and lived religion, and women’s experiences in Christianity, especially in east and southeast Asia.

Publications

“The American Baptist Missionary Union and Adele Fielde, “Mother of Bible Training Schools”: Gender, Missiology, and Money in 19th Century China” in Baptist Missions Worldwide: History, Music, and Theopolitics. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2026.  

 “Studying Women in World Christianity: Collaboration and Connections” OMSC’s The

Occasional. November 12, 2024. https://omsc.ptsem.edu/studying-women-in-world-christianity-collaboration-and-connections-part-i/

 Review of Development in Spirit: Religious Transformation and Everyday Politics in Vietnam’s

Highlands, by Seb Rumsby. Journal of Church and State, October 9, 2024, Vol. 11, 1-2.

 Review of Vietnamese Evangelicals and Pentecostalism: The Politics of Divine Intervention, by

Vince Le. Pneuma. December 2023, Vol. 45, Issue 3-4: 477-479. 

 "Making Sense of the Missionary Life of Adele Fielde, Woman of Religious Belief, Science, and Activism" Religions, February 20, 2023, Vol.14, no. 2: 279-287.

Courses Taught at Baylor

REL 1310: The Christian Scriptures

REL 1350: The Christian Heritage