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Secularism and Nonreligion is pleased to welcome Dr. Melanie Elyse Brewster to the editorial team.

Melanie is an associate professor of psychology and education at Columbia University and a practicing psychologist. Her research focuses on stigma and marginalization and how these experiences may relate to mental health and well-being. Her book, Atheists in America (2014) was among the first texts to center the narratives of demographically diverse nonbelievers in the United States. 

Melanie is replacing Jesse Smith, who is stepping down from editorial duties after nearly four years with the journal.

Secularism and Nonreligion are pleased to introduce Dr. Isabella Kasselstrand, joining Christopher Cotter and Jesse Smith as co-editor of the journal. 

A Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, she conducts research on secularization and secularity, including aspects of religious indifference, immigration, social trust, cultural religion, and ritual participation. Using quantitative and mixed methods, her work is broadly comparative and cross-national, with a primary focus on Northern Europe. Her articles are published in journals such as Sociology of Religion; Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion; Social Compass; Journal of Contemporary Religion; Secularism & Nonreligion; Nordic Journal of Religion & Society; and Scottish Affairs. She is currently writing a book on secularization (with Phil Zuckerman and Ryan Cragun, NYU Press).