Kathryn McClymond

McClymond was born on October 13, 1960, in Washington, D.C.[1] She is from Pittsburgh.[2] She earned a B.A., cum laude, in history and literature from Harvard College in 1982.[3][1] In 1985, she earned a M.A. from the Trinity Divinity School.[1] She completed a M.A. (1995) and Ph.D. (1999) in religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[3] Her 1999 dissertation was titled In the Matter of Sacrifice: A Comparative Study of Vedic and Jewish Sacrifice.[1] Barbara A. Holdrege was her doctoral advisor.[1]

McClymond is a historian of religions who is specialized in Hinduism and Judaism.[4] She was a faculty member at Georgia State University for 22 years. In August 2008, she became a professor and chair of the department of religious studies.[3] In 2013, she was elected a member of the American Society for the Study of Religion.[3] She later served as the associate dean for faculty development in the college of arts and sciences.[3] On July 19, 2021, McClymond joined Oglethorpe University as its provost and vice president of academic affairs.[5] In June 2023, she was named as its interim president.[4] She is the first woman to serve in the role.[4]

• McClymond, Kathryn (2008). Beyond Sacred Violence: A Comparative Study of Sacrifice. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8776-5.[6]
• McClymond, Kathryn (2016). Ritual Gone Wrong: What We Learn from Ritual Disruption. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-979091-3.