Jamie Sarafan

I received two Master’s degrees in History and Religious Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2021. After graduating, I taught in the Humanities Department at Front Range Community College in Westminster, Colorado. I later stepped away from academia to work as a Senior Editor at komoot, an award-winning outdoor navigation and route-planning app.

I am excited to return to the University of Colorado Boulder in the Fall of 2026 as a PhD student in the History Department. My research examines the early Pentecostal serpent-handling movement and the first generation of the Church of God, recovering the role of women in shaping the practice. I am also developing new research at the intersection of religion and environmental history, exploring how outdoor religious practices, particularly camping and revival culture, reshaped American evangelical life.