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Dr. Anders received her PhD in Religion and Social Change from the University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology Joint PhD Program. She continues her scholarship as an independent historian headquartered in Colorado, USA. Her publications portfolio includes numerous book reviews in academic journals, chapters in edited collections, individual and organizational encyclopedia articles, and her forthcoming book for the general public exploring the spiritual life of 19th-century author/activist L. Maria Child (Swedenborg Foundation). She founded and directs the woman-owned business, Writing the World, LLC (www.writingtheworld.com). She offers ghost writing, editing, research, grant writing, nonprofit consulting, and project management to individual, nonprofit, and for-profit clients. In 2016-17, Anders' publisher invited her to do a two-part blog series on Maria Child (http://www.swedenborg.com/tag/tisa-anders/). She loves the collegiality with so many fellow independent scholars through NCIS!
Current research areas:
Spiritual biography of L. Maria Child (1802-1880), one of the most well-known authors and activists of 19th-century America; Betabelero (Mexican and Mexican-American Beet Field Workers) Oral History Project in Western Nebraska, interviewing former betabeleros; Western Nebraska sugar industry and the Betabeleros through the eyes of art, Sugarbeet Workers Mural by Carlos Hernandez Chavez; Junius Groves (1859-1925), African American farmer, entrepenuer, and businessmen from eastern Kansas
Recent scholarly activity:
Encyclopedia articles (individual profiles) for the premiere African American history online reference center, BlackPast.Org; book reviews for the International Journal on World Peace; completing my full-length spiritual biography of 19th-century US author/activist, Lydia Maria Child (under contract with Swedenborg Foundation, forthcoming, 2022).
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English Edition, Reskilling: Human Resources in the Digital Ages, Works Report 2020. Naoka Ishihara et al. Ginza Chuo-ku, Japan: RECRUIT Works Institute (2020).
Encyclopedia Entries
"William Lloyd Garrison," Mitchell K. Hall, ed., Opposition to War: An Encyclopedia of U.S. Peace and Antiwar Movements (ABC-CLIO, 2017).
Book Reviews
Review, Healing through the Bones: Empowerment and the Process of Exhumations in the Context of Cyprus, Kristian T.P. Fics, The International Journal on World Peace (December 2018).
Review, Sweet Freedom’s Plains: African Americans on the Overland Trails, by Shirley Ann Wilson Moore, Agricultural History (2017).
*[Note: I had a writing hiatus from 2017-2021 due to caring for my husband with stage 4 cancer and then moving through the deep mourning processes following his death.]
Forthcoming research:
L. Maria Child: One Woman’s Spiritual Journey in Nineteenth Century America. West Chester, PA: Swedenborg Foundation Publishers (under contract, 2022)--when possible, will be working on the final draft.
Other activities:
Writing my relationship memoir on love and politics--my late husband and I were on the opposite ends of the political spectrum.
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