A plenary teaching time

Teacher: Dr. Ashley Boggan, General Secretary of the United Methodist General Commission on Archives and History

This session will not be livestreamed.

ABOUT DR. ASHLEY BOGGAN

Dr. Ashley Boggan serves as General Secretary of the General Commission on Archives and History, where she works to ensure The United Methodist Church understands its past in order to envision a more equitable future for all Methodists. She earned her PhD from Drew Theological School’s Graduate Division of Religion, specializing in Methodist/Wesleyan Studies and Women’s/Gender Studies.

Dr. Boggan is a lay member of the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference and the daughter of two ordained United Methodist ministers. Her Methodist lineage extends even further, tracing back to the early 19th century when her great-great-great grandfathers served as Methodist circuit riders.

She is the author of Entangled: A History of American Methodism, Politics and Sexuality (2018/2025), Nevertheless: American Methodists and Women’s Rights (2020/2025), Wesleyan Vile-tality: Reclaiming the Heart of Methodist Identity (2025) and Calling on Fire: Reclaiming the Method of Methodism (2025), and contributed to American Methodism: Revised and Updated (2022).