Monica A. Coleman is John and Patricia Cochran Scholar for Inclusive Excellence and Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware, where she is also the Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Africana Studies and the Coordinator for the African American Public Humanities Initiative. Coleman is the author or editor of six books including her award-winning memoir Bipolar Faith: a Black Woman’s Journey with Depression and Making a Way Out of No Way: a Womanist Theology, required text at leading theological schools around the country. Dr. Coleman co-hosted the popular web series, “Octavia Tried To Tell Us: Parable for Today’s Pandemic.” Coleman speaks widely on mental wellness, navigating change, religious diversity, and religious responses to intimate partner violence.