Jennifer Barry

Jennifer Barry is Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion at the University of Mary Washington. She is an expert on late ancient studies, early Christianity, later Roman antiquity, and gender studies.

Education Barry received her PhD from Drew University in 2013. Her doctoral supervisor was Virginia Burrus. She was awarded a Masters in Theological Studies from Duke Divinity School in 2006.

Career Barry's research has been described as "noteworthy" and "stimulating". She received the 2024 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Award. In 2022 she was awarded a Shohet Scholarship from The International Catacomb Society. She was a Loeb Classical Library Fellow, Harvard University (2023–2024) and was recently awarded a Waple Faculty Award for Professional Achievement (2025-2026).