Dean's Lecture: Kaitlin Curtice

Dean's Lecture - Kaitlin Curtice

Welcome to our online event featuring a conversation with Kaitlin Curtice about her new book, Everything Is a Story: Reclaiming the Power of Stories to Heal and Shape Our Lives.

About the Dean's Lectures:

From drawing on the wisdom of Howard Thurman, healing from the Indian Boarding School system, or recovering practices like joy, play, and the art and music of Prince, 2025’s theme of healing centered leadership gathers scholars, writers, and religious leaders who are leading a healing revolution. All lectures will be virtual.

2024 lectures included Friends of Roots, a youth-focused organization seeking healing between Israelis and Palestinians; Freddy Mutanguha, CEO of Aegis Trust, whose work focused on healing following genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda; and Phillis Webstad, founder of Orange Shirt Society, which seeks reconciliation in the aftermath of Indian Boarding Schools.

Center for Storytelling & Narrative Change

About Kaitlin Curtice:

Kaitlin Curtice is an award-winning author, poet-storyteller, and public speaker. As an enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi nation, Kaitlin writes on the intersections of spirituality and identity and how that shifts throughout our lives. She also speaks on these topics to diverse audiences who are interested in truth-telling and healing.

As an inter-spiritual advocate, Kaitlin participates in conversations on topics such as colonialism in faith communities, and she has spoken at many conferences on the importance of inter-faith relationships. Kaitlin leads workshops and retreats, as well as lectures and keynote presentations, ranging from panels at the Aspen Climate Conference to speaking at the Chautauqua Institution and at universities, private retreat centers, and churches across the country.

In 2020 Kaitlin’s award-winning book Native: Identity, Belonging and Rediscovering God won Georgia Author of the Year in the religion category. Native explores the relationship between American Christianity and Indigenous peoples, drawing on Kaitlin’s experiences as a Potawatomi woman.

In 2023, Kaitlin released two books, first, Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day, which examines the journey of resisting the status quo of hate by caring for ourselves, one another, and Mother Earth, and second, her first children’s book called Winter’s Gifts: An Indigenous Celebration of Nature, which is the premier book in a series of four books on the four seasons coming out with Convergent, RandomHouse Books. Her second book in the series called Summer’s Magic was released in 2024.

Besides her books, Kaitlin has written online for Sojourners, Religion News Service, On Being, SELF Magazine, Oprah Daily, and more. Her work has been featured on CBS and in USA Today. She also writes essays and poetry for The Liminality Journal and spends her time supporting other authors as they navigate the world of publishing. Kaitlin lives near Philadelphia with her partner, two dogs, and two kids.