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Vanessa Corcoran
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Vanessa Corcoran is director of the Catholic Studies Program and assistant teaching professor at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on medieval religious history, devotional practices in the Catholic Church, and the religious and cultural influence of the Virgin Mary. Her recent publications include "The Keys to Two Marys: Popes and the Women of Scripture," in The Cambridge History of the Papacy (2025). Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, America, Commonweal, and National Catholic Reporter. Corcoran holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Medieval History from Catholic University.