Drew Konow (M.A.R. liturgical studies) is a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in 2011 with a degree in religious studies and foreign languages and literatures and a minor in human rights. While in Dallas, Drew also worked for four years in social justice ministry with children from refugee and low-income families. Upon entering YDS, Drew developed a deep interest in the liturgies and rituals of the twentieth-century Americas, and he is entering the ISM as a second-year M.A.R .student in liturgical studies. Drew is particularly interested in post-Vatican II Roman Catholicism, material religion, the intersection of religion and culture, and the relationship between liturgy and justice. He plans to spend his time at the ISM not only pursuing these established interests but also extending the scope of his research to engage in projects involving contemporary Catholic, Latino/Latina, and queer liturgy. Vocationally, he aspires to be a public intellectual, equally engaged in rigorous academic discourse and the realities of the world as it is.