After being introduced to Greek mythology in elementary school, Randall responded as any well-rounded nine year old would—by immediately dedicating all of her spare time to devouring Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. As she read, she got to work planting grape vines in her front yard and prepping her suburban backyard for the goat she was convinced she needed. For the milk and cheese, of course.

 

Time passed. The grapes shriveled up, not a single goat appeared, but Randall’s passion for mythology never faded. As she grew up, Randall traveled the world, exchanging stories with interesting humans across all seven continents (yes, even Antarctica!). In college, she studied these stories through various anthropology, literature, and world religion departments until she finally earned her PhD in what she truly loved all along: Mythology! Local lore suggests that you can still find Randall in classrooms around Southern California, sharing the magic of mythology with all who care to listen. 

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Randall holds a PhD and an MA in Mythological Studeis with an emphasis in death Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, as well as an MA in Liberal Arts & Sciences from San Diego State and BAs in archaeology & literature, with a minor in religious studies, from CSU Dominguez Hills. She lives in San Diego with her daughter, Sadie Raye, and their cat, Stevie Nyx. She is currently working on a series of kids mythology books, coming soon!

Caitlinn Curry holds a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies with an emphasis in Depth Psychology. Her dissertation, titled “The Crucified, Forsaken Flesh: Hermeneutics of the Body in Evangelical Purity Culture,” explores the rhetoric used by certain Christian communities to denigrate the human body and sex, and ultimately presents a queer vision of Jesus as a framework for healing from the shameful language of evangelical purity culture’s abstinence-only education. While Caitlinn is interested in all religions and religious experiences, her main areas of research relate to ancient Mesopotamia, the Christian Old Testament, and the application of Queer Theory and Feminist Theory to the person of Jesus. This intersects with her interest in Greco-Roman mythology and history. Caitlinn also holds a Master's degree in Mythological Studies with an emphasis in Depth Psychology, a Master’s degree in Reconciliation and Intercultural Studies wherein her thesis explored United States racism in Islam and Christianity, a Bachelor's degree in Journalism, and a Bachelor’s degree in Cross-Cultural Ministries.

 

When Caitlinn isn't researching the gender performance of ancient Ki'iche Maya royalty or how the nervous system holds onto experiences of religious trauma, she can likely be found trimming her sage bushes, walking her dog, getting a tattoo, reading a science fiction novel, working on her own creative writing, or teaching herself a new skill. She lives on a small farm north of Seattle with her husband, Luke, her dog Nyx;  her three cats, Hiccup, Hades, and Lazarus; and twenty chickens.