Rev. Dr. Erin Raffety is a Practical Theologian who uses ethnographic methods to study congregations. In addition to serving as the Empirical Research Consultant for the Imagining Church Project, Raffety is the Research Fellow in Machine Intelligence & Pastoral Care with the Center of Theological Inquiry, where she studies how artificial intelligence and video game technology can support spiritual connection for people with disabilities and congregations. Raffety is currently working on a book on the importance of nurturing and receiving the ministry of people with disabilities in the Church, and she has published widely on disability, youth ministry, and congregational leadership. She is ordained as a Teaching Elder in the PC(USA), holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Princeton University, and is a proud parent of a daughter with multiple disabilities.
