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Polly R. Ha

Associate Professor of the History of Christianity
Divinity School
0044A Langford Building, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of the History of Christianity · 2021 - Present Divinity School
Director of the Transformative Ideas Program · 2024 - Present Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of History · 2022 - Present History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published March 19, 2025
Transformative Ideas and POLIS Programs Bring Serious Fun
Published October 25, 2024
Encouraging Civility
Published February 6, 2024
Polly Ha and Brent Strawn Named McDonald Distinguished Senior Fellows

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Recent Publications


Reformed Government Puritanism, Historical Contingency, and Ecclesiatical Politics in Late Elizabethan England

Book · 2022 This critical edition of the scribal publication 'Reformed Government' c. 1594 provides a unique point of entry into the 1590s. ... Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) · 2006 Ph.D.
Yale University · 2002 B.A.