Tracy McEwan

Theologian and sociologist of religion, Dr Tracy McEwan is the 2026-7 Australian Catholic History Fellow, ACU and a Postdoctoral Researcher, in the School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences at University of Newcastle, Australia. Her writing and research interests include women in Catholicism; gender-based violence; church participation, generations, and life stage. Major projects include the podcast “Australian Women Preach” and the International Survey of Catholic Women, a survey of more than 17,000 Catholic women from 104 countries. Her monograph, "Women and the Catholic Church: Negotiating Identity and Agency" was published open access with Bloomsbury Academic in March 2025.