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Dr. Carenen's areas of expertise include the relationship between American religious history and foreign policy. She teaches courses on the Cold War, the Vietnam War, Americans and Terrorism, American Religious History, the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and the history of the United States in the Middle East. She enjoys taking students on Global Studies Field Courses to the Middle East. She received her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Georgia and her Ph.D. from Emory University.
The Fervent Embrace: Liberal Protestants, Evangelicals, and Israel (New York University Press, 2012)
"Complicating the Zionist Narrative in America: Jacob Schiff and the Struggle over Relief Aid in World War I," American Jewish History, (Oct. 2017)
"Zionism and American Jewish Relief Efforts in Palestine During World War I," American Jewish Archives Journal, 2017
"The American Christian Palestine Committee and the Holocaust, 1938-1948," Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 2010
"Patriotism, national identity, and foreign policy: the US--Israeli alliance in the 21st century," in Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy, 2008