Rebekah Coffman

Rebekah Coffman is a historian, preservationist, and curator currently serving as curator of religion and community history at the Chicago History Museum where she leads the Chicago Sacred initiative. Her interdisciplinary work is at the intersection of religious identity, the built environment, and sustainability through place-based, community-centered approaches. Since 2019, she has led the Sacred Shift Project, an international survey of urban religious buildings adapted by diasporic communities. She also lectures in Heritage Studies at American Islamic College. Rebekah holds a BA in Art History and Religion, summa cum laude from Hamline University and an MA in Historical and Sustainable Architecture from NYU London.