Misha Misyuk is a master's student in Religious Studies. Their research focuses on Jewish folklore, specifically following the Golem as a shifting metaphor of Jewish time, place, and positionality. They also continue to study the contributions of Rebecca Cox Jackson and Rebecca Perot on the Shaker Church. They have presented at the Amana Heritage Society's Communal Studies Association and Iowa State's Women’s and Gender Studies Student Research Conference. They are an avid enjoyer of tabletop roleplaying games and making ceramic sculptures.