"Amanda Berry Smith," "Ida Robinson" and "Garfield T. Haywood" in From Aldersgate to Azusa Street: Wesleyan, Holiness & Pentecostal Visions of the New Humanity, Harold Knight, ed. Nashville: Abingdon Publications, 2011.
Recovering Black Theological Thought in the Writings of Early African American Holiness- Pentecostal Leaders in Steven Studebaker and Michael Wilkerson, ed., The Liberating Spirit: Pentecostals and Social Action in North America, Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2011.
Women in Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches in Karen O'Connor, ed., Gender and Women's Leadership. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2010.
"In the Name of the Gospel: Mutuality: The Voice of Christians for Biblical Equality, 16:3, Fall 2009
"Race Relations" and "The Role of Women" Encyclopedia of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. Stanley M. Burgess, ed., New York: Rutledge, 2007.
"The Role of Women in the Azusa Street Revival," The Azusa Street Revival and its Legacy. Harold D. Hunter and Cecil M. Robeck, eds. Cleveland, TN: Pathway Press, 2006.
"Prophesying daughters: Black women preachers and the world, 1823-1913" [Review Article] Pneuma 26:2 [Fall 2004], 362-365.
"Portraits of a Generation: Early Pentecostals Leaders" Review Article, COGIC Scholars Newsletter, 2004
Thomas P. O'Connor, Dean R. Hoge & Estrelda Alexander "The Relative Influence of Youth and Adult Experiences on Personal Spirituality and Church Involvement" Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion: 414 [Dec. 2002], 723-732.
"Conversion and Sanctification in Nineteenth Century African American Wesleyan Women Leaders" Ken Collins, ed., Conversion in the Wesleyan Methodist Tradition, Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2001.
Contributor: Promises of God for Women of Color, Atlanta, GA: Nia Publications, 2001.
"Healing Word" Homily Service, Monthly Resource of the Liturgical Conference, 31:11, February, 1999.
Contributor: Women of Color Study Bible, Atlanta, GA: Nia Publications, 1999.
"What Does It Mean to Be Happy?" Homily Service, Monthly Resource of The Liturgical Conference, January, 1998
"Liturgy in Non-Liturgical Holiness-Pentecostalism," Wesleyan Theological Journal, Fall 1997

Published Books

Black Fire: One Hundred Years of African American Pentecostalism, Wheaton, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2011.
Alexander, Estrelda and Amos Yong, AfroPencostalism: The Shifting Strategies and Changing Discourses of Afropentecostalism, New York: New York University Press, 2011.
Amos Yong and Estrelda Alexander, Phillip’s Daughters Women in Pentecostal-Charismatic Leadership, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2008.
Limited Liberty: the Life and Legacy of Four Pentecostal Women Pioneers. Pilgrim Press, Forthcoming Fall 2007.
The Women of Azusa Street, Cleveland, OH. Pilgrim Press, 2006.

Forthcoming Books

Black Fire Reader: African American Pentecostal History in their Own Voice, Eugene OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011.
Bibliography of Pan-African Pentecostalism, Lewistown, NY: Mellen Press, 2012
Dictionary of Pan-African Pentecostalism, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2013

Forthcoming Essays

What Doth The Lord Require: Toward A Pentecostal Theology of Social Justice in David Moore and Christ Emerick, eds., Festschrift in Honor or Vinson Synan, Cleveland, TN: CPT Press, 2010.
"Women” and "Race Relations" in 50 Essential Terms for Understanding Pentecostalism Northern Illinois University Press.

Current Projects

Executive Director, Seymour Afro-Pentecostal Archive
Executive Editor, Journal of Pan-African Pentecostalism
Editor- in-Chief, Dictionary of Pan-African Pentecostalism

Academic Memberships and Affiliations

American Academy of Religion
Co-founder and President, Association of Full Gospel Women Clergy
Society for Pentecostal Studies, Past President
Editorial Board, Journal of Pentecostal Theology
Ordained minister, Church of God (Cleveland, TN).

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