AnnMarie earned her PhD in the Study of Religion from Harvard University, where she specialized in the intersection of religion, visual culture, and perception in early modern Europe. She also holds an M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School and a BA from the University of Chicago. She has taught at Harvard University, the University of Colorado Denver, and Regis University. Her research has been supported through fellowships at Harvard’s Center for the Study of World Religions, the University of Colorado Boulder’s Center for Media, Religion, and Culture, and McGill University’s Early Modern Conversions Project.

AnnMarie’s scholarship investigates how texts and language leverage historically specific assumptions about language and the senses to shape readers’ perception beneath the level of conscious reflection. This work culminated in Calvin and Perception in Early Modern Visual Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2026).

Today, AnnMarie serves as Senior Director of Strategy & Transformation at Monigle, the nation’s largest independent brand and experience consultancy. At first glance, Renaissance theology and modern brand strategy may appear to occupy entirely different worlds, but AnnMarie sees them as different chapters of the same human story. If the history of religion preserves one of humanity’s richest archives of techniques for shaping perception, contemporary branding and experience design are among its modern expressions.

Bridges brings this perspective, grounded in the social sciences, to brands across healthcare, financial services, tourism, economic development, retail, and entertainment. Across both scholarship and strategic practice, AnnMarie’s work engages the media, environments, and experiences cultures use to shape embodied perception—orienting not only what people think, but also how they act, feel, and sense.