Rayna Daniela, also known as Ryn, is a Ph.D. candidate in Cultural Studies at Stony Brook University, where her research focuses on queer relationality through the lens of detective fiction. She holds a graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies, and an M.A. in Cultural Studies, also from Stony Brook University, where she taught undergraduate film studies courses for five years. Ryn is a ritual leader in the Jewish Voice for Peace havurah network, planning and leading Kohenet-style Shabbat services for the Brooklyn Shabbat Kodesh community. She is currently at work on a queer fantasy detective novel about diaspora that draws inspiration from Jewish ancestral magic, and her latest essay is forthcoming in the Jewish issue of the renowned lesbian literary and art journal Sinister Wisdom. Ryn can be found online on Instagram and Twitter @batpriestess.