She is Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies at the Harvard Divinity School.
Hollywood attended Bryn Mawr College, studying religion and graduating with high honors in 1985.
[1] She then earned a master's in religious studies (1986) and doctorate in theology (1991) from the University of Chicago.
[1] In 1997 Hollywood won the Otto Grundler Prize for the best book in medieval studies from the International Congress of Medieval Studies for her book The Soul as Virgin Wife: Mechthild of Magdeburg, Marguerite Porete, and Meister Eckhart.
[3] In 2005, she joined the faculty of Harvard Divinity School, where she is Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies.