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Interdisciplinary Scholar in the Study of Religion
Current:
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion
Centre College
Research Associate
Centre for Mediation in Africa
University of Pretoria
Previous:
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Director of Student Diversity & Belonging
University of Lynchburg
Post-Doc Human Economy; University of Pretoria
Ph.D. Religion; University of Durham
B.A. Anthropology; University of Utah
M.A. Philosophy; University of Amsterdam
B.A. Philosophy & Psychology; Boston University
Interdisciplinary Study of Religion
In research & scholarship, my work is currently focused on three projects:
On Method and Theory in the Study of Religion:
- Coloniality/Decoloniality and the problem of 'Belief' as a analytic tool and category of investigation; and relevance for below:
On Religion and Money:
- Ethnographic research in southern Africa - with Buddhists and Sangomas - across socio-economic disparities and emergent issues of conflict, mediation, and healing
On Art and Spirituality:
- Korea's Neo-Confucianist approach to art and the entanglements of han and grief coupled with a practice of making sculptural moon jar vessels
Select courses taught:
- East Asian Religions: Art and Clay (classroom & studio hybrid)
- Religions of Asia
- Religions of Africa
- Religion in America
- Religion and Money
- Religion, Body, Health
- Comparative Religious Ethics
- Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
- Winter Study Abroad: Ceramics and Spirituality in Korea
- Senior Symposium: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
