Position Title
Professor of Religious Studies
Undergraduate Faculty Advisor
Position Title
Professor of Religious Studies
Undergraduate Faculty Advisor
924 Sproul Hall
Office Hours
Fall 24:
In person: Tuesday 2:00-3:00, Thursday 1:00-2:00
Zoom: Friday 1:00-2:00
In person: Tuesday 2:00-3:00, Thursday 1:00-2:00
Zoom: Friday 1:00-2:00
Bio
Education and Degree(s):
- B.A. (with Honors), Brown University, Religious Studies
- M.A., Divinity School, University of Chicago, History of Religions
- Ph.D., Department of Early Christian Literature, University of Chicago
Research Interest(s):
- Religions of Late Antiquity
- Methods for the Study of Religion
- Psychoanalytic Approaches to Religion
Profile:
Phi Beta Kappa, President of the UCD Kappa Chapter
Graduate, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
Awards:
Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter, Rhode Island
Fulbright Fellowship for research in Israel (1985-6)
American Council of Learned Societies Research Fellowship for Recent Recipients of the Ph.D. (1987-88)
Outstanding Academic Book Award for Icons of Power from Library/Choice Journal, 2002
Committee on Special Research and Training (CORST) Essay Prize awarded by the American Pschoanalytic Association for article "Lusting for Death: Some Unconscious Fantasies in an Ancient Jewish Martrydom Text" 2004
Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award 2005