Education
- Ph.D., Anthropology, The University of Chicago, 1989
- M.A., Anthropology, The University of Chicago, 1981
- B.A., Political Science, The University of Chicago, 1980
Publications
Book- Feeling the Spirit: Faith and Hope in a Black Evangelical Storefront Church, University of South Carolina Press, Fall 1995
Articles- The Eastern Orthodox Church in North America: Continuity and Change in the Twenty-First Century, in Holding on to the Faith: Confessional Traditions in American Christianity, Douglas A. Sweeney and Charles Hambrick-Stowe, editors. University Press of America, 2008
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity in North America, in Contemporary American Religion, Macmillan Reference, 1999
- Anthropology of Religion, in Contemporary American Religion, Macmillan Reference, 1999
- Associate Editor, Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions, Stephen Glazier, Editor, Routledge, 2001
Book Reviews- The Mother Town: Civic Ritual, Symbol, and Experience in the Borders of Scotland, Gwen Kennedy Nevill, Oxford University Press, 1994, reviewed for the Review of Religious Research
- Payback: The Logic of Retribution in Melanesian Religions, G.W. Trompf,Cambridge University Press, 1995, reviewed for the Sociology of Religion
- In a Different Place: Pilgrimage, Gender, and Politics at a Greek Island Shrine, Jill Dubisch, Princeton University Press, 1995, reviewed for the Journal of Ritual Studies
- Gender in Third World Politics, Waylen, Georgina, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, Colorado, 1996, reviewed for Journal of Third World Studies
- Culture in Mind: Cognition, Culture, and the Problem of Meaning, Bradd Shore, Oxford University Press, 1996, review for the Journal of Ritual Studies
- The Blair Handbook, Toby Fulwiler and Alan Hayakawa, second edition, Prentice-Hall, 1997, reviewed for Prentice-Hall, 1998 and 2008
- A Community of Witches: Contemporary Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft in the United States, University of South Carolina Press, 1998, reviewed for the Sociology of Religion, forthcoming
- Three Faces of God: Society Religion, and The Categories of Totality in the Philosophy of Durkheim, Donald A. Nielsen, State University of New York Press, 1999, forthcoming in Review of Religious Research
Honors
- Lilly Endowment, Programs In the Theological Exploration of Vocation, 2003-2009
- Lilly Endowment, The American Confessional Project, 2003-2006
- Faculty Excellence Award, Governors State University, 2003
- University Grant, Office of the Provost, 2002
- Alumni Research Grant, 2003
- Alumni Research Award, Governors State University, 1998
- Alumni Research Award, Governors State University, 1997
- Alumni Research Award, Governors State University, 1996
- Midwest Faculty Research Award, The University of Chicago, 1991
- Faulty Research Award, Knox College, 1990
- Research Fellowship, Wheaton College, The Institute for the Study of AmericanEvangelicals, Wheaton, Illinois, 1988-1989
- Tuition Scholarship, The Continuing Education Office, The University of Chicago, 1987-1989
- Research Award, Christian Heritage Training Center, Chicago, 1988
- Graduate Fellowship, The University of Chicago, 1980-1984
- Research Fellowship, Powell Fund Endowment, The University of Chicago, 1984-1985
Service
Governors State University (2009-1995) - Annual Student Research Conference, College of Arts and Sciences Representative
- Search Committees: Biology, History, Political Economy, and Sociology
- Chaired the Liberal Education Division Criteria Revision
- College of Arts and Sciences Personnel Committee
- University Honors Committee
- University Grievance Committee
- Writing Across the Curriculum, CAS, Board Representative
- Writing Across the Curriculum, CAS, Task Force Chair
- Writing Across the Curriculum, CAS, Intensive Writing Faculty Group
- University Curriculum Committee
- Integrative Studies Committee
- Minority Mentor
- Liberal Studies Committee, Coordinator
- Second Annual Student Research Conference, CAS Representative
- Child Care Advisory Board
- International Studies Committee
- Native American Studies Minor
Service Prior to 1995- Minority Graduate Student Advisor, University of the Pacific
- Religious Studies Committee, Knox College
- Black Studies Committee, Knox College
- Faculty Advisor, Knox College Association for Recycling and Environmental Support
- Minority Students and Academic Careers Workshop, Associated Colleges of the Midwest
Professional Memberships
- The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
- American Anthropological Association
- Society for Visual Anthropology
- Society for Applied Anthropology
- Society for Urban Anthropology
- Central States Anthropological Association
- Religious Research Association
- Chicago Area Religious Study Group
- Anthropology of Religion
- Society for the Anthropology of North America
- Modern Greek Studies Association
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