3/6/08

Clayton Crockett (Ph.D. 1997) has been tenured and promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Central Arkansas.

7/5/07

Dennis Ford (Ph.D. '81) has a book forthcoming from the University of California Press. Here is a link to the announcement: http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10927.html.

9/12/05

Retired professor Dan Smith called to let everyone know that alumnus Guy Beck (Ph.D. '89), faculty member at Tulane University, is safe in Baton Rouge and teaching a group of Tulane students at LSU.

8/19/02

As you huddle around the monitor to get warmed by the cathode rays in the midst of yet another Syracuse winter, please know that I am not that far away. I'm living in Albany, New York, where my wife (Diana Conroy) and I started a Catholic Worker house for homeless families. We live at Emmaus House with our two children (Freddie and Helen) and families from all over the globe. I teach part-time at Siena College and the College of St. Rose (courses in rel. st., peace studies and community service). My life is filled with peace demnonstrations, fixin' peanut butter & jelly sandwiches for the kids, editing a newsletter, working on a Bob Dylan imitation with guitar and harmonica, and hosting faith-based discussions for social change. When in Albany, look me up - 35 North Main Ave., Albany, NY 12203 (518) 482-4966. The Luddite in me doesn't use e-mail much, so snail mail and the phone are fine! Aloha!

Fred Boehrer, Ph.D. 2001

8/15/02

Julius J. (Jack) Jackson, Jr. is a Professor and department chair in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at San Bernardino Valley College, an urban California community college with approximately 10,000 students. His degrees include a B.A. in religious studies from Alma College in Alma, Michigan, an M.Div. from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and a Ph.D. in religious studies from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York (1985), where his areas of specialization were hermeneutic theory and religion and culture. Prior to taking the position at San Bernardino Valley College, Dr. Jackson taught at Syracuse University, California State University, Long Beach, the University of Redlands, Crafton Hills College, and California State University, San Bernardino, where he continues to teach upper division classes in the School of Humanities. He is the author of A Guided Tour of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism, published by Mayfield Publishing Company in 1993. In addition, he has authored two case studies–Gandhi and Muhammad–in The Hartwick Humanities in Management Institute's series on leadership, written short articles and book reviews, published chapters on Islam and Millennial Religions in Patterns of Religion (Wadsworth), and presented papers at 20 different national and international conferences. Most recently, he has authored interactive, multimedia CD-ROMs for Mayfield Publishing to accompany their college textbooks in the areas of classical mythology, the Western humanities, introduction to philosophy, and world religions.

Jack Jackson, Ph.D. 1985

8/12/02

After five years at the University of Stirling in Scotland I'm shifting gears and returning to Cody where I will take on adjunct work for the University of Wyoming's online division and at the local community college. I hope to move into the area of legal constructions of religious identity and land claims issues, speicifically with regard to Native American land claims. I can be reached at KellerKeegan@hotmail.com

Mary Keller, Ph.D. 1998

8/10/02

I'm currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Alfred University (Alfred, NY). This September I will deliver a paper at the biannual meeting of the International Society for Religion, Literature, and Culture. The paper is entitled, "When the Master is Not Master: The Critique of Enlightenment in Ang Lee's 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.'" In November I will give another paper at the national AAR. It is called, "The Language of Loss, the Loss of Language: DeLillo on Religion, Terror, and Mourning."

Heath Atchley, Ph.D. 2001

7/31/02

I'm beginning a new position as Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Lebanon Valley College in Fall 2002, and awaiting the publication of my first book, "Between Faith and Thought: An Essay on the Ontotheological Condition," (University of Virginia Press) in Winter/Spring 2003.

Jeff Robbins, Ph.D. 2001

7/31/02

Thanks for the opportunity to stay in touch with the Religion Department! I'm fairly sure my position as Director of Human Resources at St. Paul's School in New Hampshire is on the record, and I'm doing freelance consulting on the side, mostly research and editing of all sorts. But I thought my colleagues might be interested to learn that I'll be finishing my MBA through Suffolk University in December as well. In light of all the conversations we had over the years about "what in the world can you do with a degree in religion???", it might give others heart to know that it's never too late. By the way, I was able to do this degree completely online, and it is accredited by AACSB, so this is also a "plug" for distance learning programs WHEN they are accredited (there are lots of diploma mills out there!).

Regards to all,
Amy Rafferty, Ph.D. 1978