ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Virginia Wesleyan University (Robert Nusbaum Center). Religion, Law, & Politics Fellow, 2014-present.
⇒ Courses Taught: “Criminal Justice & Religion”; “Lobbying & Religious Advocacy”; “Religion & American Politics”; “Religion & Constitutional Law.”
Virginia Wesleyan University (Department of Religious Studies). Gloria & David Furman Professor of Judaic Studies. Associate Professor, 2007-2011; Professor, 2011-present.
⇒ Selected Courses Taught: “African American Religious Experience”; “American Sacred Space”; “Introduction to Religious Studies”; “Judaism & Film”; “Judaism Through Food”; “Religion & Popular Culture”; “Religion in American Culture”; “Sports & Religion”; “World Religions”; and independent reading courses on such topics as “American Martyrdom,” “New Religious Movements,” “Religion & Comics,” and “Religion & Violence.”
Bucknell University (Department of Religion). Assistant Professor, 1997-2003; Associate Professor, 2003-2007.
⇒ Selected Courses Taught: “American Catholicism”; “American Judaism”; “Fundamentalisms Around the World”; “Introduction to American Studies”; “Introduction to Judaism & Christianity”; “Introduction to Religion in America”; “Introduction to Religious Studies”; “Religion & American Politics”; “Religion & Constitutional Law”; “Religion & Popular Culture”; “Religion & Public Education”; “Sacred Space.”
California State University, Chico (Department of Religious Studies). Lecturer, 1996-1997.
⇒ Courses Taught: “American Judaism”; “Introduction to Judaism.”
University of California, Santa Barbara (Department of Religious Studies). Lecturer, 1994, 1996.
⇒ Courses Taught: “Religion & Society”; “Religion & Law.”
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara (Religious Studies, 1997)
⇒ Primary concentration in religion in American culture
⇒ Secondary concentration in modern Judaism
M.A., University of Virginia (Religious Studies, 1989)
⇒ Concentration in American religious history
B.A., University of Virginia (Religious Studies, 1987)
ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK
“Criminal Justice & Law,” Old Dominion University (Norfolk, 2025)
“Christian Foundations of Law,” Regent University School of Law (Virginia Beach, 2013)
Grant Workshop, Grant Training Center (Norfolk, Va., 2010)
“Legal Research,” Extension Office, University of California, Santa Barbara (1993)
“Constitutional Law: Religion,” University of Virginia School of Law (1988)
