Academic Degrees:

• Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara            
• M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary         
• B.A., Oberlin College  

Areas of Teaching and Research:

Peace, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, and Diplomacy, Islam and Middle Eastern Politics, Islamic and Western Political Philosophies, Christian Theology, Theory and Method for the Study of Religion.

Courses Taught:        

First Year Seminar 100/101:  Peace and Conflict in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, THEO 345/Peace Studies 333:  Theologies of Violence and Non-Violence, THEO 365:  Islam, THEO 369B:  Modern Islamic Political Movements, THEO 369C:  Islam and Gender .