Education

• BA, Reed College, Religion
• MA, University of Chicago, Divinity
• PhD, Brown University, Religious Studies

Research Interests

• African American Religious and Social Criticism
• Classical and Contemporary Pragmatic Philosophy
• History of American Philosophy and Religious Thought
• Social Ethics

Teaching

• RELG 3200: Martin, Malcolm, and America
• RELC 3222: From Jefferson to King
• USEM 1580: Religion and Democracy in Black and White

Selected Publications and Talks

• “The Democratic Practice of Jane Addams,” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 18, 2013.
• “Jane Addams and the Pragmatic Method in Ethics,” Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting, New Orleans, January 9, 2011. 
• “Mill and James on Religion’s Utility,” AAR Annual Meeting, Montreal, November 10, 2009.
• “Ethical Monotheism or Ethical Polytheism?: Reflections on Troeltsch, Weber, and James” in Ethical Monotheism: Traditions and Prospects, co-edited with Ted Vial           (Society of Biblical Literature/Brown University Judaic Studies, 2001).      
• Ethical Monotheism: Traditions and Prospects, co-edited with Ted Vial (Society of Biblical Literature/Brown University Judaic Studies, 2001). 
• Counterpoints: Issues in Teaching in Religious Studies, co-edited with Mark Unno (Brown University Religious Studies, 1995).