Image credit: 1955 Brotherhood Week Poster, National Conference of Christians and Jews Records, Social Welfare History Archives, University of Minnesota.

Teaching

As Director of the Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity, I teach courses on religion in public life with a focus on race and education. In all my classes, I connect the history of religion to students’ experiences, and I am excited to encounter students’ perspectives while I help them develop their insights using rigorous academic methods.

I have also taught a wide range of courses at Transylvania University (where I contributed in significant ways to broadening our curriculum in terms of diversity and methods), Princeton University, Fordham University, and Mercer County Community College (as part of the Prison Teaching Initiative). In my classes, I aim to cultivate a shared space for learning and flourishing.

Sample Syllabi

Race and Religion

Theory and Methods in Religion

You are welcome to borrow from my syllabi but please cite them with respect for my intellectual property.

Selected Courses

At Trinity College

Religion, Politics, and Policy

Religion and Prisons

From the Courtroom to the Classroom: Religion, Race, and Education

At Transylvania University

African American Religions

American Literature and Religion (with Dr. Daniel Clausen)

American Religions

Bible

First Engagements: Lexington, Race, and Us

First-Year Seminar: Incarceration

Great Books (with faculty collaborators)

Hamilton and American Memory

Introduction to Judaism

Let’s Talk about Race (with faculty collaborators)

Race and Religion

Religion and Politics

Religion and Prisons

Senior Seminar in Religion

Theory and Methods in Religion

Transy and Race (with Dr. Melissa McEuen in 2021, with Dr. Priya Ananth in 2023)

Women and Religion in the Americas