Young Scholars in American Religion
2005-2006

Dr. Judith Weisenfeld of Vassar College and Dr. John Corrigan of Florida State University led the seminars on teaching and research for the 2005-06 "class," which included the following scholars:

Julius Bailey, University of Redlands
Department of Religious Studies
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, American Religious History, 2003
Syllabus (PDF format)

Courtney Bender, Columbia University
Department of Religion
Ph.D., Princeton University, Sociology, 1997
Syllabus (PDF format)

Lila Corwin Berman, Pennsylvania State University
Department of History and Religious Studies Program, and Jewish Studies Program
Ph.D., Yale University, Religious Studies, 2004
Syllabus (PDF format)

Joseph Creech, Valparaiso University
Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts, and History and Humanities
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, History, 2000
Syllabus (PDF format)

Kathleen Sprows Cummings, University of Notre Dame
Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, U.S. History, 1999
Syllabus (PDF format)

Henry Goldschmidt, Wesleyan University
Department of Religion
Ph.D., University of California at Santa Cruz, Anthropology, 2000
Syllabus (PDF format)

Charles Israel, Auburn University
Department of History
Ph.D., Rice University, History, 2001
Syllabus (PDF format)

Sylvester Johnson, Indiana University
Department of Religious Studies
Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary, Contemporary Religious Thought, 2002
Syllabus (PDF format)

Tracy Leavelle, Creighton University
Department of History
Ph.D., Arizona State University, History, 2001
Syllabus (PDF format)

John Lardas Modern, Franklin and Marshall College
Department of Religious Studies
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Religious Studies, 2003
Syllabus(PDF format)

Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Augustana College (Rock Island, IL)
Religion Department
Ph.D., Indiana University, American Religious History, 2001
Syllabus (PDF format)

Evelyn Sterne, University of Rhode Island
Department of History
Ph.D, Duke University, History, 1999
Syllabus (PDF format)

Christopher White, Georgia State University
Religious Studies Department
Ph.D., Harvard University, Religion in America, 2002
Syllabus (PDF format)