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Associate Professor of Religious Studies & Director of the Multifaith Scholars Program at Elon University. Hinduism | Gender + Religion | Ethnography | Ritual

Elon University
Joined September 2014
Very excited that my article--which analyzes more than a decade of narratives related to a Hindu woman named Iraiarasi’s untimely death, subsequent deification, and eventual domestication as a pūvāṭaikkāri--is out in the world! #domesticatingthedead academic.oup.com/jhs/advance… – at Burlington, NC
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Delighted to join the @BloomsburyRS Advances in Religious Studies editorial board and to be in such distinguished company!
📣 We're delighted to announce the new international editorial board for the 'Bloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies' series! Our thanks and welcome to Afe Adogame (@ptseminary), Amy Allocco @ElonIndia (@elonuniversity), Jenny Berglund @Religionsdidak1 (@Stockholm_Uni) ...
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Fantastic to see this! Proud to have Imam Shane Atkinson as our colleague on @elonuniversity’s multifaith campus. #Elon @TruittCenter @ElonRelS
Very proud to introduce our colleague, Imam Shane Atkinson, to those who don't know him yet. @Chaplain_Shane is now a graduate of Bayan at @CTS_Chicago, and this is a lovely tribute to his character and the commitments he embodies @elonuniversity everyday youtube.com/watch?app=deskto…
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📡📡 Frontiers of Democracy conference this July at Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life--proposals due May 1st! tischcollege.tufts.edu/civic…
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Excited to kick off this morning’s undergraduate paper session at the @AARWeb Southeastern Region’s conference. We have three @elonuniversity seniors presenting their #undergraduate research today!
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These two Multifaith Scholars each developed incredible research two-year research projects, pursued double majors in @elon_cas (Literature and Religious Studies || Int’l & Global Studies and Religious Studies), and completed a semester of study abroad (Egypt and Jordan)!
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One of the best things about last evening’s conference reception was the opportunity to invite recent @elonalumni to interact with current #Elon students—thanks for making time for some near-peer mentoring, @anya_fredsell and @marjorie_fo !!
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