| Title: | Associate Professor |
| Dept: | Philosophy & Comparative Religious |
| Office: | RT 1338 |
| Phone: | 216-687-2189 |
| Email: | S.TAYSOM@csuohio.edu |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. RT 1338, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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| Education: | ||
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B.A., History, Brigham Young University, 1999
M.A., History of Religion, Indiana University, 2003 Ph.D., History of Religion, Indiana University, 2006 | ||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| I am a historian of religion with several specific interests, including the history of religion in America, African American Religious History, New Religious Movements, ritual studies, and theory and method in comparative religious studies. I teach, or am in the process of developing, courses on American religious history, introduction to religious studies, the role of evil in religious systems, New Religious Movements, and religion and culture. | ||
| Honors and Awards: | ||
| Named Permanent National Research Fellow, Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, 2019
Faculty Scholarship Initiative Research Award, Office of Research, CSU, 2016-2017 Fellow, Young Scholars in American Religion Program, 2014-2016 Merit Recognition for Research, 2014 Merit Recognition for Research, 2013 Merit Recognition for Research, 2012 Outstanding Instructor Award, 2012 | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| American Religious History
Religious Dissent New Religious Movements Theory and Method in Religious Studies Introduction to Religious Studies Religion and Evil Religion and Culture | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| American Academy of Religion
Communal Studies Association American Historical Association Shaker Seminar Mormon History Association John Whitmer Historical Association | ||