last updated 1997
DEGREES
1997: M.A., Comparative Religion, University of Toronto
Thesis: "Dying for God: Martyrdom in Shiism and Babism"; advisor Willard
Oxtoby
1995: B.A., Buddhist Philosophy, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
Thesis: "Thinking in Buddhism: Nágárjuna's Middle
Way"; advisor Kees Bolle
OTHER UNIVERSITY STUDY
Spring 1993: Christian Theology, McGill University, Montréal,
Québec
1991-1992: Comparative Religion, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
January 1998-present: creator and maintainer of the Wilmette Institute homepage;
July 1997-present: creator and maintainer of the Association for
Bahá'í Studies
of North America's academic archives internet site
(volunteer)
February 1997-present: creator and maintainer of the internet "publisher" and
archives, the "Bahá'í Academics Resource Area" (volunteer)
Summer 1997: full-time editor and research assistant. United States
Bahá'í
National Center Research Office, Wilmette, IL
Spring 1997: research assistant to Jacques Waardenburg. University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario
Summer 1996: full-time editor and research assistant. United States
Bahá'í
National Center Research Office, Wilmette, IL
1985-1987: Correspondence Reporter. Grants Pass Daily Courier, Grants
Pass,
Oregon
PUBLICATIONS
Dying for God: Martyrdom in the Shí<í and
Bábí Religions. Bahá'í Studies
monograph series (under consideration).
"Review of Christopher Buck, Symbol and Secret: Qur'án Commentary in
Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Íqan, and Jack McLean,
ed., Revisioning the Sacred:
New Perspectives on a Bahá'í
Theology." Iranian Studies (forthcoming).
"Review of Christopher Buck, Symbol and Secret: Qur'án Commentary in
Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Íqan. Journal of Bahá'í Studies 9:3 (September 1999) 69-75.
A Resource Guide for the Academic Study of the Bahá'í Faith.
Wilmette, IL:
United States Bahá'í National Center Research
Office, 1997 (co-author [with
Robert Stockman]).
A Curriculum Guide for the Bahá'í Faith (earlier, shorter
version of A Resource
Guide...). Wilmette, IL: United States
Bahá'í National Center Research Office,
1996 (co-author [with
Robert Stockman], editor, and typesetter).
"Review of Moojan Momen, Buddhism and the Bahá'í
Faith." Journal of Bahá'í
Studies 6.4 (Dec. 1994-Mar.
1995): 70-74.
RELEVANT SKILLS
Computer skills: proficient in Macintosh and Windows 95, experienced in
UNIX
and Windows 3.1; skilled in Macintosh and IBM
(PC) versions of MSWord,
WordPerfect, ClarisWorks,
and Microsoft Office; web page design and
implementation; typing speed 40 WPM Querty keyboard,
85 WPM Dvorak
Language skills: intermediate reading and basic
conversational ability in French
and Spanish, basic
reading ability of Arabic and Persian, exposure to Greek
and Sanskrit
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