Professional Activities

Professional Organizations:
American Academy of Religion (AAR)
Member, Steering committee African Diaspora Religions (AAR) 2013-
Member, AAR International Dissertation Research Grant 2012-
African Studies Association (ASA)
African Association for the Study of Religion
President of the African Association for the Study of religion 2010-2015
International Bonheoffer Society
Caribbean Philosophical Association
Society for African Philosophers of North America
North American Association for Study of Religion
Bonheoffer Steering Committee of the AAR 1996-2002
Member of the Academic Committee International Association of the History of
Religions, XVIII Quinquennial Congress, Academic Committee, Durban,
South Africa, 1998- August 2000.
International Connections Committee of the American Academy of
Religion 2003-2005
North American Association of Cameroon Scholars
African Religion/Ifa Cultural Center, Board of Directors, 1995-1997
Sophia: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysical Theology, and
Ethics, International Editorial Advisory Board
Managing Editor, Religious Studies Review 2005-Present
Managing Editor, Bulletin of the Counsel of the Society for the Study of Religion.
2005-2009

Area of Teaching:
Primary: African and African Diaspora Religions; African Christianity/Theology;
Hermeneutics and Theology Contemporary Theology and Ethics
Secondary: 19th Century Theology and Philosophy of Religion,
African Studies: Philosophy/Ethics

Honors:
1985-1987 Dean’s List, Sioux Falls College
1986 National Alpha Chi
1987 Purple Feather Award, Sioux Falls College
1988 Dorothy Powell Award for Excellence in Heritage and Thought, North American Baptist Seminary
1991-1992 Louis B. Iliff Fellowship, Iliff School of Theology
1998-1999 Outstanding Faculty Associate for Wiess College 2000, 2001 Mosle Research Award
2006-2007 Outstanding Faculty Associate, Wiess College