Four Lecturers in Religion for 2023-2024

Please join the Religion department in welcoming four incoming lecturers: Emily Silkaitis, Ralph Craig, III, Tyler Feezell, and MK Long.

Check out the courses they're offering this coming academic year:

Professor Emily Silkaitis' courses:

• Fall term:
  • REL 16.01 (10) An Introduction to Islam. (Identical to MES 06.02)
  • REL 16.06 (2A) Islamic Spirituality: Sufism, Mysticism, Asceticism. (Identical to MES 17.21)
• Winter term:
  • REL 16.05 (12) The Qur'an and the Prophet. (Identical to MES 17.20)
• Spring term:
  • REL 16.01 (10) An Introduction to Islam. Silkaitis (Identical to MES 6.02)
  • REL 16.08 (10A) Shi`i Islam. Silkaitis

Professor Ralph Craig's courses:

• Fall term: REL 8.01 (3A) Transformative Spiritual Journeys. Contemporary Memoirs of African American Religion. (Identical to AAAS 27)
• Winter term:
  • REL 41.01 (2) Mahayana Buddhist Texts.
  • REL 61 (10) Religion and the Civil Rights Movement. (Identical to AAAS 22)
• Spring term:REL 54 (3A) African American Religion and Culture in Jim Crow America. (Identical to AAAS 22.10)

Professor Tyler Feezell's courses:

• Fall term: REL 10 (12) Religions of China. (Identical to ASCL 61.01)
• Winter term: REL 47 (12) Buddhism in China.

Professor MK Long's courses:

• Fall term: REL 2.01 (10A) Religions of Southeast Asia. (Identical to ASCL 51.05)
• Winter term: REL 41.07 (tba) Buddhism, Sexuality, & Gender in Southeast Asia. (Identical to ASCL 51.06)
• Spring term: New course proposal pending