2003 “Passions of Alternate Media Universes” University of Innsbruck, Austria conference on “Passions in Economy, Politics and the Media: In discussion with Christian theology.” 2003 “The Undefended Assumption: Human nature in social theory. Calvin College Consultation. 2001 “Contemporary Religious Practice and the Supernatural” American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Washington D.C. 1999 “Focal Institutions” American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Chicago.

1997 “Christianity and the Proliferation of Ancestors: Changes in hierarchy and notions of death in the Cameroon Grassfields” Conference on African Christianity and Narrative, University of Minnesota, May. 1996 “Ritual/Festival: Historical Changes in the Death Celebrations of the Cameroon Grassfields” African Studies Association annual meeting, 1996. 1995 “Death Celebrations in the Cameroon Grassfields” UW-Madison African Studies Seminar. 1993 “Star Trek Fandom as a Religious Phenomenon.” Central States Anthropological Society.

#### Miscellaneous Academic Activities

Reviewer of manuscripts for various journals, including Current Anthropology, Africa, Qualitative Sociology, Reviews in Anthropology, Journal of Religion and American Culture, Sociology of Religion, Review of Religious Research, European Journal of Cultural Studies, History of Religions, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, African Studies Review, Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, and others. Outsider Reader for Ph.D. dissertations Proposal Reviewer for National Science Foundation (NSF)

#### University of Notre Dame

Taught classes in Anthropology, University Seminar, College Seminar. Guest lecturer in other classes. Panelist for Center for Social Concern’s Faculty Community Learning Institute, 2013. Accepted in Center for Social Concern’s Faculty Community Learning Institute, May 2012 Affiliated Faculty Poverty Studies Minor Supervised Numerous Directed Research students Supervised Summer Research for student with UROP grant Reviewer of grant applications for Templeton funded Generosity research Reviewer of Ganey Grant proposals Invited Speaker at Student groups (e.g. Africa Development group) Regular participation in workshops (e.g. RASR, Culture) and commentator on graduate student papers and research.

#### Spring Arbor University:

Academic Advising; presentation to students on International Service (2002); ad hoc grade appeal committee (2002); Set up Blackboard web page for Sociology program and Global Studies; conducted annual Focus Series workshops and Community of Learners talk (2001); teaching cell group (2001). Organized campus discussion forum on role of video games. Organized faculty discussions of “academic quality” and set up and moderated listserv for ongoing discussions. Numerous guest lectures in classrooms. Organized, taught and led a 4 credit class/three- week cross cultural experience for twelve students in Switzerland in 2004 & 2006 (with Ines Jindra).

#### Bethany Lutheran College:

As director of the Paul Ylvisaker Center for Personal and Public Responsibility, I led efforts to promote public awareness among students and in the community by facilitating contact between local non-profit organizations and students through hosting meetings and conferences, and by encouraging volunteerism and service learning on campus (e.g. organizing an annual day devoted to volunteerism).