Alumni

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Abdulmecid Yasir Eksici
  • PhD, Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 2023
  • Areas of Study at UCSB: Islamic Law and Theology, Ethics, Philosophy of Law and Politics
  • Dissertation: “The Myth of Determinism. Sadr al-Sharia’s Defense of Human Agency”
Caleb Elfenbein
  • BA, Political Science, Vassar College, 1998.
  • MTS, Harvard University, 2001.
  • PhD, Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 2009.
  • Areas of Study at USCB: Traditions of Islam, Religion and Politics, Colonialism in the Middle East, Religion and Nationalism, Philosophy of Religion.
  • Title of Doctoral Dissertation: “Differentiating Islam: Colonialism, Sayyid Qutb, and Religious Transformation in Modern Egypt.”
  • Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Departments of History and Religious Studies, Grinnell College.
Mark Elmore
  • BA, Religious Studies, Geography, and Environmental Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 1995.
  • MA, Religious Studies, University of Colorado-Boulder, 1999.
  • PhD, Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 2005.
  • Areas of Study at UCSB: South Asian Religious Traditions, Hindu Tantra, Religion and Visual Culture, Philosophy of Religion, Approaches to the Study of Religion.
  • Title of Doctoral Dissertation: “States of Religion: Postcolonialism, Power, and the Formation of Himachal Pradesh.”
  • Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, UC Davis.
Brett Esaki
  • BA, Classics, St. John’s College, 2002.
  • MA, Religious Studies, University of South Carolina, 2006.
  • PhD, Religious Studies, UC Santa Babrara, 2012.
  • Areas of Study at UCSB: Art and Religion, Asian American Religions, African American Religions, Indigenous Traditions, Spirituality, Popular culture, Sexuality, Poststructuralism, Ethnography of Religion.
  • Title of Doctoral Dissertation: “Religious Silence in Japanese American Arts.”
  • Current Employment: “Religion, Race, and Discrimination” Postdoctoral Teaching Associate, Central Michigan University.