Professor, Religious Studies, Cal Poly Humboldt, 2017-
Chair, History Department, Humboldt State, 2021-2022
Chair, Religious Studies, Humboldt State, 2017-2022
College Personnel Committee, 2020-2022
​University Curriculum Committee, 2020-2022
Animal Ethics Committee, 2020-
​Chair, General Education, Fresno State, 2015-2017
NEH California Pluralism Project, 2014-2016
NEH Ethics, Religion and Civil Discourse Project, 2010-2012
Fulbright Scholar to the UK, Cardiff, 2008-2009
Associate Professor, Fresno State University, 2006-2017
Visiting Faculty, Florida State University, 2005-2006
Lecturer, UCR, UCSD, UCSB, 2004-2005
Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1999-2005
M.A. San Diego State University, 1996-1998
B.A. University of California, San Diego, 1993-1995
Also attended: UC Davis, University of London SOAS, American University in Cairo Arabic Language Institute, UC Irvine Critical Theory Institute