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Curriculum Vitae Joseph R. Hellweg Curriculum Vitae Joseph R. Hellweg March 12, 2020 General Information University address: History and Ethnography of Religions Department of Religion College of Arts and Sciences Dodd Hall M04A, PO Box 30615520 Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1520 Phone: 850.567.1155; Fax: 850.644.7225 E-mail address: [email protected] Web site: http://religion.fsu.edu/faculty_joseph_hellweg.html Professional Preparation 2001 Ph.D., University of Virginia. Major: Anthropology. 1988 B.A., Carleton College, Minnesota. Major: Sociology and Anthropology. Nondegree Education and Training 2006 National Science Foundation Summer Research Methods Institute Meeting, School of Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM. 2005 National Science Foundation Summer Research Methods Institute, Duke University Research Lab, Beaufort, NC. 2003 Yale International AIDS Summer Institute, Yale University. 2002 United Nations World Intellectual Property Rights Colloquium for West Africa, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. 1993–1994 Jula Language Studies, University of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. 1993 Bambara Language Studies, Indiana University. 1993 Theater Studies, National Theater Institute, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Vita for Joseph R. Hellweg Professional Experience 2012–present Associate Professor, Religion, Florida State University. 2017–2018 David Julian and Virginia Suther Whichard Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, East Carolina University. 2008–2012 Assistant Professor, Religion, The Florida State University. 2003–2008 Assistant Professor, Anthropology, The Florida State University. 1998 Adjunct Instructor, Anthropology, University of Missouri, St. Louis. 1998 Curriculum Designer, African Cultures Lab, Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity, University of Missouri, St. Louis. 1991–1993 Editorial Assistant, Language in Society, Cambridge University Press. 1990–1992 Teaching Assistant, Anthropology, University of Virginia. 1989–1990 French Instructor, Shattuck-St. Mary's High School, Faribault, MN. Language Proficiency French - fluent in speaking, reading, and writing. Mandénkan - fluent in speaking, reading, and writing. Spanish - rudimentary in speaking, reading, and writing. Visiting Professorship(s) 2008–2009 Fulbright Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Kankan, Guinea (Africa). Honors, Awards, and Prizes Faculty Seminole Award (Nominated) (2016). Developing Scholar Award, Florida State University (2014). Nominated for the Graduate Mentor Award, Florida State University (2011). Honors in the Major Mentor Award, Florida State University (2006). In the Spirit of Carleton Award, Carleton College, MN (2001). Professional Recognition Award for Distinctive Service in Diversity Education, Center for Page 2 Vita for Joseph R. Hellweg Human Origin and Cultural Diversity, University of Missouri, St. Louis (1999). Fellowship(s) Committee on Faculty Research Support, Summer Award (2011–2012). Fulbright Fellowship Six-month Extension, Bamako, Mali (Africa) (2009–2010). Fulbright Lecturer/Research Fellowship, University of Kankan, Guinea (Africa) (2008–2009). National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellow in HIV/AIDS (2001–2003). Carter G. Woodson Institute Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship (1999–2001). Fulbright Dissertation Fellowship (1994–1997). Rotary Foundation Fellowship (1993–1994). Current Membership in Professional Organizations African Religions Section, American Academy of Religion African Studies Association American Academy of Religion American Anthropological Association Association for African Anthropology, American Anthropological Association Fulbright Association Mande Studies Association Society for the Anthropology of Religion, American Anthropological Association Teaching Courses Taught Readings for Examination (RLG6904) Dissertation (J. Miller, R. Peters) (RLG6980-04) Religion in Africa (46 undergraduates) (REL3370) What Is Religion? (18 undergraduates) (REL4044) Grant Writing (C. Carter) (RLG5937-06) Honors in the Major (T. Dennis) (REL4932-03) Kinship & Cosmology (4 graduate students) (RLG5195-01) Kinship & Cosmology (G. Harris) (REL4190-01) Preliminary Doctoral Exams (J. Miller, R. Peters) (RLG8964-02) Readings for Exam (J. Miller, R. Peters) (RLG6904-04) Religion & Public Health in Africa (7 undergraduate students) (REL3936-02) Religion & Public Health in Africa (B. Butool) (5937-05) Africanist Literature (C. Carter, Z. Walker) (RLG5906-07) Comprehensive Doctoral Exams (J. Miller, R. Peters) (RLG6904-03) Dissertation (R. Henry) (HUM8985-02) Ethnographic Field Methods (RLG5195-02) Page 3 Vita for Joseph R. Hellweg Honors in the Major (T. Dennis) (REL4932-01) Religion in Africa (REL3370) Mooré Language Study II (J. Miller) (RLG5906-08) Religion, Africa, and the Black Atlantic (C. Carter, J. Miller, Z. Walker) (RLG5906) Religion, Race, and Public Health in the Black Atlantic (East Carolina University) (RELI4500) Mooré Language Study I (J. Miller) (RLG5906) Religion in the Black Atlantic (C. Carter, J. Miller, Z. Walker) (RLG5906) Security, Ritual, and Politics in Africa (East Carolina University) (RELI4500) Dissertation (R. Henry) (HUM6980) Dissertation (R. Henry) (HUM6980) Ecstatic Religion (RLG5937) Ecstatic Religion (REL3936) Ecstatic Religion (REL3936) Ecstatic Religion (RLG5937) Honors in the Major: Narratives of al-Hallaj (B. Robinson) (REL 4932) Honors in the Major: Narratives of al-Hallaj (B. Robinson) (REL4932) MA Thesis Defense (R. Dyehouse, J. Miller) (RLG8976) Master's Theses (R. Dyehouse, J. Miller) (RLG5971) Master's Theses (R. Dyehouse, J. Miller) (RLG5971) Masters Theses Defenses (R. Dyehouse, J. Miller) (RLG8976) Supervised Research (A. Dyehouse) (RLG5911) Supervised Research (MA, R. Dyehouse) (RLG5911) What Is Religion? (REL4044) What Is Religion? (REL4044) Honors in the Major: Narratives of al-Hallaj (B. Robinson) (REL4932) Master's Theses (T. Bobbitt, R. Dyehouse, J. Miller) (RLG5937) Readings in African and African Diasporic Cultures (RLG5937) Religion in Africa (RLG5937) Religion in Africa (REL3370) What Is Religion? (REL4044) Field Methods in the Study of Religion and Culture (REL4190) Field Methods in the Study of Religion and Culture (RLG5195) What Is Religion? (REL4044) Readings in African Religions (RLG5906) Religion in Africa (REL3370) Religion in Africa (RLG5937) What Is Religion? (REL4044) Honors in the Major: Christianity in Brazil (J. Porter) (REL4932) Introduction to Religion (RLG5035) Religion in Africa (REL3936) Religion in Africa (RLG5037) Ecstatic Religion (RLG5937) Ecstatic Religion (REL3936) Honors in the Major (REL4932) Religion in Africa (REL4190) Religion in Africa (RLG5195) Page 4 Vita for Joseph R. Hellweg Textual Interpretation (RLG5937) Ethnography of Islam in Morocco (J. Riggan) (RLG5906) Honors in the Major: African Immigrant Food Ethics 1 (A. Rojas) (REL4932) Introduction to Religion (RLG5035) Shamanism (REL3936) Dissertation (D. Bell) (REL6980) Dissertation (R. Henry) (HUM6980) Dissertation Defense (D. Bell) (REL8985) Performance in Africa (REL4190) Performance in Africa (REL6596) Textual Interpretation (REL5937) Directed Independent Study: African Politics (J. Hartsfield) (INR3931) Dissertation (D. Bell) (REL6980) Dissertation (R. Henry) (HUM6980) Ethnography: Religion, Society, and Performance (REL4190) Ethnography: Religion, Society, and Performance (REL6596) Ethnography: Religion, Society, and Performance (Z. Johnson) (REL5906) Honors in the Major: Politics in Rwanda (J. Hartsfield) (INR4937) Introduction to Religion (REL5035) Dissertation (D. Bell) (REL6980) Dissertation (R. Henry) (HUM6980) Ecstatic Religion (REL3936) Ethnopoetics (A. Guevara) (REL4905) Performance on the Margins (A. Ellis) (REL5906) Religion in Africa (REL3936) Dissertation (D. Bell) (REL6980) Dissertation (R. Henry) (HUM6980) Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (ANT2410) Readings for Examination (R. Henry) (HUM6904) Words and Power in Africa (REL5195) Words and Power in Africa (REL4190) Ethnographic Field Methods in the Study of Religion and Culture (REL4190) Ethnographic Field Methods in the Study of Religion and Culture (REL6596) Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (ANT2410) Readings for Examination (REL6904) Directed Individual Study (ANG5906) Ecstatic Religion (REL3936) Field Methods in Cultural Anthropology (ANG5801) Field Methods in Cultural Anthropology (ANT4930) Kinship and Social Organization (ANG5426) Kinship and Social Organization (ANT4422) Religion in Africa (REL3936) Directed Independent Study (ANT4907) Grant Writing (ANG6930) Peoples and Cultures of Africa (ANG5352) Peoples and Cultures of Africa (ANT4352) Page 5 Vita for Joseph R. Hellweg Directed Individual Study (ANG5905) Honors Work (ANT4914) Cultural Analysis: An Introduction to Contemporary Anthropological Theory (ANG6484) African Ethnography (ANG5491) Doctoral Committee Chair Bell, D., graduate. (2013). Between Prayers: The Life of a West African Muslim. [Currently: law student, University of Cape Town Law School; formerly: Research Associate, Department of Religious Studies, University of Cape Town ; Mellon Asst. Prof. of African Indigenous Religions, Dept. of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University] Kistler, A., graduate. (2007). The House in the Market: Kinship, Status, and Memory among Q'eqchi' Market Women in San Juan Chamelco, Guatemala. [Assoc. Prof. of Anthropology, Rollins College] Henry, R., doctoral candidate. Obeah: Texts, Contexts, and Performance. [Currently: Instructor, Humanities, Miami-Dade College] Miller, J. C., doctoral candidate.
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