Stephanie Yuhas 2525 Arapahoe Ave. E4-345 Boulder, CO 80302 720-841-1999 Email: [email protected]

Education

Ph. D. University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology, Denver 2012 Joint Ph.D. Program in Religious and Theological Studies M. A. Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier 2001 Ecological Psychology B. A. Naropa University, Boulder 1995 Psychology

Areas of Competence

Theory and Methods in the Study of Religion, Buddhism, Buddhist Philosophy, Comparative Religions, Postcolonial Theory, Philosophy of Religion, Social Ethics, Cultural Theory, Indigenous Religions, Environmental Ethics, Religion and Ecology, History of Religions, Qualitative Research Methods

Teaching Experience

Naropa University Religious Studies Seminar: Theory and Method, Undergrad 2012-2015 Research and Methodology, Graduate Trends in Religious Studies, Graduate Ecology: Concepts and Applications, Graduate (online) Master of Divinity Thesis Seminar, Graduate 2009-2012 Capstone Seminar, Undergraduate Philosophy of Religion, Undergraduate Religion in Human Experience, Undergraduate 2008

Iliff School of Theology Justice and Peace Praxis, “Greening the Church,” 2009 Justice and Peace Praxis, “GLBTQ Issues in the Church,” 2008 Justice and Peace Praxis, “Race, Faith and the Future of Democracy in America,” World Religions, Teaching Assistant 2006 Solo Flight, Teaching Fellows grant recipient Ethical Perspectives of Justice and Peace, Teaching Assistant 2005

University of Denver Environmental Ethics 2006

Publications “The Only Way to Get It Together is Together”: Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi Collection Anchors Post-Holocaust American Judaism Archive at University of Colorado, Boulder” Judaica Librarianship (in press) 2015 “Philosophy and the Environmental Crisis,” Sage Green Ethics Encyclopedia, 2011 “Religious Ethics and the Environment,” Sage Green Ethics Encyclopedia, 2011 “Utilitarianism,” Sage Green Politics Encyclopedia, 2010 “Wal-Mart,” Sage Green Food Encyclopedia, 2009

Conference Papers

“Seeking Non-Dual Experience,” American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 22, 2015 “The Relationship of Dark Green Religion to the Spiritual But Not Religious Movement,” American Academy of Religion, San Diego, CA, Nov. 22, 2014 “Gaian Consciousness and Paradigm Shift: Exploring Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s Vision for Transformation,” Society for Anthropological Consciousness, Portland, OR, March 28, 2014 “Jus Gentium: Exchange and Reciprocity in de Vitoria, Grotius and Vattel,” American Academy of Religion, Chicago, IL, Nov. 18, 2012 “The Role of Religion in the Rule of Law: DeVitoria’s Influence on International Relations with Indigenous People,” AAR, Rocky Mountain Great Plains Regional Meeting, Regis University, Denver, CO, March 7, 2009. “Using Intertextuality to Unmask the Concealed Meaning in Religious Texts,” (Religion and Secrecy), AAR, Rocky Mountain Great Plains Regional Meeting, Denver Seminary, Denver, CO, March 29, 2008 “Christian Commitment and the Social Sciences: Never the Twain Shall Meet?” Presider, AAR, San Diego, Nov. 20, 2007 “Lessons of Budapest: Struggles for National Identity and Religious Rhetoric That Inform America’s Division of Religion and Politics” (Religion and the Public Sphere) AAR, Rocky Mountain Great Plains Regional Meeting, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, March 24, 2007 “The Future of Liberal Theology” Panel convener and designer, AAR, Washington, DC Nov. 20, 2006 “Whose Land Is It Anyway? Religious Freedom for Indigenous Peoples” (Religion and the Public Square)AAR, Rocky Mountain Great Plains Regional Meeting, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, March 24, 2006 “Reframing Empire: Globalization Trumps Politics,” In Solidarity: Engaging Empire in Activism, Education and Community Strategies Conference, Goshen, Indiana, October 8, 2005 “Terma and Tertons in Tibetan Buddhist and Indigenous Traditions,” (History of Religions) AAR, Rocky Mountain Great Plains Regional Meeting, Denver, CO, April 8, 2005.

Employment and Experience

University of Colorado, Boulder, Director, Post-Holocaust American Judaism Archives, Norlin Library 2010-present Naropa University, Project Director, Carpenter Grant Master of Divinity 2009-2010 Program Review Iliff School of Theology, Coordinator of Justice and Peace Program, Summer Program, 2001- 2009 and Academic Services, Denver, CO

Service Steering Committee, Exploring the Field Program Unit, National AAR meeting 2005-2008 Iliff/DU Joint PhD Program, Co-Chair, Student Council 2005-2008 Iliff/DU Joint PhD Program, AAR representative 2004-2008