Board Officers & Committee Chairs

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Carolyn Jones Medine

President

Professor, Religion, and Director, Institute for African American Studies at The University of Georgia

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Julius-Kei Kato

Vice President

Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies

King’s University College at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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Mark Unno

Past President

Professor and Department Head of Religious Studies, University of Oregon

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Sandra Costen Kunz

Secretary

Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Ghana

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Kristin Largen

Co-Editor, Journal of Buddhist-Christian Studies

President, Wartburg Theological Seminary

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Thomas Cattoi

Co-Editor, Journal of Buddhist-Christian Studies

William and Barbara Moran Chair in Early Christian Theology and Interreligious Relations, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome, Italy

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Christina Atienza

Book Review Editor

Leadership Councilor, Dominican Sisters of San Rafael

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John Becker

Newsletter Editor

Faculty in Religious Studies, California State University Long Beach

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Stephanie Wong

Chair, Website and Social Media Committee

Assistant Professor, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Villanova University

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At-large Board Members

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Rev. Grace Song

Chair of the Won Buddhist Studies Department, Won Institute of Graduate Studies

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Elizabeth Tyler

Associate Professor and Department Chair, Philosophy Department, McDaniel College

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Trent Pomplun

Associate Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame

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Joseph Cheah

Professor of Religious Studies and Theology, University of Saint Joseph

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Victor Gabriel

Retired Professor, University of the West, and Visiting Professor, Shakya Buddha University

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Gloria Chien

Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Gonzaga University

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International Advisors

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Elizabeth Harris

Honorary Senior Research Fellow within the Edward Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion, University of Birmingham (UK)

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Kunihiko Terasawa

Associate Professor of Religion, Wartburg College, Iowa

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committee members

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May 12, 2021

Chera Jo Watts

May 12, 2021

SBCS Executive Associate for Digital Services

Doctoral Student, University of Georgia

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May 12, 2021

May 20, 2022

Alaina Keller

May 20, 2022

Social Media and Website Committee Member

Doctoral Student, Georgetown University

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May 20, 2022

Committees

Executive Committee:

Vice President: Julius-Kei Kato

President: Carolyn Jones Medine

Past President: Mark Unno

Secretary: Sandra Kunz

Program Committee:

Vice President: Julius-Kei Kato, Chair

President: Carolyn Jones Medine

Journal Co-Editors: Thomas Cattoi and Kristin Largen

Nomination Committee:

President: Carolyn Jones Medine, Chair

Vice President: Julius-Kei Kato

Past President: Mark Unno

Secretary: Sandra Kunz

Membership Committee:

Jonathan Seitz (as Chair of Social Media Committee), Co-Chair

Mark Unno, Co-Chair

Hsiao Lan Hu

Julius-Kei Kato

Streng Book Award Committee:

(Vacant), Chair

Elizabeth Tyler

Christina Atienza

Duane Bidwell

Stephanie Wong

Social Media and Website Committee:

Jonathan Seitz, Chair

Stephanie Wong

Julius-Kei Kato

Won-Jae Hur

Alaina Keller

oral history and archives Committee:

Sandra Kunz, Chair

Mark Unno

Ruben Habito

Leo Lefebure

Judith Simmer-Brown

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