AARWR Virtual Directory 2020


1	Web Link	Panel	Moderator	Facilitator

2	Friday March 13, 2020
3	Zoom Meeting (private)	AAR/WR Board Meeting 12pm-5:00pm	Jason Sexton, University of California, Los Angeles
4	Saturday March 14, 2020
5	8:30-10am
6	Zoom Meeting	Ecology and Religion 1: Sacred Passages and Human-Nature Rituals of Belonging	Matthew Hartman, Graduate Theological Union	Sarah Robinson-Bertoni, Pacific Lutheran University
7	Zoom Meeting	Latina, Latino, and Latin American Religions: Religious Traditions and Decolonial Rituals of U.S. Latinxs & Latin Americans	Jacob Perez, Pacific School of Religion	Jacob Perez, Pacific School of Religion
8	8:30-11:30am
9	Zoom Meeting	Psychology, Culture, and Religion 1: The Process and Experience of Scripturalization	Nicola Denzey Lewis, Claremont Graduate University Tammi J. Schneider, Claremont Graduate University	Jason Sexton, University of California, Los Angeles
10	Double Session Zoom Meeting	History of Christianity: Exploring the Edges: Non-Sacramental Rites o f Passage Throughout Christian History; and Rites Across World Culture in the History of Christianity	Dyron B. Daughrity, Pepperdine University David M. Houghton, Fuller Theological Seminary	Roy Whitaker, San Diego State University
11	Roundtable Zoom Meeting	Education and Pedagogy 1: Transforming the Classroom, Transforming the Student: The Transformative Power of Pedagogy; and Education and Pedagogy 2: New Views and Novel Approaches to Religion and Education	Sarita Tamayo-Moraga, Santa Clara University Peter Romaskiewicz, University of California, Santa Barbara	Sarita Tamayo-Moraga, Santa Clara University
12	9-11:30am
13	Double Session Zoom Meeting	Ethics: Ethical Reflection on the International Influence of Rituals; Rites of Passage within Christian Communities in the United States	Anna Hennessey, University of California, Berkeley	Anna Hennessey, University of California, Berkeley
14	10-11:30am
15	GoToMeeting	Religion, Literature, and Film 1: Profane and Nonsecular Paths Towards Immanent and Trasncendent Duty	Emmanuelle Patrice, Saybrook University	Emmanuelle Patrice, Saybrook University
16	Password for Session: 43509912
17	Zoom Meeting	Religion in America 1: "Secularism"; Religion and America 2: New Religious Movements and New Movements within American Religion	Konden Smith Hansen, University of Arizona Michelle Mueller, Santa Clara University Cristina Rosetti, University of California, Riverside	Cristina Rosetti, University of California, Riverside
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19	Multi-Session Zoom Meeting	Buddhist Studies 1: Women's Ordination and Education in Buddhist Traditions; Buddhist Studies 2: Ordination and Other Rites of Passage in Buddhist Traditions; Buddhist Studies 3: Resistance and Muslim Women	Jake Nagasawa, University of California, Santa Barbara	Jake Nagasawa, University of California, Santa Barbara
20	10:15-11am
21	Keynote Address via Zoom	Keynote Address: Cultural Ideals as Practices of Exclusion	Dr. Reggie Williams	Reggie Williams, McCormick Theological Seminary
22	11am-1pm
23	Zoom Meeting	Religion, Science, and Technology 1: Shifting Experiences of Space and Time	Greg Cootsona, California State University, Chico Melanie Dzugan, Fuller Theological Seminary	Melanie Dzugan, Fuller Theological Seminary
24	11:15am-12:45pm
25	Zoom Meeting	Joint Panel: Ecology and Religion, Indigenous Studies, and Womanist/Pan-African Studies	Yuria Celidwen, Pacific Graduate Institute	Sarah Robinson-Bertoni, Pacific Lutheran University
26	Mixed Session Round Table Zoom Session	Psychology, Culture, and Religion 2, 3, and 4	Casey Crosbie, Scripps College Hester Oberman, Arizona State University Kevin Whitesides, University of California, Santa Barbara	Casey Crosbie, Scripps College
27	Lunch: 1-2pm
28	Zoom Meeting (private for chairs)	AAR Section Chairs Luncheon	Anna Hennessey, University of California, Berkeley	Jason Sexton, University of California, Los Angeles
29	2:15-3:45pm
30	bigbluebutton Roundtable Discussion	Asian American Religious Studies 1: Understanding Death, Progression of the Theravada Tradition, and Religious Transnationalism; and Spirituality and Immigrant Life, Buddhism in Incarceration Camps, and American Sikh Identity	Albert Shannon Toribio, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Irene Ludjii, Claremont Graduate University	Joseph Kim Paxton, Claremont School of Theology
31	Zoom Meeting	Catholic Studies 1: Questioning Boundaries of Participation: Eucharist and Ordination	Eva Braunstein, University of California, Santa Barbara	Eva Braunstein, University of California, Santa Barbara
32	Zoom Roundtable Discussion	Queer Caucus and Queer Studies in Religion Roundtable	Marie Cartier, California State University, Northridge John Erickson, Claremont Graduate University Anjeanette LeBoeuf, Claremont Graduate University	Brian Clearwater, Independent Scholar
33	3:00-5:00pm
34	Zoom Double Session Roundtable	Women and Religion: Re-narrating Power in Experienc; Identity, Roles, and Ritualization	Sara Frykenberg, Mount St. Mary's University Brooke Nelson, California State University, Domoinguez Hills
35	3:30-5:00pm
36	Roundtable Zoom Meeting	Philosophy of Religion 1-3: Rites, Essentialism, and Racial Identity; Technology, Existence, and Consuming Religion; Marxism and Rites of Passage: Political Economy, Ideology, and Nationalism	Dane Sawyer, University of La Verne Olga Louchakova-Schwartz, Founding President, Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience (sophere)	Anna Hennessey, University of California, Berkeley
37	4-5:30pm
38	Zoom Meeting	Religions of Asia 1: Sacred Space, Ritual, and Reform in Religions of Asia	Nancy Martin, Chapman University	Tyler Feezell, Arizona State University
39	Zoom Meeting	Pagan Studies: Rites of Passage Across Paganism	Dorothea Kahena Viale, California State University Polytechnic, Pomona Jeffrey Albaugh
40	Zoom Meeting	Catholic Studies 2: Justice at the Margins: Inclusive Liturgical Practices	Justin Claravall, Graduate Theological Union	Justin Claravall, Graduate Theological Union
41	Sunday March 15, 2020
42	7am-10am
43	Zoom Double Session Roundtable	Rites of Passage in the Jewish Life-Cycle; and Rites of Passage in Jewish Histories and Futures;	Roberta Sabbath, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Alexander Marcus, Grinnell College	Jacob Perez, Pacific School of Religion
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45	9:15-10:45am
46	Zoom Meeting	Religions of Asia 2: Rites of Passage in East Asian Traditions of Abortion and Medicinal Healing	Tyler Feezell, Arizona State University	Tyler Feezell, Arizona State Univeversity
47	10am-12pm
48	Onsite mini-meeting at Fuller Theological Seminary	Joint Panel: Religion, Literature, and Film and Religion, Science, and Technology	Emmanuelle Patrice, Saybrook University Tamisha Tyler, Fuller Theological Seminary
49	11am-12:30pm
50	Zoom Meeting	Religion and Social Sciences: Book Panel with Anna Hennessey, Author of Imagery, Ritual, and Birth (2018)	Valentina Cantori, University of Southern California	Anna Hennessey, University of California, Berkeley
51	12:45-2pm
52	Zoom Meeting	AAR/WR Business Meeting	Brian Clearwater, Independent Scholar	Jason Sexton, University of California, Los Angeles
53	4-5:00pm
54	Zoom Meeting	Presidential Address: The Critical Study of Religion in the Era of COVID-19	Jason Sexton, University of California, Los Angeles	Jason Sexton, University of California, Los Angeles
55	April 2020: Onsite Mini-Meetings (Exact Date TBD)
56	Special Onsite Small Group Meeting at Arizona State University	Islamic Studies	Souad T. Ali, Arizona State University
57	Special Onsite Small Group Meeting at the University of Southern California	Religion and Social Sciences, panels 1-2	Valentina Cantori, University of Southern California
58	POSTPONED TO 2021
59	Postponed to 2021	Black Caucus Event	Sakena Young-Skaggs, Arizona State University
60	Postponed to 2021	Goddess Studies: Wicca, and Gender Theory: Pedagogy Workshop - How to Incorporate Engaged Learning Experiences	Marie Cartier, California State University, Northridge Anjeanette LeBoeuf, Claremont Graduate University
61	Postponed to 2021	Indigenous Studies Unit	Yuria Celidwen, Pacific Graduate Institute; Cecilia Titiziano, Graduate Theological Union; Brian Clearwater, Independent Scholar
62	Postponed to 2021	Womanist/Pan-African Studies Unit	Ineda Adesanya, Graduate Theological Union Valerie Miles-Tribble, Graduate Theological Union
63	Postponed to 2021	Women’s Caucus Event	Yuria Celidwen, Pacific Graduate Institute	Odette Springer, Pacifica Graduate Institute
64	Postponed to 2021	Religions in America 2	Cristina Rosetti, University of California, Riverside
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66	2020 AARWR Online Program Created and Developed by Brian Clearwater, Anna Hennessey, and Joseph Paxton
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