ChristopherThomasMorales

CurriculumVitae

Address
UniversityofCalifornia
DepartmentofReligiousStudies,4001HSSB
SantaBarbara,CA931069670

Email
christophermorales@umail.ucsb.edu

Education
UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara:PhD,ReligionandPhilosophy(current)
UniversiteitvanAmsterdam:MA,CulturalAnalysis(2010)
HarvardUniversity:MTS,ReligionandEthics(2008)
CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach:BA,ReligiousStudies(2006)

Areasofspecialization
HistoryofChristianthought.NeoplatonismandplatonicinfluencesinChristianity.Modern
Continentalphilosophy.Modernpoliticalphilosophy.Ethnographyandanthropologicalmethods
inthestudyofreligion.

Workexperience
TeachingAssistant
UCSBDepartmentofPoliticalScience,SantaBarbara,California
PoliticalScience187,ClassicalPoliticalPhilosophy(Fall,2014)
UCSBDepartmentofReligiousStudies,SantaBarbara,California
ReligiousStudies80C,ModernWesternCivilization(Spring,2014)
ReligiousStudies1,IntroductiontoReligiousStudies(Winter,2014)
ReligiousStudies43/Physics43,Origins(Spring,2013)
ReligiousStudies80B,MedievalWesternCivilization(Winter,2013)

Reader
UCSBDepartmentofReligiousStudies,SantaBarbara,California
ReligiousStudies115,LiteratureandReligionoftheHebrewBible(Fall,2014)
ReligiousStudies129,AncientNearEast(Spring,2014)
ReligiousStudies115,LiteratureandReligionoftheHebrewBible(Fall,2013)

WorkExperience,continued
ResearchAssistant
UCSBDepartmentofReligiousStudies,SantaBarbara,California
WadeRoofClark(Fall,2013)
AnnTaves(Fall,2012)

InterimResearchCoordinator(May,2008August,2008)
ThePluralismProject,HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,Massachusetts

ResearchAssociate(September,2006May,2008)
ThePluralismProject,HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,Massachusetts

Conferencepapers
EncounteringtheSacred:ReligiousSkills,ToolsandWorlds
SocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion(November,2012)
Phoenix,Arizona

PerceivingtheSacred:AnEnactiveApproach
SouthernCaliforniaWorkingGroupinCognitiveScienceofReligion
(October,2012)
FullerTheologicalSeminary.Pasadena,California

NoOneEverReallyDiesonFacebook:MourningandtheMetaphysicsoftheWeb
VirtualHistories:11thAnnualHumanitiesGraduateForum(February,2011)
UniversityofPennsylvania.Philadelphia,Pennsylvania

Sadomasochism,Oedipus,andtheDemiseofPoliticalDiscourseintheU.S.
Articulations:GraduateStudentConference(February,2010)
AmsterdamSchoolforCulturalAnalysis.Amsterdam,Netherlands

Jemesouviens:GroupRights,CulturalPracticesandtheQubcoisIdentity
InternationalCharlesTaylorConference(June,2009)
MaterDeiInstituteofReligion.Dublin,Ireland

TheSaffronMilitia:BuddhismandPoliticsinMyanmar
ThePluralismProjectSummerResearchSymposium(June,2007)
HarvardUniversity.Cambridge,Massachusetts

Conferenceorganizing
Personhood,PossessionandPlace:EmbodimentandEmplacementinSpecialContexts
(May,2013)
UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara

Honorsandawards
SchoolofLiberalArtsDistinguishedStudent(2005)
CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach
PresidentsList(Spring2004,Fall2004,Spring2005)
CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach
HonorList(Fall2003)
OrangeCoastCollege

Scholarshipsandgrants
UCSBInterdisciplinaryHumanitiesCenter,GraduateCollaborativeResearchGrant(2013)

UCSBDepartmentofReligiousStudies,RownyFellowship(20122014)

UniversityofCalifornia,CentralFellowship(20112012)

AmsterdamMeritScholarship(20082010)

HarvardDivinitySchoolAcademicGrant(20062008)

ResearchLanguages
Dutch,German,French,Latin,Spanish