Public Appearances and Presentations
“Brain-Based Technology and Spirituality: How the ‘Spiritual But Not Religious’ Crowd is Placing Their Faith in Technology”
American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting // Virtual, December 2020
“Re-Examining Domestic Violence: Using Phylogenetic Cross-Cultural Methods to Examine Qualitative Data”
North American Association for the Study of Religion Annual Conference // Virtual, November 2020
“Enlightenment via Brain Stimulation?: The Surprising Spiritual Potential of Ultrasound Stimulation”
Boston University Graduate Conference on Religion // Virtual, October 2020
“Spirit Tech: Topics for Public Scholarship in the Age of Brain-Based Technologies for Spiritual Enhancement”
American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting // Denver, May 2018
“Technology and the Future of Awakening”
Science and Non-Duality Conference // San José, October 2018
“Godless Women: Re-defining Atheism(s) in Light of Cognitive and Psychological Gender/Sex Difference”
International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion // Boston, August 2018
“Women, Ritual, and Domestic Violence: A Cross-Cultural Analysis”
The Evolution of Religion II: How Biology, Psychology, and Culture Interact // Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, November 2017
“Neurons and the Numinous: What Is at Stake in the Neuroscientific Examination of Human Religiosity”
Annual Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion // Seattle, May 2013
“Ritual Experience in American Megachurches: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Emotive Spirituality”
Annual Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion // Portland, March 2012
“The Dance of Desire: Megachurch Spirituality”
Annual Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion // British Columbia, May 2010