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American Society for the Study of Religion

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Rachel Fell McDermott, ASSR President

Professor, Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Cultures

Barnard College, Columbia University

Milbank 321B

3009 Broadway

New York NY 10027

rmcdermo@barnard.edu


Vice President: Peter Gottschalk

Secretary: Charles Kurzman

Treasurer: Christian K. Wedemeyer

Executive Committee: Stephen Bokenkamp

Edward E. Curtis IV
Corinne Dempsey

Jeffrey Kripal

Sally Promey



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Past Presidents (click to view)
Past Presidents (click to view)

Erwin Goodenough (Yale University), 1960-1963

Mircea Eliade (University of Chicago), 1963-1966

Wilfred C. Smith (Harvard University), 1966-1969

Joseph M. Kitagawa (University of Chicago), 1969-1972

Joseph Campbell (Sarah Lawrence College), 1972-1975

Norvin Hein (Yale University), 1975-1978

Charles J. Adams (McGill University), 1978-1981

Edward A. Tiryakian (Duke University), 1981-1984

R. Ninian Smart (Lancaster University and University of California, Santa Barbara), 1984-1987

Frederick Streng (Southern Methodist University), 1987-1990

Williard G. Oxtoby (University of Toronto), 1990-1993

Bruce B. Lawrence (Duke University), 1993-1996

Bardwell L. Smith (Carleton College), 1996-1999

Thomas P. Kasulis (Ohio State University), 1999-2002

Judith Berling (Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley), 2002-2005

John Strong (Bates College), 2005-2008

Laurie Patton (Emory University), 2008-2011

Thomas A. Tweed (University of Notre Dame), 2011-2014

Sarah Iles Johnston (Ohio State University), 2014-2017

Carl W. Ernst (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 2017-2020

Barbara A. Holdrege (University of California, Santa Barbara) 2020-2023

Rachel McDermott (Barnard College), 2023-