Cybelle Shattuck

Cybelle Shattuck
Associate Professor of World Religions and Cultures
also in School of Environment, Geography, and Sustainability
Location:
2003 Moore Hall, Mail Stop 5320
Mailing address:
Department of World Religions and Cultures
麻豆传媒
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5320 USA
Cybelle Shattuck
Office hours:

By appointment via email.

Education:
  • Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 2016
  • M.S., Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 2011
  • M.S., Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1991
  • B.A., Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1989
Teaching Interests:
  • Spirituality and the Environment
  • Environmental Justice
  • South Asian Religions
Research Interests:
  • Faith-based environmental sustainability initiatives
  • Sacred and secular land stewardship
  • Religion and environmental justice movements
Bio:

Dr. Shattuck is a professor with a joint appointment in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the Department of World Religions and Cultures at 麻豆传媒. Her research focuses on the intersection between religion and sustainability, a subject she explores through fieldwork that examines the motivations and processes through which faith communities implement earth care actions. She is completing a book called "Pathways to Sustainability: The Greening of US Faith Communities," which analyzes sustainability initiatives in 15 US congregations.

Shattuck has a master鈥檚 degree in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and spent a decade as an adjunct instructor in the Religion departments of 麻豆传媒 and Kalamazoo College. She also has a master鈥檚 degree in Natural Resources and Environment from the University of Michigan, for which she studied environmental psychology, environmental justice, and conservation biology. In 2010-11, Shattuck worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, developing materials to assist Great Lakes communities in planning for climate change adaptation. She is the author of three books: "Dharma in the Golden State: South Asian Religious Traditions in California" (Fithian Press, 1996); "Hinduism" (Prentice Hall, 1998); and "The Pocket Idiot鈥檚 Guide to Hinduism" (Alpha Books, 2003). Her most recent publication is an essay titled 鈥淓xpressing the Sanctity of Nature鈥 in "This Sacred Earth" (2011).