A.T. Coates. PhD Candidate in American Religion, Duke University

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1 A.T. Coates PhD Candidate in American Religion, Duke University Education Duke University PhD Duke Graduate Program in Religion Expected 2016 Track: American Religion GPA 4.0 Minors: Theorizing Religion; Cultural Anthropology. Certificate in College Teaching Research languages: French, German Advisor: Dr. David Morgan. Dissertation: Fundamentalist Aesthetics: Sensation and Scripture in Early Twentieth-Century American Fundamentalism University of Manitoba (Canada) Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) 2010 Majors: Honours Religion and Honours English. GPA: 4.43 of 4.5 Steinbach Bible College (Canada) Bachelor of Arts 2006 Major: Bible/Theology. GPA: 3.98 of 4.0 Papers and Presentations Seeing the Literal: Aniconism, Images, and Common Sense in Clarence Larkin's "Dispensational Truth." Presented at the American Academy of Religion (AAR) Annual National Conference. Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Group. Panel: A Century of Visual Culture and Evangelical Christianity. Baltimore, MD. 26 November Embracing the Mutant Bible: Comics and the Supernatural World of Everyday Evangelicalism. Presented at the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) National Meeting. Panel: On the Scholarship of Religion and Comic Books. Boston, MA. 14 April The Visual Truth for Youth: Toward a History of Fundamentalist Aesthetics. Presented at the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion (SECSOR). Religion, Culture and the Arts Section. Panel: Eschatology and Expectation in American Narratives. Atlanta, GA. 3 March In Six Days: Creationism in America. Presented in William Babcock s Intro to Hebrew Bible course. Duke Divinity School. Durham, NC. 8 September Romanticism: Artists, Ministers, Mothers. Presented in Dr. Grant Wacker s course Introduction to. Duke Divinity School. Durham, NC. 18 October 2011.

2 Publications Protestant Art and Iconography. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts. Ed. Timothy Beal. New York: Oxford University Press. (6000 words, forthcoming 2014) Veil of Veronica. Miracles: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Supernatural Events from Antiquity to the Present. Ed. Patrick J. Hayes. New York: ABC-Clio. (600 words, forthcoming late 2014) Clarence Larkin: Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth. Material and Visual Cultures of Religion, Online. 22 November Yale University. Editor: Sally Promey. The Sunday Before the Election: NewHope Church. Religion and Politics, online. John C. Danforth Center, Washington University St. Louis. Editor: Tiffany Stanley. 5 November o This collaborative essay was one of several mentioned in the justification for Tiffany Stanley s Religion Newswriters Association Gerald A. Renner Enterprise Religion Report of the Year Award, Teaching Experience Duke University, Durham, NC Spring 2014 Religion in American Life Instructor Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC Fall 2013 Served as a preceptor for two sections under Dr. Kate Bowler Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC Fall 2012 Served as a preceptor for two sections under Dr. Kate Bowler Duke University, Durham, NC Spring 2012 Introduction to Religious Studies Served as a teaching assistant for Dr. David Morgan Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC Fall 2011 Served as a preceptor of one section under Dr. Grant Wacker Related Experience Editorial Assistant Sept Dec 2013 Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art, and Belief Served at a leading academic journal as a liaison between the editors, contributors and peer reviewers. Organized an online file management system.

3 Created standardized letters and forms for future editorial assistants. Supervisor: Dr. S. Brent Plate, Hamilton College. Research Assistant Dr. Grant Wacker, Duke University, Durham, NC. Conducted library research for Dr. Wacker s forthcoming book Billy Graham and the Shaping of Modern America (Harvard Press). Fulfilled various administrative tasks as assigned, including event organizing. Online Presence 2012-Present Contributor to the Bulletin for the Study of Religion Blog Personal website I serve as webmaster and designer of my own blog. Twitter feed on American religious Awards and Fellowships Graduate Fellowships and Scholarships o Gurney Harriss Kearns Fellowship, Duke University. Summer 2014 o Perilman Summer Fellowship in Jewish Studies. Center for Jewish Studies, Duke University. Summer 2014 o Gurney Harriss Kearns Fellowship, Duke University. Summer 2013 o Gurney Harriss Kearns Fellowship, Duke University. Summer 2011 o Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships: SSHRC Master s Scholarship. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (declined) Undergraduate Awards and Merit Scholarships o Ieleane Downey Memorial Book Prize, University of Manitoba. Awarded to the student with the highest standing in the graduating honours English class. o Olafur Bjornson Prize. University of Manitoba. o 2010 Fr. Patrick Mary Plunkett, S.J. Memorial Scholarship. St. Paul s College, University of Manitoba. o 2009 North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS) Undergraduate History Prize o Andrew Young Scholarship. University of Manitoba. o Dr. Karl Schilling Prize. St. Paul s College, University of Manitoba. o Marguerite Clara Germaine Jerome Scholarship in Religion. University of Manitoba. Awarded for highest GPA in the major or honours program in religion.

4 o Isbister Scholarship in Arts - Awarded for highest standing in the Faculty of Arts, any year except the graduating year. o Aikins Scholarship in the English Language and Literature. University of Manitoba. Awarded for highest standing in the third year of the honours program in English. o Alexander Robert Leonard Scholarship. University of Manitoba. o Roscoe R. Miller Scholarship - Awarded for highest standing in the second or third year of the honours program in English. o University of Manitoba Student Union Scholarship o Betty Perrow Memorial Scholarship. University of Manitoba o University of Manitoba Student Union Scholarship o Alexander, Pauline and Sybil Shack Scholarship in English. University of Manitoba. o Aikins Scholarship in the English Language and Literature. University of Manitoba. Awarded to the student with the highest standing in the second year of the English honours program. o William James Osborne Scholarship. University of Manitoba. o Marguerite Clara Germaine Jerome Scholarship in Religion. University of Manitoba Awarded to the student with the highest GPA in religion. o Dr. A. W. Hogg Undergraduate Scholarship. University of Manitoba Awarded to the student with the highest standing in the Faculty of Arts. o Isbister Scholarship in Arts. University of Manitoba. Awarded to the student with the highest standing in any year except the graduating year in the Faculty of Arts. o Delta Epsilon Chi Honour Society Award. Steinbach Bible College. Selected by faculty nomination, it is the institution s highest academic award. o Dean s List, Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba Professional Memberships American Academy of Religion (AAR) American Historical Association (AHA, ASCH) Organization of American Historians (OAH) Research Interests Visual and material cultures of American religions Fundamentalist Protestantism Creationism Christian Zionism Evangelical traditions in America Methods and theory for the study of religion Anthropology of Christianity Religion and popular culture

5 Religion, media, and technology Sensory history