Curriculum Vitae Daniel Jonathan Meckel Associate Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies St. Mary s College of Maryland EDUCATION In Religious Studies: Ph.D. in Religious Studies, June 2001, University of Chicago Disciplines: Religion and Psychological Studies; History of Religions. Dissertation: "Adulthood and the Coming of Age in Hindu Families of the Indian Himalaya. Committee: Don S. Browning (Religion and Psychological Studies), McKim Marriott (Anthropology of India), Wendy Doniger (History of Religions) M.A. in Religious Studies, June 1984, University of Chicago Sub-Discipline: History of Religions In Applied Fields: Graduate: Modern Perspectives on Psychotherapy, a three-year program of study in contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice, May 2007, Washington Center for Psychoanalysis, Washington D.C. M.A. in Clinical Social Work, 2003, University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration. Undergraduate: B.A. (Honors Program) in Psychology (major) and Humanities (individualized major); Philosophy (minor) and Music (minor), 1981, Minnesota State University, Moorhead Minnesota (very cold). ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT St. Mary s College of Maryland Associate Professor: 2012-Present Assistant Professor: 2006-2012 (full line); 2005-2006 (shared line) Visiting Assistant Professor: 2004-2005 (shared line) Case-Western Reserve University Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies: Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Summer 2004 Adjunct Teaching and Assistantships Adjunct Teaching: University of Chicago: Summer 2003 Loyola University, Chicago: Spring 2002, Fall 2002 National Louis University, Evanston: Spring 2000, Fall 2000 Chaminade University, Honolulu: Fall 1997, Spring 1998
Daniel J. Meckel, Page 2 Teaching Assistantships at University of Chicago: South Asian Languages and Civilizations: Fall 1990, Spring 1991 Committee on Human Development: Fall 1991 Divinity School: Spring 1992 Department of Psychology: Fall 1989 Areas of Specialization: Religion and Psychological Studies, Hindu Culture and Society Areas of Competence: Comparative Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion; Religion and the Social Sciences; South Asian Languages (Hindi) and Civilizations; Comparative Religions PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Articles and Chapters Peak Experiences, in Vocabulary for the Study of Religion. von Stuckrad, K. & Robert Segal (eds.), Brill, 2012. Object Relations Theory in Vocabulary for the Study of Religion. Kocku von Stuckrad and Robert Segal (eds.), Brill, 2012. Toward a Cultural Psychoanalysis in the Hindu Himalaya. Part One: Interweaving Selves. Pastoral Psychology, Nov. 2011 Hinduism and Psychoanalysis: At the Crossroads of Culture, Psyche, and the Religious. In Jacob Belzen (ed.), Changing the Scientific Study of Religion: Beyond Freud? Springer Press, 2009. Edited Volumes Self and Liberation: The Jung-Buddhism Dialogue (primary editor, with Robert L. Moore), New York: Paulist Press, 1992. Jung and Christianity in Dialogue: Faith, Feminism, and Hermeneutics (with Robert L. Moore), New York: Paulist Press, 1989. The Unconscious Christian: Images of God in Dreams (with James A. Hall), New York: Paulist Press, 1990. Invited Works in Progress Introductory chapter to Sudhir Kakar s Collected Essays on Religion, Daniel Meckel (ed.), Oxford University Press India, Delhi.
Daniel J. Meckel, Page 3 Hinduism and Psychoanalysis, Oxford Bibliographies in Hinduism, an online resource, Oxford University Press, USA. Toward a Cultural Psychoanalysis in the Hindu Himalaya. Part Two: Love and the Whole Family. To be published online and in print by Journal of Pastoral Psychology. Toward a Cultural Psychoanalysis in the Hindu Himalaya. Part Three: Gods in the Family. To be published online and in print by Journal of Pastoral Psychology. Spirit and Psyche in the Works of Sudhir Kakar, review essay for Religious Studies Review. Book Reviews Editorships Mad and Divine: Spirit and Psyche in the Modern World (by Sudhir Kakar), Journal of Asian Studies 70:2. 2011. Triumph and Tragedy: Psychohistorical Decisions of Mahatma Gandhi (by P. N. Desai and H. L. Muslin), Journal of Religion, Fall, 1999. Jung s Psychology of Religion and Synchronicity (by Robert Azziz), in Journal of Religion, June, 1992. Understanding the Occult: Fragmentation and Repair of the Self (by Volney Gay), DDH Bulletin, University of Chicago, Fall, 1988. Managing Editor, Jung and Spirituality Series, Paulist Press. A ten-volume series on the psychological writings of Carl Jung and their application to the study of religion. Conceptualization of volumes; review of all submissions; conceptual revisions and editing. I contributed prefaces and introductions to several of these volumes, as well as editor's comments. 1986-93 Presentations and Conferences (selection) Locating Object Relations in the Hindu Himalaya, Psychoanalysis on Ice conference, Reykjavik, Iceland. 2014 Interweaving Selves: Toward a Cultural Psychoanalysis in the Hindu Himalaya, Department of Religious Studies, Rice University. 2011 Sushmita and the Third Eye of God: On the Intersections of Culture and Psyche, workshop at the Jung Center of Houston, October 11, 2011. Respondent for Hindu and Psychodynamic Self Psychologies: Revisioning Merger, Narcissism, and Psychospiritual Development, 6 th Annual Conference of the Dharma
Daniel J. Meckel, Page 4 Association of North America, in conjunction with the American Academy of Religion, national Conference, 2008. Hinduism and Psychoanalysis, Beyond Freud? Conference at Amsterdam, July 16-20, 2007. Interweaving selves: toward a cultural psychology of enmeshment in North Indian families. Person, Culture and Religion Group, national conference of the American Academy of Religion, in Orlando, Florida. 1998 In Popular Media Interviewed by Thomas, Caspar. Wat bapu doet is goed: Nepotisme remt de vooruitgang in India, De Groene Amsterdammer, nummer 51-52, 2012. Interviewed by Mitrano, Erica. None s on the Rise, Not on the Run: Southern Marylanders who don t embrace religion say they face mixed reactions. The Recorder, February 2013. Journey to the Land of the Gods: Students Reflect on their Pilgrimage to Kedarnath. Article in The River Gazette. September 2005. AWARDS St. Mary s College of Maryland Faculty Development Grants (May 2005, $1898; June 2009, $2000; July 2016, $1900), each for research in India. American Academy of Religion Individual Research Grant, 2003-2004, $4000. E.B. Wheeler Scholarship for Clinical Social Work, University of Chicago, Social Service Administration, 2002-03. American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Research Fellowship, 1996 (declined) $11,000. Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Abroad Research Fellowship, 1995-1996. $24,000. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Research Fellowship, 1994-95. $7350. Committee on South Asian Studies, University of Chicago, Research Grants. 1996-97, 1994-95. $3000 each. University of Chicago, DDH Graduate Fellowship, Fall 1986 - Spring 1990. 82% tuition cost, $5,000 per year stipend, full room and partial board.
Daniel J. Meckel, Page 5 National Research Fellowship (Title VI). Summer Hindi language study, Mussoorie, U.P., India National Research Fellowship (Title VI). Summer Hindi language study, University of Washington, Seattle. President s Prize Fellowship, Chicago Theological Seminary (declined), 1981 COURSES TAUGHT (by area) South Asian Religions and Cultures South Asian Religions and Philosophy Introduction to Hinduism Religions and Cultures of India Religions of Modern India Ecstasy and Divine Madness in the South Asian Traditions Anthropology of Hinduism Religion and Psychological Studies Religious Ethics and Theories of the Mind Religion and the Life Cycle in Cultural Context Mind, Culture and Religious Experience Psychoanalysis and Religion Religion and the Brain Imagination, Memory, and the Sacred Religious Healing and Psychotherapy Transformation and the Symbolic (Fall 2016) World Religions Introduction to World Religions Theory and Methods Approaches to the Study of Religion (advanced theory and methods) Introduction to the Study of Religion ST. MARY S PROJECTS ADVISED Plummer, Mason (20015-2016) Haru (On individual appropriations of shared traditions) Slater, Jessica (2015-2016) Fan Fiction and Experiences of the Supernatural Daniel Moss (2005-2006), Psychoanalysis and the Cemetery Dancers: Understanding Sufi Mysticism and Subjectivity. Margaret Lumkes (2006-2007), Educating Women in India: A Work in Progress.
Daniel J. Meckel, Page 6 Nathan Beale (2010-2011), Roots of the Banyan Tree: Environmentalism and the Vision of Auroville Will Frye (2010-2011), Nataraja: The Construction of a God Ishani Grover (2010-2011) Do you have to have a self to lose the self? Kyle Jernigan (2010-2011), The Boy, the Madman, and the Saint: Transformations in the Life of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS: American Academy of Religion Asian Studies Organization of America Society for Psychological Anthropology American Automobile Association