| CARL SEAQUIST
4 Bayard Road, Apartment 45
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| CARL SEAQUIST
4 Bayard Road, Apartment 45
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EDUCATION
University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1997 - Present
ABD doctoral candidate, Graduate Group in Religious Studies
University
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1993 - 1997
doctoral student, Program in Classics, Philosophy, and Ancient Science
University
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
1991 - 1993
M.A., 1993 Philosophy
University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1986 - 1991
B.A., 1990 Major: Classical Studies
Minors: Mathematics, Religious Studies
See an overview of my graduate
coursework
DISSERTATION
| Topic: "The Syntactic Theory of Ritual"
Committee: Drs. Guy Welbon, Mitch Marcus, and Ludo Rocher |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
| I am interested in the cognitive capacities that underlie religious
practice and representation. In my dissertation research, I am looking
at formal similarities between systems of religious ritual and natural
language.
More broadly, my interests include:
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Teaching Assistant, University of Pennsylvania
Sole Instructor:
Cognitive Approaches
to Religion, Fall 2002
Second Year Latin, Fall 1998
Greek and Roman Religions,
Spring 1998, Fall 1999
Recitation Sections Taught:
Evolution
of Religion, Spring 2003 *
Religions of the West, Spring 1999
The Cult Controversy, Fall 1997
Writing Across the University (Composition) Fellow:
Greek History, Fall 1998
Religion and Literature, Fall 1997
Teaching Fellow, University of Pittsburgh
Sole Instructor:
First Year Latin, Fall 1993 - Fall 1994, Fall - Spring 1996-7
Second Year Latin, Fall 1995
Classical Mythology and Literature, Summer 1994
Greek History, Summer 1995
Roman History, Summer 1996, Summer 1997
Recitation Sections Taught:
Mythology in the Ancient World, Spring 1995
Classical Mythology and Literature, Spring 1996
Assisting Faculty and Grading:
Classical Mythology and Literature, Fall 1993
Greek Civilization, Spring 1994
Greek History, Fall 1994, Fall 1995
Roman History, Spring 1995
Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Discussion Sections Taught:
Introduction to Philosophy, 1991 - 1992
Symbolic Logic, 1992 - 1993
| * This is a course in Penn's experimental Pilot Curriculum: see the article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. |
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Graduate Student Government, University of Pennsylvania
Vice President for Ph.D. Affairs, 1999-2000
Executive Board Member-at-Large, 1998 - 1999
Departmental Representative, 1997 - 1998
Graduate Council of the Faculties, University of
Pennsylvania
Student Representative, 1999 - 2002
University-Wide Personnel Benefits Committee, University
of Pennsylvania
Student Representative, 1998 - 1999
Committee to Review Undergraduate Instruction,
Department of Classics, University of Pittsburgh, 1994 - 1995
LANGUAGES
Latin: high level reading
ability, moderate level writing ability
Greek: high level
reading ability
German: moderate reading
ability, some speaking ability
French: moderate reading
ability
Sanskrit: some reading ability
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American
Academy of Religion
American
Philosophical Association
American
Philological Association
American
Historical Association
History
of Science Society
Philosophy
of Science Association