FRANCES FLANNERY, Ph.D.Updated Nov. 4, 2017

61 E. Grace Street, MSC 8006, Harrisonburg, VA 22807flannefl@jmu.edu, www.jmu.edu/cistp(cell) 540.246.2181 or (office) 540.658.6340https://www.linkedin.com/pub/frances-flannery/b8/56a/b42

EDUCATION

2000 Ph. D. in Religion, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 1994 M. A. in Religion, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 1989 B. S. in Environmental Science, The College of William and Mary,

Williamsburg, Virginia. (1999 Awarded Honorary Degree in Geology).

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

I. FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONSFounder and Director, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Terrorism and Peace (CISTP) at James Madison University, 2013 – present, www.jmu.edu/cistp.

Designs programs and projects that bridge the gap between academia and the intelligence community, policy makers, and non-profit organizations.

Engages in capacity building while acting as the primary liaison with internal and external stakeholders, including the public, governmental, and private sectors, as well as with other Universities.

Coordinates research and service activities by multiple Faculty Fellows from ten departments.

Mentors undergraduate student research interns in collaborative projects. Oversees operations, budget, research publications, publicity, reporting,

meetings, collaborative projects, grant writing, and outreach.

Professor of Religion, James Madison University, 2015 – present.Associate Professor of Religion, James Madison University, 2007 – 2015.

Courses Taught in Biblical Studies, Judaism, Religion and Culture, World Religions, Intelligence Analysis (Religion and Cultural Analysis)

Associate Professor of Religion, Hendrix College, 2005 – 2007.Assistant Professor of Religion, Hendrix College, 2000 – 2005. Instructor of Religion, Hendrix College, 1999 – 2000.

Courses taught in Biblical Studies, Humanities, Interdisciplinary core courses, Religion and Culture

II. OTHER POSITIONSFellow, Project for Human Fluorishing, formerly the X-Risks Institute, 2016-present. www.xrisksinstitute.com.

Part-Time Instructor, Course of Study Education Program for United Methodist Clergy (in association with Perkins School of Theology), 2005, 2007.

Faculty Director, Hendrix in London Program, 2003 – 2004. Program facilitator for eighteen students and U.K. faculty Instructor at Birkbeck College, The University of London Course Taught: The British Museum and the Bible Oversaw budget, curriculum, student programs, and operations.

Faculty Director, Hendrix in Israel Archaeology Program, Summer Term 2000. Program facilitator for eighteen students Area supervisor, staff cartographer and surveyor for Bethsaida Oversaw budget, curriculum, student programs, and operations.

Graduate Teaching Assistant for George W. E. Nickelsburg and Jay Holstein, School of Religion, The University of Iowa, 1991–1999.

Graduate Teaching Assistant for Mary Depew and Carin Green, Department of Classics, The University of Iowa, 1997.

Instructor for five Distance-Learning Online Courses, The University of Iowa, 1997.

Director, Williamsburg Area Tutorial Service (pre-school for children in under-servedcommunities), 1987-1989.

III. ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Cascade, September 2017 (JMU IT).

From Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children Training, August 2017 (Collins Center, Harrisonburg, Virginia).

Diversity Dialogue Facilitation Training I, Center for Faculty Innovation, Spring 2017.

Grant Writing I certification, Grant Training Center, May 11-13, 2016 (CFI and Center for Grant Writing, Washington D.C.)

Assessment Rater Training, Academic Program Templates, July 12-25, 2016 (CARS at JMU).

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LANGUAGES

Reading Fluency: English, Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, Attic and Koine Greek, Syriac, French, German. Learning in progress: Coptic.

PUBLICATIONS

I. BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHSFrances Flannery and Rodney Werline, eds. The Bible and Political Debate: What Does It Really Say? London: Bloomsbury, T&T Clark, 2016.

Frances Flannery. Understanding Apocalyptic Terrorism: Countering the Radical Mindset. Routledge Political Violence Series. Ed. David Rapoport. London: Routledge, 2016.

Frances Flannery, Colleen Shantz and Rodney Werline, eds. Experientia, Volume One: Inquiry into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature Press, 2008; Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2008.

Frances Flannery-Dailey. Dreamers, Scribes, and Priests: Jewish Dreams in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras. Journal for the Study of Judaism Supplementary Monographs 90. Ed. J.J. Collins. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2004.

II. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS and MAJOR PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Frances Flannery. “Effective Policy and the Rising Threat of Radical Islamist and Radical Christianist Nuclear Terrorism.” In The Ecology of Violent Extremism. Lisa Schirch, ed. Forthcoming 2018.

Frances Flannery. “The Madison Amulet, Women’s Ritual, and the Materiality of Obsidian.” Biblische Notizieren special issue, Amulets and Religious Objects. Forthcoming 2018.

Frances Flannery. “Senators, Snowballs, and Scripture: The Bible and Climate Change.” In The Bible and Political Debate: What Does It Really Say? Frances Flannery and Rodney Werline, eds. London: Bloomsbury, T&T Clark. 2016: 61-74.

Frances Flannery and Rodney Werline. “Introduction.” In The Bible and Political Debate: What Does It Really Say? Frances Flannery and Rodney Werline, eds. London: Bloomsbury, T&T Clark. 2016: 1-18.

Frances Flannery. “Talitha Qum! An Exploration of the Image of Jesus as Healer-Physician-Savior in the Synoptic Gospels in Relation to the Asclepius Cult.” In Coming

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Back to Life in Mediterranean Antiquity. Eds. Carly Daniel-Hughes and Frederick Tappenden. Montreal: McGill University Press, 2016.

Frances Flannery. “Dreams in the Ancient Mediterranean World.” Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions. London: Routledge Press, 2015.

Frances Flannery, “Towards a New Social Memory of the Bosnian Genocide: Countering Al-Qaeda’s Radicalization Myth with the CIA ‘Bosnia, Intelligence, and Clinton Presidency’ Archive.” The Role of Intelligence in Ending the War in Bosnia in 1995. Ed. Timothy R. Walton. Lanham: Lexington Press, 2014: 111-132.

Frances Flannery, “Dreams, Visions, and Religious Experience in the Apocalypses and Apocalypticism.” Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature. Ed. John J. Collins. London: Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199856497.013.007 .

Frances Flannery, Michael L. Deaton, and Timothy R. Walton. “Radical Apocalypticism and Iranian Nuclear Proliferation: A Systems Oriented Analysis.” International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, August 2013. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08850607.2013.807191.

Frances Flannery. “666 in Popular Culture and History.” Teaching the Bible, Bible Odyssey, Spring 2013.

Frances Flannery. “Go and Ask a Woman’s Womb’: Birth and the Maternal Body as Sources of Revelation and Wisdom in Fourth Ezra.” Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha. Vol. 21, no. 3 (2012): 243-258.

Frances Flannery. “Esoteric Mystical Practice in Fourth Ezra and the Reconfiguration of Social Memory.” In Experientia, Volume 2. Eds. Rodney Werline and Colleen Shantz. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature Press, 2012: 45-70.

Frances Flannery. “Religion in the U.S. Presidential Election.” Trans. into Dutch byProf. Dr. Bert Jan Lietaert-Peerbolte. Schrift 55, 2012.

Frances Flannery. “Dreams in Second Temple Judaism.” Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. Eds. Albrecht Doehner, Matthew Collins, et al. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2011. Volume D.

Frances Flannery. “The Consideration of Religious Experience in the Work of Rachel Elior.” In With Letters of Light [Otiyot Shel Or]: Studies in Early Jewish Apocalypticism and Mysticism in Honour of Rachel Elior. Eds. Daphna Arbel and Andrei Orlov. Ekstasis; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2010: 6-13.

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Frances Flannery. “Post-modern Apocalypse and Terrorism in Joss Whedon’s Serenity.” In Apocalypse and Popular Culture Series: Apocalypse and Film. Eds. John Walliss and Lee Quinby. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Phoenix, 2010: 44-53.

Frances Flannery. “Dream and Vision Reports,” in Dictionary of Early Judaism. Eds. John J. Collins and Dan Harlow. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009.

Frances Flannery [major author, with acknowledgement of others]. “Religious Experience: Past and Present.” In Experientia, Volume One: Inquiry into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity. Eds. F. Flannery, C. Shantz and R. Werline. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature Press, 2008: 1-12.

Frances Flannery. “The Body and Ritual Reconsidered, Imagined, and Experienced.” In Experientia, Volume One: Inquiry into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity. Eds. F. Flannery, C. Shantz and R. Werline. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature Press, 2008: 13-18.

Frances Flannery. “’Go Back the Way You Came’: An Internal Textual Critique of Elijah’s Violence in 1 KINGS 18-19.” In Reading and Writing War. Ed. F. R. Ames. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature Press, 2008: 165-177.

Frances Flannery-Dailey. “Lessons on Early Jewish Apocalypticism and Mysticism from Dream Literature.” In Paradise Now: Essays on Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism. Ed. April Deconick; Leiden: Brill and Atlanta: SBL Press, 2006: 231-248.

Frances Flannery-Dailey and Rachel Wagner. “Wake Up! Worlds of Illusion in Gnosticism, Buddhism, and The Matrix Project.” In Philosophers Explore The Matrix. Ed. Christopher Grau; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005: 258-288.

Rachel Wagner and Frances Flannery-Dailey. “Stopping Bullets: Constructions of Bliss and Problems of Violence.” In Jacking In to The Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation. Eds. William Doty and Matthew Kapell; New York: Continuum, 2004: 97-114.

Frances Flannery-Dailey. “Biblical Scholarship and the Passion Surrounding The Passion of the Christ.” Society of Biblical Literature Forum (March 5, 2004-April 7, 2004), www.sbl-site.org/Article.aspx? ArticleId=240.

Frances Flannery-Dailey. “Biblical Scholarship and the Passion Surrounding The Passion of the Christ,” significantly revised and expanded. Journal of Religion and Film, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Feb. 2004).

Frances Flannery-Dailey. “Robot Heavens and Robot Dreams: Ultimate Reality in A.I. and Other Recent Films.” Journal of Religion and Film, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Oct., 2003).

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Frances Flannery-Dailey and Rachel Wagner. “Wake Up! Gnosticism and Buddhism in The Matrix,” Journal of Religion and Film, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct., 2001).

Revised Version: Frances Flannery-Dailey with Rachel Wagner. “Wake Up! Gnosticism and Buddhism in The Matrix,” on the Warner Brothers website in English at www.whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com (also available in French, Japanese, and Portugese).

Frances Flannery-Dailey. “Bruce Willis as the Messiah: Human Effort, Salvation and Apocalypticism in Twelve Monkeys.” Journal of Religion and Film, Vol. 4, No. 1 (April, 1999).

Frances Flannery-Dailey. “Alix Kates Shulman: Lives Lived Anew.” In Contemporary Jewish-American Novelists: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook. Eds. Joel Shatzky and Michael Taub; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997: 363-370.

III. SHORTER PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES, REPORTS, REVIEWS AND PROCEEDINGSReview. Andrew B. Perrin. The Dynamics of Dream-Vision Revelation in the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls. Journal of Ancient Judaism Supplements 19. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015. Revue De Qumran, forthcoming 2018.

Review. Elizabeth R. Hayes and Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer. ‘I Lifted My Eyes and Saw’: Reading Dream and Vision Reports in the Hebrew Bible. London: T&T Clark/Bloomsbury, 2014. Journal of Theological Studies, February 2016.

Frances Flannery. “Report on the Joint Session of the Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christian Section and the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha Group of the International Meeting of the SBL.” Henoch: Studies in Judaism and Christianity from Second Temple to Late Antiquity 33/2, 2011.

Review. Eileen M. Schuller. The Dead Sea Scrolls: What Have We Learned? Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Summer 2010.

Frances Flannery. “Ancient of Days.” In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. Eds. Hermann Spieckermann and Choon-Leong Seow. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2009.

Frances Flannery. “Ascension: Ancient Near East and Hebrew Bible.” In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. Eds. Hermann Spieckermann and Choon-Leong Seow. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2009.

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Frances Flannery. “Astronomy: Hebrew Bible.” In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. Eds. Hermann Spieckermann and Choon-Leong Seow. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2009.

Review. Bonnie Haldeman, Memories of the Branch Davidians: The Autobiography of David Koresh’s Mother. Ed. by Catherine Wessinger. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2007. Religious Studies Review, Summer 2009.

Frances Flannery and Rodney Werline. “Beginnings in Religious Experiences in Early Judaism and Early Christianity.” Henoch, 2007.

Review. Gabriele Boccaccini, ed. Enoch and Qumran Origins: New Light on a Forgotten Connection. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2005. Journal of the American Oriental Society 126/4.

Frances Flannery-Dailey. “An Application of Mary Douglas’ Pollution Theories towards a Definition of ‘Monsters’ Using the Case Example of Daniel 7-8.” Proceedings of the Association for the Scientific Study of Religion (2005): 10-22.

Review. Sarah Iles Johnston, ed. Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004. Journal of the American Oriental Society 126/3.

Review. Shaul Bar. A Letter That Has Not Been Read: Dreams in the Hebrew Bible. Monographs of the Hebrew Union College 25. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 2001. Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 121, No. 3 (Fall, 2001): 536-537. Reprinted in Review of Biblical Literature (10/9/2004), www.bookreviews.org/ BookDetail.asp?TitleId=1791.

Frances Flannery-Dailey. “Non-Linear Time in Apocalyptic Texts: The Spiral Model.” In Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers Volume. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1999: 231-245.

IV. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITYFrances Flannery. Preparatory Guide for Analyzing Apocalyptic Groups and Assessing Threat. Institute for National Security Analysis and the Defense Intelligence Agency, 2009. Revised and contributed to the DIA in 2013 as: Guide for Analyzing Apocalyptic Groups and Identifying Radical Apocalypticism. Solicited by and shared with other agencies, USA and Canada.

Frances Flannery, lead author and editor of white papers by an interdisciplinary team. CISTP Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Terrorism and Peace Working Papers Series – Published at: http://www.jmu.edu/cistp/. Working Paper One – Position Paper on ISIL/ISIS, September 28, 2014.

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Working Paper Two – Toward an Analytic Model of Inclusion, April 5, 2015.

Current Projects: Flannery, Frances. "A New Proposal for Eschatological Dreams, Visions, and ‘Beholding’ as Categories in 1 Enoch 1-36 and 4Q204.” In Eschatology in Antiquity. Hilary Marlow, Karla Pollmann and Helen Van Noorden, eds. London: Routledge, forthcoming 2018

Systems Dynamics Modeling of Refugee Creation and Resettlement Paper Series. Frances Flannery and CISTP Student Research Interns Maxwell Titus and Lauren Brittigan (with Caroline Desmedt, Katherine Donovan, Najeeha Khan, Alison Lindsey, Matthew Murphy, Maxwell Titus, Molly Wolpert).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS and INVITED LECTURESUpcoming Invitations:“Violence in Israelite Religion and Early Judaism.“ Invited Keynote Speaker for Religion and Violence Conference. McGill University and Concordia University, April 19-22, 2018.

Respondent. “Dreams and Visions and Religious Experience.” Religious Experience in Antiquity Section, Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov. 19, 2017.

Presenter. “Theorizing the Social Function of Torture and Torture Narratives: In-Group/Out-Group Formation as a Commitment Mechanism.” Torture, Abuse, and Desecration in the Name of Religion. Brown University, May 7-9, 2017.

Respondent. Book Review Session on Frances Flannery, Understanding Apocalyptic Terrorism, Mysticism, Esotericism, Gnosticism in Antiquity Section, Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 21, 2016.

Presenter. “Amulets, Materiality, and Religious Experience: Looking Backwardat Religious Experience in the SBL, Looking Forward.” Tenth Year Retrospective, Religious Experience in Antiquity Section, Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 20, 2016.

Presenter. “Deciphering the Madison Amulet: Presenting A Roman Era Egyptian Amulet.” Mysticism, Esotericism, and Gnosticism in Antiquity, Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 20, 2016.

Invited Speaker. “Countering Violent Extremism: Peace Strategies,” at conference on “The Ecology of Violent Extremism.” Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, Center for Justice & Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, and the Alliance for Peacebuilding. November 5-6, 2016.

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Invited Lecturer, “Rethinking ‘Counter-terrorism’ in Light of the Rising Nuclear Threat from Apocalyptic Al Qaeda and ISIS,” at conference on “Exploring the Religious-Policy/Security Nexus in Responding to Critical Contemporary Regional/Global Challenges." Kozmetsky Center, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, with NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division. November 1-2, 2016, Austin, TX.

Invited Distinguished Lecturer and Professor for Master Class, “Our Apocalyptic Moment: The Rise of Terrorism, the Collapsing of Modernity, and the Fight for Social Memory.” Autumn School, joint-convening of NOSTER – Netherlands School of Theology and Religion, and NISIS – Netherlands Interuniversity School of Islamic Study, Oct 25-28, 2016, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Invited Lecturer. “Marshaling Authority: Why Politicians Use the Bible.” The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Oct. 17-19, 2016.

Invited Lecturer. “Fostering Peace in an Age of Terrorism: How We Make it Better and How We Make It Worse.” Barton College, Wilson NC, September 26, 2016.

Invited Lecturer. “Peacebuilding in an Age of Terrorism.” Summer PeacebuildingInstitute, Eastern Mennonite University, May 1, 2016.

Presenter. “Commitment Mechanisms in the Book of Daniel: Fostering Loyalty in Jewish Antiquity and the Extremist Present.” Theology of Hebrew Scriptures Section and Book of Daniel Section. National Society of Biblical Literature Conference. Nov. 22, 2015, Atlanta, GA.

Presenter on Panel with Randall Amster and Edward Brantmeier. “Pathways Towards Sustainable Peace: Peace Ecology, Critical Peace Education, and Biblical Studies.” Peace and Justice Studies Association. October 15-17, 2015, Harrisonburg, VA.

Presenter. “The Role of Commitment Mechanisms in Terrorist Radicalization,” in the panel “The Role of Ideology in Violent Politics.” European Consortium for Political Research, Standing Group on Political Violence. Montreal, Canada, August 28, 2015.

Presenter. “Fostering Loyalty in the Jewish Diaspora: The Book of Daniel and Commitment Mechanisms.” Barton Scholars Conversation, May 19-20, 2015. Wilson, N.C.

Presenter. “Locating Biblical Scholars as Border-Crossers.” Sacred Texts and Public Life Special Session, National Society of Biblical Literature Conference, San Diego, CA, Nov. 22, 2014.

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Presenter. “Rethinking the Synoptic Gospels in Light of Evidence from the Asklepios Traditions.” Scholars’ Conversations Conference on Biblical Studies, Barton College Center for Religious Studies, Wilson, N.C., May 14–15, 2014.

Presenter. “Talitha Qum! An Exploration of Early Christian Appropriation of Imagery from the Asklepios Cult.” Coming Back to Life: Performance, Memory, and Cognition in the Ancient Mediterranean, 1st-3rd c. C.E. Montreal, Canada, May 8-11, 2014.

Presenter. “Towards a New Social Memory of the Bosnian Genocide: Countering Al-Qaeda’s Radicalization Myth with the CIA ‘Bosnia, Intelligence, and Clinton Presidency’ Archive.” Intelligence and the Transition from War to Peace; James Madison University, VA, Mar. 19, 2014.

Presider. “The Senses, Neuroscience, and Religious Experience.” Religious Experience Section of the Society of Biblical Literature; Baltimore, MD, Nov. 19, 2013.

Presenter, with Timothy Walton. “Radical Apocalypticism in Iran.” Intelligence Studies Section of the International Studies Association; San Francisco, CA, April 3-5, 2013.

Discussant. Intelligence Cultures and Conflict. Intelligence Studies Section of the International Studies Association; San Francisco, CA, April 3-5, 2013.

Co-Presenter with Timothy R. Walton. “The Apocalyptic Variable in the Iranian Nuclear Program.” Five Eyes Analytic Training Workshop; Harrisonburg, VA, Feb. 11-13, 2013.

Presenter. “Monsters and the Kosher System in Daniel 7.” Scholars’ Conversations Conference on Biblical Studies, Barton College Center for Religious Studies, Wilson, N.C., Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2012.

Co-Presenter with Timothy R. Walton. “What’s Next for the Iranian Nuclear Program?” Annual Meeting of IAFIE, International Association for Intelligence Educators; Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., May 21, 2012.

Presenter. “Mysticism as an Epistemological Sub-Category of Religious Experience.” Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Section and Esotericism Section of the Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting; San Francisco, CA, Nov. 21, 2011.

Presider. “Review of Paul in Ecstasy: Neuroscience and Religious Experience.” Cognitive Science and Religion Section, American Academy of Religion National Meeting; San Francisco, CA, Nov. 19, 2011.

Presenter. “Birth and the Maternal Body as Revelation in 4 Ezra.” The 6th Annual Enoch Seminar; Gazzada Italy, June 28, 2011.

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Presenter. “Introduction: Past and Present Experientia in the SBL.” Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Section and Pseudepigrapha Section of the International Society of Biblical Literature Meeting; London, England, July 5, 2011.

Panelist. “Religious Experience in the Pseudepigrapha.” Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Section and Pseudepigrapha Section of the International Society of Biblical Literature Meeting; London, England, July 5, 2011.

Presenter. “State of Scholarship in 4 Ezra.” The Experientia Seminar, Asheville NC, July 5-9, 2010.

Presenter. “Ascents, Apocalypses and Neuro-Science: Moshe Idel and the Study of Religious Experience.” Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Section of the Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting; New Orleans, LA, Nov. 22, 2009.

Presenter. “Intelligence Data Collection and Analysis of Apocalyptic Groups.” Third Biannual Four Eyes Analytic Training Workshop; Harrisonburg, VA, Aug. 31 to Sept. 3, 2009.

Presenter. “Go and Ask A Woman’s Womb: Birthing Imagery in 4 Ezra.” Wisdom and Apocalypticism Section of the Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting; Boston, Nov. 20, 2008.

Presenter. “Accessing the Divine Presence: Fourth Ezra and the Reconfiguration of Social Memory.” Joint Session of the Wisdom and Apocalypticism Section and Mapping of Memory Session, Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting; San Diego CA, Nov. 20, 2007.

Respondent. Book review session of Frances Flannery-Dailey, Dreamers, Scribes and Priests: Jewish Dreams in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras, Leiden: Brill, 2004. Early Jewish and Early Christian Mysticism Section, Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting; San Diego CA, Nov. 21, 2007.

Presider. “Evolutionary Controversy and a Side of Pasta: The Flying Spaghetti Monster and the Subversive Function of Religious Parody.” Religion and Popular Culture Group, American Academy of Religion National Meeting; San Diego CA, Nov. 22, 2007.

Presenter. “Calling Down Heaven: Descent of the Hekhal in Second Temple Judaism as a Window onto Ritual Experience.” Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Consultation, Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting; Washington D.C., Nov. 19, 2006.

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Presenter. “’Go Back By the Way You Came’: An Internal Textual Critique of Elijah’s Violence in 1 Kings 18-19.” Warfare in Ancient Israel Section, Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, Washington D.C., Nov. 19, 2006.

Panelist. Theme: Tenth Anniversary Celebration & Panel Discussion. Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism Group, Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting; Washington D.C., Nov. 20, 2006.

Presenter and convener. “Discussing Religious Experience in Biblical Studies: the State of Scholarship.” Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Consultation, Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 19, 2005.

Presenter. “Elijah and the Sound of Silence: An Internal Critique of Prophetic Violence in 1 Kings 16-19 and the Ephraimite Tradition.” Hebrew Bible Section, Society of Biblical Literature, Southwest Commission on Religious Studies Regional Meeting, Irving, TX, March 12, 2005.

Presenter. “An Application of Mary Douglas’ Pollution Theories towards a Definition of ‘Monsters’ Using the Case Example of Daniel 7-8.” Association for the Scientific Study of Religion, Southwest Commission on Religious Studies Regional Meeting, Irving, TX, March 12, 2005.

Respondent. “Gnosticism and the Arts.” Gnosticism Section, Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 22, 2004.

Presenter. “The Nexus of Dreams, Death and Heaven in Second Temple Judaism.” Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism Group, Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 24, 2003.

Discussant. Reloaded. Religion, Film and Visual Culture Group, American Academy of Religion National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 24, 2003.

Presenter. “Judaism and the Human-Animal Covenant.” Associated Colleges of the South and Center for Respect of Life and Environment Religion and Animal Conference, Heifer Project International, Perryville, AR, Nov. 7-9, 2002.

Discussant. The Matrix. Religion, Film and Visual Culture Group, American Academy of Religion National Meeting, Nashville, TN, Nov. 17, 2000.

Presenter. “Dream Incubation and Apocalypticism in Second Temple Judaism: From Literature to Experience?” Pseudepigrapha Group, Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, Nashville, TN, Nov. 19, 2000.

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Presenter. “Dreaming of the End: Dream Incubation in Second Temple Judaism.” The International Millennium Conference, Kibbutz Ginosar, Israel, June 26, 2000.

Presenter. “Non-Linear Time in Apocalyptic Texts: The Spiral Model.” Pseudepigrapha Group, Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov. 21, 1999.

Presenter. “Bruce Willis as the Messiah: Human Effort, Salvation and Apocalypticism in Twelve Monkeys and Armageddon.” Religion, Film and Visual Cultures Group, American Academy of Religion National Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov. 20, 1999.

Presenter. “Touring the Heavenly Hekhalot: Proto-Merkabah Mysticism in Fourth Ezra.” Society of Biblical Literature Midwest Regional Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, Feb. 15, 1999.

Presenter. “Prophecy after Malachi.” Society of Biblical Literature Upper Midwest Regional Meeting, St. Paul, MN, April 17, 1998.

Presenter. “Dreams in Second Temple Judaism: Religious Authority as Experience of the Divine.” American Academy of Religion Midwest Regional Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 20, 1998.

Presenter. “In the Yeshiva of God: The Role of Wisdom in Second Baruch.” Society of Biblical Literature New England Regional Meeting, Norton, MA, March 21, 1997.

Presenter. “’Is My Mind Deceived, and My Soul Dreaming?’ A Study of the Form, Content and Function of Dreams in Fourth Ezra.” Society of Biblical Literature Upper Midwest Regional Meeting, St. Paul, MN, April 4, 1997.

Presenter and Participant. Wabash Center Fellow 2001-2002. Workshops for Teaching Undergraduate Students, Wabash Center for the Teaching and Learning of Theology and Religion, Wabash, IN, June, 2001 and July, 2002.

Participation in Other Conferences and WorkshopsConducting Conversations in Challenging Times, Nov. 4, 2017 (Shenandoah Valley Facilitators’ Network).

Social Justice Renewal Retreat, JMU, April 1-3, 2016.

Cultivating the Globally Sustainable Self, JMU, March 25-28, 2015; April 28-30, 2016.

Interfaith Kosovo, Prizren, Kosovo, May 22-25, 2014.

Five Eyes Analytic Training Workshop, Harrisonburg, VA, 2011; 2016.

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Associated Colleges of the South Ecology and Sustainability Conference, Whidbey Island, WA, June 6-10, 2001.

Biblical Archaeology for the Twenty-First Century Conference, Omaha, NE, Nov. 9-11, 2000.

Participation in Other Programs- Ongoing Invited Participant, Council on Foreign Relations Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call Series, Irina Faskianos Vice-President of National Programming, 2014-present.- Interfaith Scriptural Reasoning group on the theme of Citizenship, 2016-2017.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIESI. SERVICE FOR JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY (2007-present)Director and Founder, CISTP: Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Terrorism and

Peace (Multi-disciplinary think-tank on issues of countering violent extremism and fostering sustainable peace), 2013-present.

Organizer, CISTP. Listening Café Workshop. Safe at Home: Immigration and Security.Brought together faculty and students from JMU and Eastern Mennonite University with local leaders from immigrant communities and nationalpractitioners, including Guests of Honor: Arjun Sethi Singh and James Patton.March 1, 2017.

Chair, College of Arts and Letters Diversity Council, 2016-2017.Member, Diversity Chairs Committee, 2016-2017.Assessment Coordinator, Religion Program, 2015-2017 and Fall 2013 (during redesign of

assessment and curriculum). Member, Dept. of Philosophy and Religion Personnel Advisory Committee (PAC)

2010-2011, 2016-2017, 2017-2018.Departmental Representative, College of Arts and Letters Diversity Committee, 2015-

2016, 2017-2018.Member, Islam Search Committee, 2017.Convener, Religion Program Committee, 2015-2016, 2008-2009.Organizer, CISTP Faculty Conversation workshop with the International Center

For Religion and Diplomacy (Washington D.C.), February 20, 2016. Theme: Peacebuilding in Columbia, Yemen, and Pakistan. Guests of Honor: James Patton,Rebecca Cataldi, Anton Murra.

Organizer, CISTP Faculty Conversation workshop, April 2015. Theme: Peacebuilding in Kosovo. Guest of Honor: Ambassador Ahmet Shala of Kosovo.

Organizer, CISTP Faculty Conversation workshop, February 2014. Theme: Preventing Extremism in West Africa. Guest of Honor: Senior Intelligence Officer.

Co-Director with Edward Brantmeier, Kosovo Working Group (Comprised fifteenCenters at JMU and Eastern Mennonite University), 2014-2015.

Chair, Mentoring Majors Committee, 2011-Spring 2014, 2015-2016.

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Member, Religion Program Committee, 2007-present.Speaker Coordinator, Madison Scholars Speaker Series, Fall 2013 (Dr. Kelley

Coblentz-Bautch of St. Edwards University). .Co-developer of the first “4VA” telepresence course, May 2012 for JMU and the

University of Virginia (Simulations of Outcomes of the Iranian Nuclear Program, Intelligence Analysis 490).

Member, Chinese Religions Search Committee, 2012.Member, Internal Leaves Committee, Dept. of Philosophy and Religion, 2010-2011. Member, Teaching Assistant Guidelines Committee, 2011.Member, Physical Space Redesign Committee, 2010-present.Departmental Representative, Cluster II General Education Committee, 2008-2010.Member, Islam Search Committee, 2010.Member, American Religions Search Committee, 2009.Member, World Religions Search Committee, 2008.Team Member, Information Analysis Major, 2008-present. Departmental Representative, Curriculum and Instruction Committee, College of Arts

and Letters, 2007-2008.Member, Hobbie Scholarship Committee, 2007-present.Member, Classical Studies Committee, 2007-present.

II. SERVICE FOR THE ACADEMY (1999-present)Member, Educational Resources and Review Committee, Society of Biblical Literature,

2016-present.Co-Chair and Co-Founder with Rodney Werline, Religious Experience in Early Judaism

and Early Christianity Consultation and Section, Society of Biblical Literature, 2005-2009; Member of Steering Committee 2005-2012, 2015-present.

Reviewer, Religion and Gender journal, 2016-present. www.religionandgender.org. Member of Steering Committee, Mysticism, Esotericism, and Gnosticism in Antiquity,

Society of Biblical Literature, 2016-present.Founding Editor and Editorial Board Member, GOLEM: The Journal of Religion and

Monsters, 2005-2013, 2015-2016. Original Editorial Board Member, Journal of Religion and Film, 2005-2011. Accessible

online at: www.unomaha.edu/jrf.Committee Member, New Models for Undergraduate Research, Associated Colleges of

the South, 2005-2007.Advisory Board Member, New Horizons: Society for the Study of Science and World

Religions, Metanexus Institute, 2005-2007. Steering Committee Member, Religion, Film and Visual Culture Group, American

Academy of Religion, 2003-2005.Fellow, Associated Colleges of the South Environmental Initiative, 2000-2001.Board Member, Steel Center for the Study of Religion, 1999-2007.Peer Referee, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture and Routledge Press, 2004-

present.

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III. SERVICE FOR HENDRIX COLLEGE (1999-2007)Member, Curriculum Committee, 2006-2007.Member, Film Studies Minor Committee, 2005-2007.Faculty Mentor, Hendrix Hillel, 2002-2007 (initiated new chapter).Speaker Coordinator for Steel Center for the Study of Religion and Philosophy

Islam Lecture, Dr. Rachel Wagner of Ithaca College, 2007; Archaeology Lecture, Dr. Nicolae Roddy of Creighton University, 2000.

Member, Council of New Student Advisors, 2002-2003, 2004-2007.Faculty Advisor, 2000-2007.Member, Religion Search Committees, 2004-2006.Member, Council on Academic Integrity, 2004-2005.Chair, Religion and Arts Festival Committee, 2005.Member, Committee on Student Life, 2003-2004.Faculty Mentor, Hendrix Animal Welfare Group, 2000-2005.Participant and Session Leader, Journeys Course Development Workshops,

2000-2006.Committee Member for Interdisciplinary Studies Students in Classics, 2000-2005.Member, Teacher Education Committee, 2002-2003. New Faculty Mentor, 2002-2003.Lecturer, Journeys Course 2002-2004; Seminar Leader, 2002-2004, 2006.Speaker Coordinator for Friday Afternoon Discussion on Philosophy and

Medical Ethics, Dr. Elysa Koppelman of the Cleveland Clinic, 2001.Committee Member for Environmental Studies, 2000-2002.Member, Classics Search Committee, 2000.Member, Hays Scholarship Interview Committee, 2000.Member, Intercultural Affairs and Study Abroad Committee, 1999-2001.

IV. SELECTED SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITYRegular lecturer on conflict, peace, and interreligious dialogue at area churches, synagogues, and the Interfaith Association in Harrisonburg, VA. Examples follow.Teacher, Interfaith Peace Camp at Eastern Mennonite University, 2017,

2015,Harrisonburg, VA, (ages 8–12), Board Member 2017, 2016, Assistant 2014.Instructor, Countering Violent Extremism, Summer Honors Institute at James Madison

University (high school students), June 2017, July 2016, July 2015.Keynote Speaker, Building Peace in an Age of Terrorism, Summer Peace Institute,

Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University, July 2016. Lecturer, Peace Building in an Age of Terrorism, Harrisonburg Unitarian Universalists,

Harrisonburg VA, July 24, 2016.Lecturer, Tikkun Olam in a Time of Terrorism, Sisterhood of Temple Beth El,

Harrisonburg VA, April 13, 2016.Lecturer, Pathways to Peace, Interfaith Association, Harrisonburg, VA, Feb. 24, 2016.Lecturer, Acting as Peacemakers, Parkview Mennonite Church, January 17, 2016.Lecturer, Understanding Apocalyptic Terrorism, Rotary Club, New Market VA,

March 11, 2015.

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Lecturer, The Self-proclaimed Islamic State, National Security, and Peace, JMU Center for Faculty Innovation, October 24, 2014.

Lecturer with Jennifer Connerley, Religion and the Presidential Election, Beth El Congregation, Harrisonburg, VA, Sept. 2012.

Founder and Member, Rockingham County Kids with Diabetes (ROCKeD), 2009-present (www.rocked-cwd.org) .

Recipient on behalf of ROCKeD, Outstanding New Chapter Award from Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 2009.

UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Courses Taught at James Madison University (2007-present, 3 credits each)o REL 101 – Introduction to World Religions (Honors and General Education)

(Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2008; Spring 2008)

o REL 200 – Exploring Religion (Theories) (Spring 2016)o REL 201 – Introduction to Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (Fall 2017, Fall 2015,

Fall 2012, Spring 2011; Fall 2009; Spring 2009; Fall 2007)o REL 300 – Hebrew Language and Culture (Fall 2013)o REL 300 – Topics in Religion and Culture: Religion and Monsters (Fall 2012)o REL 300 – Topics in Religion and Culture: Religion and Film (Summer 2011,

Summer 2008, Spring 2008)o REL 320 – Judaism (Spring 2017, 2011, 2010; Fall 2007)o REL 333 – The Other Bibles: Dead Sea Scrolls, Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha (Fall

2016)o REL /IA 363 – Apocalypticism, Religious Terrorism, and Peace (cross-listed with

the Intelligence Analysis program) (Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008)

o REL 460 – Senior Capstone: Apocalypticism and Mysticism in Early Judaism and Early Christianity (Fall 2011; Spring 2009)

o REL 460 – Senior Capstone: The Bible, Politics, and Environmental Justice (Spring 2017)

o REL 460 – Senior Capstone: Jewish Mysticism (Spring 2014)o IA 480 – Intelligence Analysis – Simulation of Outcomes of The Iranian Nuclear

Program (co-listed at The University of Virginia) (Summer 2012)o REL 490 Independent Studies: Religion, Violence, and Identity Conflicts (Fall

2017); Biblical Hebrew I, II, III (Spring 2016, Spring 2012, Fall 2008); Religious Terrorism (Spring 2013); Peace Studies (Spring 2013); Advanced Studies in Dead Sea Scrolls (Spring 2012); Japanese Religions and the Environment (Spring 2012)

o REL 495 – Religion Internships: 1 CISTP Student Research Intern (2017-2018) for Security, Identity Conflicts, Education, and Religion; 6 CISTP Student Research Interns (2016-2017) and 5 CISTP Student Research Interns for Refugees, Climate Change, and Security (Spring 2015); 1 Intern for Research on Religion and Politics (Fall 2015) ; 4 CISTP Student Research Interns for Kosovo, Environmental Sustainability, and Religion (Spring 2014); 5 CISTP Student Research Interns for

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Balkans War and the Dayton Accord (Spring 2013); Multiple Teaching Interns (Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011)

Courses Taught at Hendrix College (1999-2007, 3 Credits each):o Apocalyptic Thought and Movementso Introduction to Hebrew Bibleo Introduction to New Testamento Judaismo Biblical Archaeologyo Hebrew Prophecy and Wisdom Traditionso Dead Sea Scrolls, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha o Biblical Hebrew I, II, III o Senior Colloquium: Theory, Methods, Issues in Religiono Varieties of Early Christianityo Search for the Historical Jesuso Paul and the Roman Empireo Advanced Studies in Religion and Culture: Religion and Filmo Advanced Studies in Religion and Culture: Religion and Monsterso Liberal Studies Core: Journeys (Ancient Greek Religion, Islam, Confucianism,

Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Hinduism)o Liberal Studies Core: Western Intellectual Traditionso Independent Studies: Sociological and Anthropological Methods in the Study of

Religion; Jewish Mysticism; Early Rabbinics and Talmud; Sexuality, Gender and the Bible; Religion and Art; Gnosticism

Course Taught at Hendrix in London, Birkbeck College (3 Credits): o The British Museum and the Bible (World of the Bible: Ancient Near East,

Levant, Egypt, Greece and Rome)

Courses Taught for Perkins School of Theology (3 Credits): o Hebrew Bible II (2005) and I (2007)

Distance Learning Courses Taught for The University of Iowa (3 Credits each):o World of the Old Testamento World of the New Testamento Religion and Womeno Prophecy in Biblical Israelo Biblical Archaeology

Courses Taught as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at The University of Iowa (3 Credits each):

o Ancient Mediterranean Syncretismo Introduction to the New Testamento Quest for Human Destinyo Judeo-Christian Tradition

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GRANTS, HONORS and AWARDS

2017 Faculty Recipient, James Madison University Diversity Enhancement Award.2017 Faculty Recipient, Faculty Senate Grant for CISTP Listening Café Program.2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Finalist, Madison Scholar Award, College of Arts and Letters,

James Madison University.2016 Recipient, IDEA (Innovation in Diversity, Education, and Access) Grant, Office of

Access and Inclusion, James Madison University for First-Generation College Student Faculty-Student Lunch Program.

2014-2015 State Finalist, State Council for Higher Education in Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award.

2015, 2013, 2011 Recipient, International Travel Grants, Office of International Programs and Dean of College of Arts and Letters.

2013-2014 Institutional Nominee, James Madison University, State Council for Higher Education in Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award.

Fall 2014 Recipient, Educational Leave Award, College of Arts and Letters, James Madison University.

2012-2013 Recipient, Carl Harter Distinguished Teacher Award, College of Arts and Letters, James Madison University.

2013 Recipient with Jennifer L. Connerley, General Education Summer Grant for Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability, James Madison University.

2012-2013 Nominee, Provost’s Award for Excellence in Academic Advising. James Madison University.

2012 Recipient at the State Level, 4VA Educational Development Grant in Teaching and Technology. James Madison University and The University of Virginia, teaching Intelligence Analysis.

2009 Recipient, Summer Analysis Grant, Institute for National Security Analysis, writing of Preparatory Guide and Rubric for Analyzing Apocalyptic Groups and Assessing Threat.

2008 Recipient, Analytic Curricular Enhancement Grant, Institute for National Security Analysis, for course development of Apocalypticism, Terrorism and Peace, James Madison University.

2008 Recipient, Faculty Enhancement Initiative Grant, College of Arts and Letters, James Madison University, for editing Experientia, Volume One.

2008 Participant, Information Literary Workshop, James Madison University.2005 Recipient, Hendrix Faculty Project Grant for research.2005, 2004 Institutional Nominee, NEH Summer Stipend. 2003, 2002 Finalist, Faculty Appreciation Award, Hendrix College.2004, 2003 Recipient, Hendrix Faculty Project Grants for research.2002 Recipient, Wabash Center Fellows Project Grant, for writing Dreamers, Scribes and

Heavenly Priests, Wabash Center for the Teaching of Theology and Religion.

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2001 Recipient with Dr. Angela Gulielmetti, Local Earth Charter Award on behalf of Hendrix Animal Welfare Group, Center of Respect for Life and Environment, Washington D.C.

2001 Recipient, Hendrix Faculty Project Grant, for the study of Asklepios in Greece.

2000 Recipient, Hendrix Faculty Project Grant, for archaeology in Bethsaida, Israel. 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 Recipient, Hendrix Faculty Travel

Grants. 1998–1999 Recipient, Ada Louisa Ballard Dissertation Fellowship, The University of

Iowa.1997 Alice Lampe Heidel Memorial Award for Undergraduate Teaching, The

University of Iowa.1994 Arthur Steindler Award for Academic Excellence and Service in Teaching, The

University of Iowa.1999, 1997 Travel and Research Grants, The University of Iowa Graduate Student

Senate.1998, 1997 Travel Grants, School of Religion, The University of Iowa. 1995, 1992 Summer Foreign Language Scholarships, Graduate College, The

University of Iowa.1991 Tuition Scholarship, Graduate College, The University of Iowa.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Society of Biblical Literature, 1996-present. American Academy of Religion, 1996-2011, 2017-present. Peace and Justice Studies Association, 2016-present. International Association of Intelligence Educators, 2012-2016. European Consortium for Political Research, Standing Group on Political

Violence, 2015-2016. International Studies Association, 2012-2014. Association for Jewish Studies, 1996-1998, 2004-2009. American Association of University Professors, 2003-2007. Association for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2004-2005.

Samples of Recent Media Engagement Sarah McConnell, interviewing Frances Flannery and Rodney Werline. With Good Reason,

National Public Radio. “Policy Debates and the Bible.” Airdate: January 14, 2017. Phil Torres, interviewing Frances Flannery and Rodney Werline. “Faith in Ignorance.” Salon.

October 8, 2016. http://www.salon.com/2016/10/08/faith-in-ignorance-politicians-who-quote-the-bible-often-dont-know-anything-about-the-bible/.

Frances Flannery. “The Challenge of Jonah: Countering Radicalization through Radical Inclusion.” Huffington Post, December 14, 2015; also published in ONScripture – The Bible, Odyssey Networks, December 2, 2015.

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Sarah McConnell, interviewing Frances Flannery. With Good Reason, National Public Radio. “Apocalyptic Terrorism,” on the episode Friend is a Verb. Airdate: September 28, 2013. http://withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/friend-is-a-verb/.

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