Assistant Professor
210 Ellis Hall
Tel. (740) 593-2103
E-mail: lybarger@ohio.edu
Ohio University faculty member since 2006.
Education
University of Chicago Divinity School, Ph.D., 2002
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, M.A., 1995
American University in Cairo, Egypt, M.A., 1991
Earlham College, Richmond, IN , B.A., 1986
Specializations
- Islamic religion
- Comparative Islamist movements
- Comparative fundamentalisms
- Religion and nationalism
- Palestinian society and politics
- Middle Eastern Christianity
- Sociology of religion (classical and contemporary theories; key analytical concepts)
- Historical and ethnographic research methods
Courses Taught
- CLWR 181: Introduction to the Study or Religion
- CLWR 311/511: Introduction to Islam
- CLWR 387: Theories of Religion
- CLWR 412:Political Islam