Cybelle Shattuck

Cybelle Shattuck
Associate Professor of World Religions and Cultures
also in School of Environment, Geography, and Sustainability
Location:
2003 Moore Hall, Mail Stop 5320
Mailing address:
Department of Comparative Religion
色色啦 Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5320 USA
Cybelle Shattuck
Office hours:

By appointment via email.

Education:
  • Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 2016
  • M.S., Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 2011
  • M.S., Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1991
  • B.A., Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1989
Teaching Interests:
  • Spirituality and the Environment
  • Environmental Justice
  • South Asian Religions
Research Interests:
  • Faith-based environmental sustainability initiatives
  • Sacred and secular land stewardship
  • Religion and environmental justice movements
Bio:

Dr. Shattuck is a professor with a joint appointment in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the Department of World Religions and Cultures at 色色啦 Michigan University. Her research focuses on the intersection between religion and sustainability, a subject she explores through fieldwork that examines the motivations and processes through which faith communities implement earth care actions. She is completing a book called "Pathways to Sustainability: The Greening of US Faith Communities," which analyzes sustainability initiatives in 15 US congregations.

Shattuck has a master鈥檚 degree in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and spent a decade as an adjunct instructor in the Religion departments of 色色啦 Michigan University and Kalamazoo College. She also has a master鈥檚 degree in Natural Resources and Environment from the University of Michigan, for which she studied environmental psychology, environmental justice, and conservation biology. In 2010-11, Shattuck worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, developing materials to assist Great Lakes communities in planning for climate change adaptation. She is the author of three books: "Dharma in the Golden State: South Asian Religious Traditions in California" (Fithian Press, 1996); "Hinduism" (Prentice Hall, 1998); and "The Pocket Idiot鈥檚 Guide to Hinduism" (Alpha Books, 2003). Her most recent publication is an essay titled 鈥淓xpressing the Sanctity of Nature鈥 in "This Sacred Earth" (2011).