Curriculum Vitae

 
 

John Daniel Martin III

20 May 2012

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Current Status:

MA candidate in the Dept. of Comparative Religion at Western Michigan University. Accepted as ELIME-21 Doctoral Fellow in the School of Information and Library Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Fall Semester 2012.

Education:

Areas of Interest and Specialization:

  • Islamic Thought and Theology
  • Islamic Mysticism / Sufism
  • Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy
  • Manuscript Studies / Codicology
  • Islamic Occult Sciences
  • Digital Content Curation
  • New Media Heritage

Specialized Training:

  • Private Arabic Lessons (Tajweed, Classical and Qur’anic Arabic), Cairo, Egypt (2008)
  • Arabic Study Abroad (Egyptian Dialect / Modern Standard Arabic), TAFL Center, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt (Fall 2007)
  • Intensive Arabic Study (Egyptian Dialect), Alexandria Center for Languages, Alexandria, Egypt (Summer 2004)
  • Archaeological Field School, Rauzet, France (Summer 2000)

Experience:

  • Research Assistant, Islamic Identities, Western Michigan University, Dept. of Comparative Religion, Kalamazoo, MI (Summer 2012)
  • Writing Coach, Western Michigan University, Dept. of Comparative Religion, Kalamazoo, MI (Spring 2012)
  • Developer, “University on the Square,” digital archive of material from the 25 January 2011 Revolution in Egypt, American University in Cairo Library, Cairo, Egypt (May – July 2011)
  • Research Assistant, American University in Cairo, Rare Books and Special Collections Library – Regional Architecture Collections Unit, Cairo, Egypt (Fall 2010 – Spring 2011)
  • IT consultant and technician, American Research Center in Egypt, Registration, Collections Management, and Documentation Dept. (RCMDD), Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt (2010 – 2011)
  • Teaching Assistant, American University in Cairo, Dept. of Arab and Islamic Civilizations, Cairo, Egypt (Spring 2009 – Fall 2011)
  • Technology Assistant (STA), American University in Cairo, Center for Learning and Teaching, Cairo, Egypt (Fall 2008 – Summer 2010)
  • Teaching Assistant, Western Michigan University, Dept. of Comparative Religion, Kalamazoo, MI (Fall 2004 – Spring 2005)

Awards and Grants:

  • ELIME-21 Doctoral Fellowship, School of Information and Library Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2012)
  • Research Application Appointment, Dept. of Comparative Religion, Western Michigan University (Summer 2012)
  • Research/Travel Grant (Competitive), Graduate College, Western Michigan University, “The Characteristic of Guidance and the Secrets of the Guided: A 13th-century Treatise on the Divine Names in Islamic Theurgic Rites,” AAR Midwest 2012, Rock Island, Illinois (March 2012)
  • Excellence in Arabic Award, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Western Michigan University (March 2012)
  • Research Support Grant (University-wide, Competitive), Dept. of Arab and Islamic Civilizations, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, American University in Cairo, “Theurgy in the Medieval Islamic World: Conceptions of Cosmology in al-Buni’s Doctrine of the Divine Names,” Istanbul, Turkey (June 2011)
  • Graduate Work Scholarship, Rare Books and Special Collections, AUC Main Library, American University in Cairo (2010-2011)
  • Graduate Assistantship, Dept. of Arab and Islamic Civilizations, American University in Cairo (2009 – 2011)
  • Technology Assistantship, Center for Learning and Teaching, AUC Main Library, American University in Cairo (2009 – 2010)
  • Graduate Work Scholarship, Center for Learning and Teaching, AUC Main Library, American University in Cairo (2008)
  • President’s Grant for Study Abroad, Diether H. Haenicke Institute for Global Education, Western Michigan University (2007)
  • President’s Scholarship for Study Abroad, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Western Michigan University (2007)
  • Teaching Assistantship, Dept. of Comparative Religion, Western Michigan University (2004 – 2005)

Articles:

  • “Primum Non Nocere: Gray Area in Commanding the Right and Forbidding the Wrong,” in Live Evil: Of Magic and Men, edited by Sophia Vivienne Kottmayer (Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2011)

Conference Presentations:

  • “‘The Characteristic of Guidance and the Secrets of the Guided’: A 13th century Treatise on the Divine Names in Islamic Theurgic Rites,” American Academy of Religion Midwest Regional Conference, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois (30 – 31 March 2011)
  • “Punk Rock Muslims: An Exploration of Historical Precedent for Deviant Piety,” Spirituality in the 21st Century: At the Interface of Theory, Praxis and Pedagogy, 1st Global Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (20 – 22 March 2011)
  • “‘For Every Illness and Symptom’: A Pragmatic Study of Medieval Islamic Magical Amulets,” Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness, 12th Global Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (17 – 19 March 2011)
  • “Primum Non Nocere: Gray Area in Commanding the Right and Forbidding the Wrong,” Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness, 12th Global Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (17 – 19 March 2011)
  • “Politicizing Education: Analyzing Egyptian Pedagogical Literature in the 19th and 20th Centuries,” with Jaimee Hundson, Annual History Seminar, The American University in Cairo, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Cairo, Egypt (26 – 28 March 2009)

Editorial:

  • Spirituality: Theory, Praxis and Pedagogy (e-book), co-editor with Prof. Martin Fowler (Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2011)
  • Exploration, Middle East launch editor, Reading University (2011)
  • Erudition, Contributor, Reading University (2010 – 2011)
  • Intuition, Satire editor and contributor, Reading University (2010)

Invited Talks and Media:

  • “Modern Religion and Spirituality Series II,” Just Friendly Advice, WKMI TalkRadio 1360AM, Kalamazoo, MI, Invited Guest (29 July 2007)
  • “Modern Religion and Spirituality Series I,” Just Friendly Advice, WKMI TalkRadio 1360AM, Kalamazoo, MI, Invited Guest (24 June 2007)
  • “Whose House is It?: Evaluating Misconceptions of Islam and Muslims World-Wide,” First Presbyterian Church of Richland, Richland, MI, Invited Speaker (4 February 2007)

Community and Service Activities:

  • Instructor, Desert Development Training Center (DDTC – المركز التكنولوجي المتكامل), Intensive English and Computing Workshop, New Basaisa, Ras Sudr, South Sinai (August 2010)
  • Membership secretary (Acting), British Community Association, Mohandiseen, Cairo, Cairo, Egypt (2009 – 2011)
  • English language editor, My Arabic Story, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (2006 – 2008)

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