Morgan Shipley (Ph.D.) is the Inaugural Foglio Endowed Chair of Spirituality and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Michigan State University. An engaged and dynamic scholar committed to expanding inclusion, fostering empowerment, and developing citizen leaders has been appointed as the Inaugural Endowed Chair of Spirituality at Michigan State University. The position is the first of its kind at MSU and at any U.S. educational institution. It is among 82 new endowed faculty positions established during MSU’s Empower Extraordinary campaign.
Dr. Shipley studied at DePaul University, the University of Chicago, and earned a PhD in American Studies from Michigan State University. Dr. Shipley’s research, projects, teaching, and work related to the Chair focus on 1) spirituality, with particular specializations in spirituality among nonreligious people, spirituality and well-being, and spirituality and compassionate care; 2) new religious movements in the United States; and 3) the challenge of religious pluralism, with a primary interest in representations of religion in popular cultur
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Email: shiple18@msu.edu