1992-93 Traveling Fellow
Travels Through Community

John’s project focused on travels through traditional and intentional communities as lens for understanding citizenship and belonging in the United States.

Major: Political Science
Hometown: Chandler, AZ

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John Carlson is director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University where he is also associate professor of religious studies. He is a scholar of religious ethics, and his research explores how religious and moral inquiry informs and invigorates our understanding of political life.

John received his Ph.D. in religious ethics from The University of Chicago Divinity School. He is the coeditor of, and contributor to, three books: From Jeremiad to Jihad: Religion, Violence, and America, Religion and the Death Penalty: A Call for Reckoning, and The Sacred and the Sovereign: Religion and International Politics. Likewise, he has authored 25 book chapters and academic articles from leading journals in his field, as well as numerous shorter writings.

At Vanderbilt, John was involved with Navy ROTC and Habitat for Humanity.