Resume

• 2012

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  • Advisor: David Morgan \n\n• Track: American Religion \n• Minors: American Islam; Art

  Art History

  & Visual Studies\n• Research Languages: Spanish

  German

  American Religions

  American Academy of Religion

  Nineteenth Century Studies Association

  Duke University

• 2011

  Death

  Dying

  and Beyond Group of the American Academy of Religion

  Duke University Divinity School

  UNC Wilmington

  Wilmington

  NC

  Created indices for Murrell’s book Afro-Caribbean Religions. Provided feedback on technology issues related to Word

  PowerPoint

  and other programs. Created and maintained Murrell’s academic web site (http://people.uncw.edu/murrells/).

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Nathaniel S. Murrell

  PhD

  Jamie L. Brummitt is a second-year PhD Student in the Graduate Program in Religion (GPR) at Duke University. Jamie studies American Religion and will minor in American Islam and Art

  Art History

  & Visual Studies. Her advisor is David Morgan

  author of Protestants and Pictures and The Embodied Eye. Jamie studies the media

  materiality

  and technology of 19th century American Protestantism. Her projects investigate schoolgirls’ needlework

  mourning lithographs

  Spiritualism and the Civil War

  Spirit photography

  idols in Juvenile Missionary Associations

  Victorian parlor culture

  the cult of domesticity

  and women’s suffrage. Jamie also researches the visual and material cultures American Islam.

  Duke University

  Duke University

  Durham

  NC

  May 2013 - June 2013: Provided editorial assistance for the forthcoming

  edited publication The Long Shadow of Vatican II: Authority

  Faith

  and Church since the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Duties included manuscript formatting and editing

  obtaining photo permissions

  contacting authors. \n\nAugust 2012 - May 2013: Provided editorial assistance for David Morgan's forthcoming project on the visual culture of modern Christianity. Researched the SCALAR platform for publishing the project online. Provided editorial assistance for the forthcoming edited publication The Long Shadow of Vatican II: Authority

  Faith

  and Church since the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)

  including manuscript formatting and editing

  and obtaining photo permissions. \n\nJanuary 2012 - May 2012: Provided research assistance for Dr. Goldman’s course “Jewish Views of Jesus.” Duties included

  scanning

  copying

  and course correspondences. I also provided editorial assistance for Dr. Goldman’s forthcoming book

  Demon’s Wager

  including

  typing chapters

  creating notes and bibliography

  and revising and formatting manuscript for UNC Press.

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Durham

  NC

  Served as a teaching assistant for Mark Goodacre's Historical Jesus course. Graded weekly quizzes

  mid-terms

  and papers. Attended class lectures and provided feedback to Professor Goodacre about class assignments.

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Duke University

  Religious Studies Department

  Developed web site

  uploaded content

  and maintained web site for the Death

  Dying

  and Beyond Group of the American Academy of Religion (http://DeathAndAfterlife.com).

  Death

  Dying

  and Beyond Group of the American Academy of Religion

  Duke Center for Jewish Studies

  Durham

  NC

  Designed and coded the online exhibit Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina at https://sites.duke.edu/downhome. Created and designed promotional materials for the Center

  including \"The Bible in the Public Square.\" Designed the 40th anniversary catalog for the Center. Completed miscellaneous tasks

  including sending emails and conference preparation work.

  Web Designer

  and Communications and Administrative Assistant

  Wilmington

  NC

  Developed Web

  uploaded content

  and maintained Web site for Teaching American History in North Carolina (TAH NC) (http://TeachingAmericanHistoryNC.org/). TAH NC is a federal education grant in partnership with Pender County Schools and the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

  Web Master

  Teaching American History in North Carolina

  Wilmington

  NC

  Provided research assistance for Pasulka’s forthcoming book on purgatory and the afterlife in Catholic-American studies

  and created and maintained her academic web site.

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Diana Pasulka

  PhD

  Wilmington

  NC

  Aided the Department of Philosophy and Religion and Administrative Assistant in copying

  answering phones

  Web site maintenance

  and other office duties.

  PAR Office Assistant

  UNC Wilmington

  Wilmington

  NC

  Provided as needed support in Spanish grammar

  Philosophy and Religion classes

  study skills and computer skills. Courses tutored included:\n•\tPAR 103 Introduction to Religion\n•\tPAR 215 Introduction to Bioethics\n•\tPAR 230 Judaism

  Christianity

  and Islam\n•\tSPN 101 Introductory Spanish I\n•\tSPN 120 Fundamentals of Spanish\n•\tSPN 201 Intermediate Spanish I\n•\tSPN 202 Intermediate Spanish II\n•\tCSC 105: Introduction to Computing and Computer Applications

  Peer Tutor

  University of North Carolina Wilmongton

  University Learning Center

  Wilmington

  NC

  Researched historical sites in and around Wilmington

  NC in order to write Virtual Tour content for the TAH NC Web site. This research included

  online

  archival

  and book research. Maintained a record of TAH NC events and workshops

  and researched necessary materials for the University Coordinator. Researched online primary resources pertaining to United States’ history in order to upload resources to the TAH NC Web site for teachers to access and use in their classrooms.

  Research and Content Assistant for University Coordinator

  Teaching American History in North Carolina

  Durham

  NC

  Maintained and created Excel spreadsheets for the Sepphoris archaeological artifact database

  archived photos

  drawings

  and inking sheets of artifacts

  read blueprints of the Sepphoris site for data entry into Excel

  and created an Access database for the Sepphoris artifacts. Designed book plates for forthcoming Sepphoris publishing projects.

  Graduate Assistant

  Duke Center for Jewish Studies

  Durham

  NC

  Served as a preceptor for two sections of American Christianity taught by Professor Kate Bowler. Led precept discussions

  prepared and presented small content lectures

  and graded weekly summaries

  research papers

  and mid-term and final exams.

  Preceptor

  Duke University Divinity School

  Spanish

  German

  Friends of UNCW (Merit) Scholarship

  UNCW Honors Scholars Program

  Undergraduate Research Fellowship

  UNCW Honors Scholars Program

  UNCW Chancellor’s Achievement Award

  August 2006 to May 2010

  UNCW

  Invited to and Attened a Leadership Workshop with Dr. Maura J. Cullen at UNCW

  UNCW

  Nominated as Tutor of the Year for the Association for the Tutor Profession

  UNCW University Learning Center

  Joanne B. Slaughter Memorial Scholarship

  Cokesbury United Methodist Church

  Gurney Harriss Kearns Fellowship

  Duke University Department of Religious Studies

  Summer Research Fellowship

  Duke University

  Graduate Program in Religion

  Accepted to and attended the 2013 CHAViC Summer Seminar: “Domestic Impressions: The Visual and Material Culture of the American Family Home

  1750-1890” at the American Antiquarian Society

  American Antiquarian Society

  Summer Research Fellowship

  Duke University

  Graduate Program in Religion

  Kearns Mini-Grant for Conference Travel

  Duke University Religious Studies Department

  Carol L. Thysell Scholarship

  UNCW Department of Philosophy and Religion

  Sankey Blanton Scholarship

  UNCW Department of Philosophy and Religion

  Interviewed for UNCW Advancement and Marketing Video

  UNCW

  Dean's List

  August 2005 to May 2010

  UNCW

  Nathan J. Perilman Summer Stipend in Jewish Studies

  Duke Center for Jewish Studies

  UNCW Honors Merit Scholarship

  UNCW Honors Scholars Program

  UNCW Honors Scholars Program

  August 2006 to May 2010

  UNCW

  Summer Research Fellowship

  Duke University

  Graduate Program in Religion

  Joanne B. Slaughter Memorial Scholarship

  Cokesbury United Methodist Church

• 2010

  Master's Degree

  Religion/Religious Studies

  America Academy of Religion

  Nineteenth Century Studies Association

  Duke University

• 2006

  Bachelor's Degree

  Minors: Digital Arts

  Spanish\n\n• Area of Concentration: Religion\n• Honors Thesis: “The Apocalyptic Satan: A Punitive and Literal Development in the Pauline Epistles”\n• Graduated with University Honors and Departmental Honors from UNCW’s Honors Scholars Program

  Philosophy and Religious Studies

  Communication Studies

  UNCW Honors Scholars Program

  UNCW Philosophy and Religion Society

  Sigma Delta Pi Rho Lambda Chapter

  Phi Kappa Phi

  National Scholars Honor Society

  National Society of Collegiate Scholars

  UNCW Women's Club Volleyball

  University of North Carolina at Wilmington

• Teaching

  Archival Research

  American Religious History

  Writing

  Spanish

  Web Design

  Community Outreach

  Graphic Design

  Lecturing

  Publications

  Public Speaking

  History

  Publishing

  Higher Education

  Editing

  Research

  \"Funerary Inscriptions: Modern Europe and America.\"

  \"Funerary Inscriptions: Modern Europe and America.\"

  \"Lourdes.\"

  “Christianity and the Visual Arts.” Co-authored with Andrew T. Coates.

  \"Mary Lyman’s Mourning Piece: Protestant Visual Display in Nineteenth-Century America.\"

  \"Mary Lyman’s Mourning Piece: Protestant Visual Display in Nineteenth-Century America.\"

  “Devotional Art

  ” “Sarah Josepha Bell Hale

  ” “Interior Decoration

  ” and “Memorial Movement.”

  \"Black Muslims

  White Jesus: Destroying Racial Images of God with CRAID and Imam W. D. Muhammad.\"

  \"Black Muslims

  White Jesus: Destroying Racial Images of God with CRAID and Imam W. D. Muhammad.\"

  Brummitt

  Jamie L. Brummitt is a fifth-year PhD Candidate in the Graduate Program in Religion (GPR) at Duke University. Jamie studies American Religion and will minor in American Islam and Art

  Art History

  & Visual Studies. Her advisor is David Morgan

  author of Protestants and Pictures and The Embodied Eye. Jamie studies the media

  materiality

  and technology of 19th century American Protestantism. Her projects investigate schoolgirls’ needlework

  mourning lithographs

  Spiritualism and the Civil War

  Spirit photography

  idols in Juvenile Missionary Associations

  Victorian parlor culture

  the cult of domesticity

  and women’s suffrage. Jamie also researches the visual and material cultures of American Islam.

  Jamie L.

  University of North Carolina Wilmongton

  University Learning Center

  Duke Center for Jewish Studies

  Nathaniel S. Murrell

  PhD

  Duke University

  Diana Pasulka

  PhD

  Teaching American History in North Carolina