W. Rory Dickson
Instructor South Dakota State University
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area
Instructor, Religion and Philosophy, South Dakota State University
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Biography
W. Rory Dickson is an Instructor at South Dakota State University in Religion and Philosophy. His interests are in Islam, Sufism, and the philosophy of religion. Dickson is the author of Living Sufism in North America: Between Tradition and Transformation (forthcoming with SUNY Press, 2015). He has published articles in the Journal of Contemporary Islam and Studies in Religion, and presented at a number of national and international conferences.
Industry Expertise
Religious Institutions
Education/Learning
Writing and Editing
Areas of Expertise
Public Speaking
Islam
Religion
Philosophy
Peace and Conflict
Teaching
Research
Education
Danish Institute in Damascus
Graduate Research School: Islam and Muslims in a Plural World
2010
Two week seminar at the Danish Institute in Damascus, Syria, organized by the University of Copenhagen and University of Toronto.
McGill University
BSW
Social Work
2005
Middlebury College
Arabic Language School
2009
Completed Middlebury's summer Arabic Language School, June - August 2009, Middlebury at Mills, Oakland, California.
University of Alberta, Augustana Campus
BA in History
General History
2001
Wilfrid Laurier University
PhD in Religious Studies
Sufism in North America
2012
Wilfrid Laurier University
MA in Religious Studies
Islam, Sufism
2007
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Affiliations
- American Academy of Religion
- South Dakota State University
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- South Dakota World Affairs Council
- McGill University
- University of Alberta
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Languages
- Arabic
