Stephen Covell
Department Chair and Professor, Japanese Religions
Office:
(269) 387-4365Location:
2002 Moore Hall, Mail Stop 5320Mailing address:
Department of Comparative ReligionWestern Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5320 USA
Education:
- Ph.D., Princeton University, 2001
Teaching interests:
- Japanese religions
- Pedagogy
- Religion, ethics, death and dying in Asia
- Religion and education
Research interests:
- Contemporary Japanese Buddhism
Bio:
Dr. Stephen Covell is chair of the Department of Comparative Religion at Western Michigan University. Covell serves as the graduate advisor for the comparative religion program and is also the director of the study abroad Japanese Religion and Culture Seminar. He was founding director of the Soga Japan Center at WMU.
Covell has over 10 years experience of living and conducting research in Japan including stints as a research associate at Taisho University, the Institute for Asian Cultural Studies at International Christian University and the University of Tokyo.