Nicholas Buck | Curriculum Vitae

Education
  • PhD, University of Chicago (2022)
  • MTS, Christian Theological Seminary (2015)
  • BS, Indiana University (2007)
Academic Positions
  • Professorial Lecturer, American University, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Fall 2022-present
    • Director of Undergraduate Studies in Religion, Fall 2022-present
Writing
Presentations, Guest Lectures, and Interviews
  • “Being on the Receiving End: Awe, Alterity, and Abundance”
    European Academy of Religion 2024 Annual Meeting
    Palermo, Italy, 5/22/24
  • “An Ethics of Mutual Belonging: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nonviolent Vision”
    Conference: Buddhism, Violence, and Nonviolence
    American University, Washington, D.C., 10/6/23
  • Interviewed about religion and higher education
    “AU’s Methodist affiliation leaves students with something to be desired“
    The Eagle, 06/16/23
  • “Civil Religion, Liberalism, and the Problem of Belonging: On the Transcendent Dimension of Political Life”
    American Academy of Religion 2021 Annual Meeting, Religion and Politics Unit
    San Antonio, TX, 11/20/21
  • “Ethics and the Environment”
    Guest lecture for course: Ethics and the Environment
    Christian Theological Seminary, 6/7/21
  • “Willa Cather’s Death Comes to the Archbishop“
    Guest lecture for course: Religion and Literature
    Christian Theological Seminary, 11/7/19
  • “Ethics, Literature, and the Moral Imagination”
    Guest lecture for course: Religion and Literature
    Christian Theological Seminary, 10/14/19
  • “To Live in Dialogue: Theorizing Democracy with the ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail'”
    Conference: Educating for Modern Democracy
    Boston College, The Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, 11/9/17
  • “Morality and the Public Square: Ethics, Economics, and Politics”
    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, IN, 7/24/16
  • “The Forest and the Trees: Racial Injustice in America”
    White Privilege and Black Lives Matter: A Public Talk and Conversation
    The Design Bank, Indianapolis, IN, 2/25/16
  • Radio interview about ethics and religion in Harper Lee’s two novels
    “Art of the Matter,” WFYI (Indianapolis public radio), 10/1/15
Teaching