Nancy Martin is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Griset Lecturer in Ethics at Chapman University and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. Dr. Martin's areas of expertise include devotional Hinduism, Comparative Religious Ethics, and Gender and Religion. Her monograph on the Hindu woman saint Mirabai (Oxford University Press) is forthcoming, and her current projects include a study of oral musical and religious traditions in India entitled "The Rununciant Rani and the Weaver of Protest:  Mirabai and Kabir in Rajasthani Folk Traditions" and a documentary film examining religious harmony and violence in India, entitled "Patterns for Peace:  India as a Model for Peace in a Multi-Religious Society." The film features His Holiness the Dalai Lama.  Dr. Martin's recent publications include major invited essays on "Hinduism in Rajasthan" and "Devotional Literature in North India," and in recognition of her expertise on Mirabai, Dr. Martin was invited to lecture on the saint at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C in 2007.

 

Dr. Martin is also the Co-Founder of an international educational society called the Global Ethics and Religion Forum, dedicated to fostering global ethical responsibility through increased interreligious cooperation and a deeper understanding of ethical issues at a global level.  She served as the organization's Associate Director from 2001-2009, organizing a series of conferences in Southern California and at Cambridge University on topics from "Ecology and Global Health" to "War and Reconciliation." She has lectured extensively on issues in comparative religious ethics in England, Canada, Spain, South Africa, Mexico, India, Thailand and China as well as across the United States.  Dr. Martin also currently serves on the Advisory Board for the California 3Rs Project on teaching religion in the public schools.