About Thomas
I am a PhD Candidate in Intercultural Studies at Fuller (since 2018), and my wife and I (with our two sons) worked in international development in the former USSR for 16 years. Born in Albany, New York, I grew up in the Himalayas, where my parents were doctors at a rural mission hospital.
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Education
MA in Intercultural Studies
2005
Fuller
Cornell University
1986
BA in Chemistry
Research Interests
Linguistic Anthropology (Ethnographically Grounded Discourse Analysis), Digital Ethnography ("Netnography") of Social Media Interaction, Public Theology, Christian-Muslim Relations in North America
Publications
"Narrow Conceptions of the Common Good: An Ethnographically Grounded Discourse Analysis of a Facebook Discussion on Muslim Immigration to the US."
forthcoming
Authentic Lives: Overcoming the Problem of Hidden Identity in Outreach to Restrictive Nations. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library
2016
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