Curriculum Vitae

  • Curriculum Vitae

John Lowell Crow

2801 Starmount Ln
Tallahassee, FL 32303
Email: jlcrow@fsu.edu
Website: http://www.johnlcrow.com/

Education

    2017 Ph.D., Florida State University, Department of Religious Studies
    2009 M.A., University of Amsterdam, Department of Religious Studies
    2007 B.A., Kennesaw State University, Department of English
Instructional Development Faculty, Level II
    Florida State University, Office of Distance Learning (ODL)
    Tallahassee, Florida, August 2019 to Present
    • Ensure online course quality to meet Florida Board of Governor's Quality Initiative though training, consultation, and course evaluations using Quality Matters rubric
    • Leading role in university’s planning, development, and training of accessibility and universal design policies and solutions to ensure compliance with state and federal laws
    • Design, develop, implement, and evaluate instructional and technological solutions in support of online, hybrid, and in-person courses and programs for numerous colleges and departments
    • Evaluate, recommend, and train university faculty and staff to use educational technologies
    • Assist with development of course and project budgets, timelines, and marketing materials to ensure successful course deployment
Instructional Development Faculty
    Florida State University, Office of Distance Learning (ODL)
    Tallahassee, Florida, August 2014 to July 2019
    • Design, develop, implement, and evaluate instructional and technological solutions in support of online, hybrid, and in-person courses and programs for diverse departments throughout university
    • Ensure the quality of online course design though training, consultation, and course evaluations using Quality Matters rubric
    • Leading role in university’s planning and development of accessibility and universal design policies and solutions to ensure quality and compliance
    • Evaluate, recommend, and train university faculty and staff to use numerous pedagogical, accessibility, and universal design technologies
    • Assist with development of course and project budgets, timelines, and marketing materials to ensure successful course deployment
Courses Developed and Taught:

Publications

Books Peer-Reviewed Essays Invited Book Chapters Book Reviews Reference Work Journals, Magazines and Other Publications

Invited Presentations

Public Scholarship & Media

Conference Presentations

    October 2022 “The Invention of Occultism: The Creation and Shaping of an Esoteric Category.” International Theosophical History Conference, Naarden, Netherlands
    May 2018 “Against Sex and Marriage: Blavatsky’s Arguments for Celibacy and Chastity Being at Occultism’s Core.” Rice University, “Eros, Sexuality, and Embodiment in Esoteric Traditions,” Association for the Study of Esotericism, Houston, Texas
    October 2017 “The American Tours of Annie Besant.” The Theosophical Society in England. International Conference on Annie Besant (1847-1933), London, England
    November 2016 Panelist, “The Digital Futures of Religious Studies.” Annual Meeting, American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, Texas
    June 2016 “More than the Sum of its Parts: Mapping the Subtle Bodies in Theosophy.” University of California, Davis. “Cartographies of the Soul,” Association for the Study of Esotericism, Davis, California
    October 2015 With Dr. Annette Jones. “Using Media Analytics to Enhance Course Design.” Online Learning Consortium. 21st Annual Online Learning Consortium International Conference, Orlando, Florida
    February 2015 “Embodying Christ Consciousness: Jiddu Krishnamurti as the 20th century Theosophical Mahatma.” Florida State University. “Religion & Resistance,” Fourteenth Annual Department of Religion Graduate Student Symposium, Tallahassee, Florida
    November 2014 “The Primeval Divine Hermaphrodite: Theosophy’s Construction and Deconstruction of Victorian Gender Norms.” Annual Meeting, American Academy of Religion, San Diego, California
    September 2014 “A Necessary Evil: Theosophy’s Ambivalence towards the Human Body.” The Theosophical Society in England. International Theosophical History Conference, London, England
    June 2014 “The Theosophical Shift to the Visual: Graphical Representations of the Human Body in the Literature of Second and Third Generation Leadership in the Theosophical Society.” Colgate University. “Esoteric Practice: Theories, Representations, & Method,” Fifth International Conference of the Association of the Study of Esotericism, Hamilton, New York
    February 2014 “The Theosophical Shift to the Visual: Graphical Representations of the Human Body in the Literature of Second and Third Generation Leadership in the Theosophical Society.” Florida State University. “Inscribing Authority: Bodies, Spaces, Texts,” Thirteenth Annual Department of Religion Graduate Student Symposium, Tallahassee, Florida
    February 2013 “Just Call Me Jack: Madame Blavatsky’s Gender Politics.” Florida State University. “Politics of Religion,” Twelfth Annual Department of Religion Graduate Student Symposium, Tallahassee, Florida
    December 2012 “Ariosophic Demon Seeds: The Theosophical Roots of Nazi Race Theory.” “World War II and Religion Conference,” Institute on World War II and the Human Experience and Department of Religion, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
    November 2012 “Disciplining the Mental and Desire Bodies on the Astral Plane: Thought-Forms and the Regulation of the Theosophical Bodies.” Annual Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Chicago, Illinois
    July 2012 “Blavatsky’s Coming Race: Nationalism, Racism and Fiction in Theosophical Doctrine.” University of California-Davis. “Esotericism, Religion, and Culture,” Association for the Study of Esotericism Fourth International Conference, Davis, California
    March 2012 “Blavatsky’s Coming Race: Nationalism, Racism and Fiction in Theosophical Doctrine.” University of North Carolina-Asheville. “Spiritual Matters/Matters of the Spirit,” 33rd Annual Conference of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association, Asheville, North Carolina
    March 2012 “Lemuria Rising: California in the Theosophical Place-Making Imagination.” South Eastern Commission for the Study of Religion, Regional Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
    February 2012 “Blavatsky’s Coming Race: Nationalism, Racism, and Fiction in Theosophical Doctrine.” Florida State University. “Beyond Borders: Constructing, Deconstructing, and Transgressing Boundaries,” 11th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Tallahassee, Florida
    September 2011 “‘Can Females Become Adepts?’: Explicating the Complexity of Gender within the Theosophical Society.” Florida State University. “Women and Minorities: Past and Present,” Third Annual Southeast Regional History Graduate Student Conference, Tallahassee, Florida
    August 2010 “Placing Western Esotericism on the Map: Exploring the Geographic Distribution of a Modern Occult Organization.” University of Toronto, “Religion: A Human Phenomenon,” 20th World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religion, Toronto, Canada
    February 2010 “Unveiling the Unveiled: Exploring the Genealogy and Rhetoric of Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret, Positive Thinking, and the Law of Attraction,” Florida State University, “Sects and Sexuality: Issues of Division and Diversity,” 9th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Tallahassee, Florida
    July 2009 “A New Jerusalem in Cyberspace?” University of Strasbourg, “Capitals of European Esotericism and Transcultural Dialogue,” 2nd International Conference of ESSWE, Strasbourg, France
    November 2008 “Duncan’s Royal Arch Ritual as a possible framework for Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code.” University of Leiden, “The Expression of Freemasonry,” The Hague, Netherlands
    April 2008 “The Bhikkhu and the Magus: Exploring Allan Bennett’s Influence on Aleister Crowley.” CESNUR, ‘Twenty Years and More: Research into Minority Religions, New Religious Movements and 'the New Spirituality’, London, England
    March 2008 “Miracle or Magic: The Problematic Status of Christian Amulets.” University of Amsterdam, “Emblems, Magic, and Hidden Knowledge,” Amsterdam, Netherlands
    April 2007 “Epistemological Blinders: Constructivism and Mahamudra.” Kennesaw State University, 5h Annual North Georgia Student Philosophy Conference, Kennesaw, Georgia
    April 2006 “The Nature of Becoming: An examination of Aleister Crowley’s Ontology and Map of Consciousness.” Kennesaw State University, 4th Annual North Georgia Student Philosophy Conference, Kennesaw, Georgia

Academic Service

    2013 – Present Buddhism in the West, Steering Committee, American Academy of Religion (AAR)
    2014 – 2020 Co-Organizer THATCamp AAR/SBL, The Humanities and Technology Camp
    2008 – 2017 Assistant to the Editor, Japan Studies Association Journal, Japan Studies Association
    2011 – 2016 Assistant to the Editor, Belmont Humanities Symposium Journal, Belmont University
    2015 – 2016 Textbook Chapters Reviewer, Oxford University Press, W.W. Norton
    2013 MOOC Advisory Committee Member, Society for U.S. Intellectual Historians
    2005 – 2012 Assistant to the Editor, East West-Connections, the Asian Studies Development Program of the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai’i
    2010 – 2011 Assistant to the Editors, Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture, American Society of Church History

Scholarships/Grants/Awards

    2022 FSU Office of Distance Learning Accountability Award
    2021 FSU Office of Distance Learning Innovation Award
    2020 FSU Office of Distance Learning Customer Service Award
    2017 FSU Office of Distance Learning Innovation Award
    2016 FSU Office of Distance Learning Innovation Award
    2013 FSU Excellence in Online Course Design Award
    2013 Honorable Mention FSU Excellence in Online Teaching Award
    2011 Best Philosophy Paper, Third Annual Southeast Regional History Graduate Student Conference
    2009 – 2016 FSU Department of Religion Presentation Grant
    2009 – 2016 FSU Congress of Graduate Students Conference Presentation Grant
    2007 – 2009 Amsterdam Merit Scholarship, Full Tuition, Graduate School of Humanities
    2004 – 2007 Georgia HOPE Tuition Scholarship

Certifications

Organizations/Memberships

    2008 – 2020 European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism
    2006 – 2020 Association for the Study of Esotericism (North America)
    2010 – 2019 American Academy of Religion
    2013 – 2019 American Historical Association

Work Experience

    August 2006 to
    July 2007     		Infotank, LLC., Atlanta, Georgia
    Information Technology Support Engineer
    • Assist in the maintenance of all information technology for largest Presbyterian PCA congregation in the United States
    • Provide support of servers, network, and users on a day-to-day basis
    September 2000 to
    August 2006     		TechDiscovery, LLC., Atlanta, Georgia Information Technology Manager
    • Designed, implemented, and managed Windows 2003 & Cisco based network infrastructure between Atlanta, Georgia and Kiev, Ukraine, with satellite locations in Denver, Colorado, and Austin, Texas.
    • Project management of multiple internal and client based projects
    • Taught numerous internal courses to employees and management on software and network systems
    January 1999 to
    August 1999     		GlobalDoc, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia Localization Manager <
    • Managed projects for adapting software products and documentation for foreign markets for Fortune 500 companies
    • Installed and managed internal local area network
    • Updated and maintained company internet site in five languages
    February 1996 to
    September 2000     		MB Consulting, Inc., Acworth, Georgia
    Owner/President
    • Installed & managed Windows & Macintosh based networks for graphics and publishing companies throughout Southeastern United States
    • Sales & installation of non-English language fonts, graphics & design software, specializing in Asian languages
    • Assisted Apple Computer, Inc., Adobe Systems, Inc. and DiamondSoft, Inc. in prerelease beta testing of non-English language software
    December 1994 to
    February 1996     		Magnolia Studios, Inc., Marietta, Georgia
    Information Systems Manager
    • Oversaw the installation and maintenance of data intensive network for a multi-lingual service company
    • Maintained numerous non-English operating systems, particularly Asian language operating systems
    • Typeset documents in over forty languages, and output client files on a variety of print devices including imagesetters and direct-to-plate printers
    January 1992 to
    December 1994     		ComputerLand/Vanstar National Technical Support Center, Roswell, Georgia
    Help Desk Technical Specialist
    • Lead specialist for Microsoft products and all Macintosh OS, software and hardware support calls
    • Answered end-user support calls for over 40 different software applications for Windows and Macintosh
    • Evaluated and trained new personnel in operational procedures, equipment configuration and use
    • Created internal software applications for call tracking and technical skills tests