Dr. Sheila A. Otieno (STH’21) Honored with Endowed Professorship at Elon University
The following is an excerpt from the Today at Elon article “Five Elon faculty members honored with endowed professorships” by Trajan Warren, featuring alum Dr. Sheila A. Otieno (STH’21), published on August 15, 2023.
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Sheila Otieno has been honored with the Distinguished Emerging Scholar in Religious Studies professorship.
Otieno teaches religion and religious ethics focusing on African and African American religion. As a comparative ethicist, her research and teaching areas center on alternative belonging and indigenous epistemologies, particularly those which generate social change and transform moral behavior.