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Carol Duncan

3M National Teaching Fellow; Director, Laurier-University of Waterloo PhD program in Religious Studies; Professor, Religion and Culture
cduncan@wlu.ca
Waterloo, Ontario
Faculty of Arts
Carol Duncan is an expert in African immigrants culture and religion, Black church studies in Canada, Black religious studies, Caribbean immigrants culture and religion, Caribbean religions in transnational and diasporic contexts, religion and popular culture, spiritual Baptist religion and women's and gender studies.

Areas of Expertise

  • Africa: History, Politics, Culture
  • Black Studies
  • Feminism and Gender Studies
  • Race and Racism
  • Religion

Biography

I am a professor of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University and director of the joint Laurier-University of Waterloo PhD program in Religious Studies. I hold a doctorate in Sociology from York University. I have an MA in Sociology from York University and BA in Sociology from the University of Toronto.

My research focuses on Black Church studies in Canada, Caribbean religions in transnational and diasporic contexts, religion and popular culture and women’s and gender studies. I held a fellowship in the Women’s Studies in Religion Program and served as a visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School. I served as an academic consultant and appear in the award-winning documentary Seeking Salvation: A History of the Black Church in Canada (Travesty Productions, 2004). I have written numerous articles and chapters, in addition to the books I have authored and edited.

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