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PROFESSOR GARY D. BOUMA AM

Emeritus Professor of Sociology, and UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations-Asia Pacific< Monash University.
President, Australian Association for the Study of Religions

Born 21 February, 1942, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Citizen of both Australia and the United States of America

Telephone: Office - IDD + 61 + 3 + 9903-4587 f
Mobile – 0409 234 960

(b) EDUCATION:
Western Michigan University, 1960 1961
B.A. Calvin College, 1963
Major: Greek and Philosophy
M.Div. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1966
Majors: History of Dogma and Church and Society
Thesis: The Complementarity of Married SeminaryCouples' Conceptions of the Role of the Minister's Wife
M.A. Cornell University, 1968
Majors: Social Psychology & Occupations and professions
Research Paper: Activity as a Determinant of Person Perception
Ph.D. Cornell University, 1970
Major: Social Organisation and Change
Thesis: Is There a Religious Factor?

(d) PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS:

Professor of Sociology, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, 1995-2007.
Head, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, 2004-6
Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research and Development), Monash University, 2002-4
Associate Dean of Arts (Research), Faculty of Arts, Monash University 1998 - 2002.
Research Professor of Sociology, School of Humanities, Communications and Social Science, Gippsland Campus, Monash University. 2001-2002.
Visiting Scholar, Centre for Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, 1998-2001.
Visiting Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University 1994-99.
Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Monash University, 1989-1995.
Acting Professor and Acting Head, Department of Social Work, Monash University, 1993-4.
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Monash University, 1982-1989
Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Monash University, 1979-1982
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1975 1979
Visiting Fellow, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1977 1978
Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1975 1977
Sessional Lecturer in Church and Society, The Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1971 1979
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1970 1975
Instructor, Summer and Evening Division, Elmira College, Elmira, New York 1968 1970

(e) HONORIFICS and AWARDS

2013 Awarded an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) for services to sociology, interfaith relations and the Anglican Church of Australia.
‘Excellence in Promoting Interfaith Harmony’ Award, Australian Intercultural Society 2008.
‘First Prize in Christian Theology’ for books published in 2006, for Australian Soul. Religion and Spirituality in the 21st Century, Cambridge University Press. Awarded by The Australasian Theological Forum.
‘Faculty of Arts Award for Excellence in Research Supervision – 2004’, Monash University. Awarded 2005
‘Bringing Australians Together Award’, Affinity, 2004, for major contribution to interfaith harmony.
‘Building Bridges’ Award, Australian Intercultural Society, 2003 for life-long commitment to and work for the promotion of Interreligious harmony.
Who’s Who in Australia – listed since 1977
FAICD, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2003 –
Fellow, Mannix College, elected 2003 -
Omicron Delta Nu – National Honor Society, 1963
Phone: +61 409 234 960
Address: 102/461 St Kilda Rd
Melbourne VIC 3004
AUSTRALIA

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