Events2020 Annual MeetingYour AAR staff continues to work toward holding the Annual Meeting in Boston, Nov. 21-24, 2020. We are aware of the uncertainty and contradictory projections related to the COVID-19 pandemic and with health and safety as a priority, we will continue monitoring the guidance of governments and health experts as we plan and make decisions. Should any changes need to be made related to the 2020 Annual Meeting, we will promptly notify you. 2020 Regional MeetingsOpen Registration: All remaining regional meetings for 2020 have been canceled |
Jack FitzmierProject ConsultantJack Fitzmier served as the Executive Director of the American Academy of Religion from 2006 – 2018. He is currently service as Project Consultant. Prior to his work at the AAR, he served as Professor of American Religious History, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Dean at the Claremont School of Theology (1999–2005) and Associate Dean at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School (1989–1998). He attended the University of Pittsburgh (BS, 1973), Gordon Conwell Seminary (MDiv, summa cum laude, 1981) and Princeton University (MA, 1983; PhD, 1986). His scholarly interests are in the history of American religious thought from the Puritans through the mid-nineteenth century. He is the author of The Presbyterians (Greenwood, 1993, 1994, and 2004), with Professor Randall Balmer, and New England’s Moral Legislator: Timothy Dwight, 1752–1817 (Indiana University Press, 1999). Jack is an avid amateur astronomer, and when he is not attending to his AAR duties you can find him working on observing programs and astrophotography at his favorite dark sky site. Jack and his wife, Martha, have two grown children—Dan, who is the Director of Forensics at Northwestern University’s School of Communication, and Kate, who is a sales representative for Eagle Optics Corporation in Madison, Wisconsin.
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