Gregory Watkins
SLE Lecturer
Stanford Introductory Studies
Bio
Greg Watkins has taught in Structured Liberal Education (SLE) since 2002 and is a former Associate Director of the program. He has a BA in Social Theory from Stanford University, an MFA in Film Production from UCLA, and a dual PhD in Religious Studies and Humanities, also from Stanford University. Greg's research interests hover around the intersections of film and religion. He currently serves as a lecturer for SLE in a pilot program that provides an online moral philosophy class to students at Title 1 high schools. The course, called "Searching Together for the Common Good," is made possible through a collaboration with Stanford Digital Education and the National Education Equity Lab.
Academic Appointments
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Lecturer, Stanford Introductory Studies
Administrative Appointments
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Resident Fellow, Residential Education (2003 - 2022)
Professional Education
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PhD, Stanford University, Religious Studies and Humanities (2003)
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MA, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Transpersonal psychology (1995)
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BA, Stanford University, Social Theory (1985)
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MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, Film Production (1991)
2024-25 Courses
- Searching Together after the Common Good: An Introduction to Ethics in the Western Tradition
ETHICSOC 22A (Win) - Searching Together after the Common Good: An Introduction to Ethics in the Western Tradition
ETHICSOC 22B (Spr) - Searching Together after the Common Good: An Introduction to Ethics in the Western Tradition
SLE 22A (Win) - Searching Together after the Common Good: An Introduction to Ethics in the Western Tradition
SLE 22B (Spr) - Structured Liberal Education
SLE 91 (Aut) -
Independent Studies (2)
- Directed Reading
SLE 99 (Aut, Win) - Public Service Program
SLE 81 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Directed Reading
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Searching Together after the Common Good: An Introduction to Ethics in the Western Tradition
ETHICSOC 22A (Win) - Searching Together after the Common Good: An Introduction to Ethics in the Western Tradition
ETHICSOC 22B (Spr) - Searching Together after the Common Good: An Introduction to Ethics in the Western Tradition
SLE 22A (Win) - Searching Together after the Common Good: An Introduction to Ethics in the Western Tradition
SLE 22B (Spr) - Structured Liberal Education
SLE 91 (Aut)
2022-23 Courses
- Searching Together after the Common Good: An Introduction to Ethics in the Western Tradition
ETHICSOC 22A (Win) - Searching Together after the Common Good: An Introduction to Ethics in the Western Tradition
ETHICSOC 22B (Spr) - Searching Together after the Common Good: An Introduction to Ethics in the Western Tradition
SLE 22A (Win) - Searching Together after the Common Good: An Introduction to Ethics in the Western Tradition
SLE 22B (Spr) - Structured Liberal Education
SLE 91 (Aut) - Structured Liberal Education
SLE 92 (Win) - Structured Liberal Education
SLE 93 (Spr)
2021-22 Courses
- Searching Together after the Common Good: An Introduction to Ethics in the Western Tradition
ETHICSOC 22, SLE 22 (Win) - Structured Liberal Education
SLE 91 (Aut) - Structured Liberal Education
SLE 92 (Win) - Structured Liberal Education
SLE 93 (Spr) - Teaching SLE
SLE 199 (Spr)
- Searching Together after the Common Good: An Introduction to Ethics in the Western Tradition
All Publications
- Teaching Religion and Film AAR Teaching Religious Studies edited by Watkins, G. J. Oxford University Press. 2008
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The Stanford humanities lab: creating a digital, western wheel of life
MATERIAL RELIGION
2006; 2 (2): 260–61
View details for DOI 10.2752/174322006778053735
View details for Web of Science ID 000245205400016