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

  • Lecturer, Stanford Introductory Studies

Administrative Appointments

  • Resident Fellow, Residential Education (2003 - 2022)

Professional Education

  • PhD, Stanford University, Religious Studies and Humanities (2003)
  • MA, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Transpersonal psychology (1995)
  • BA, Stanford University, Social Theory (1985)
  • MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, Film Production (1991)

Contact

  • Academic
    gwatkins@stanford.edu
    University - Academic staff Department: Structured Liberal Education Position: SLE Lecturer
    • SLE office
    • Florence Moore Hall
    • 436 Mayfield Ave.
    • Stanford,  California  94305 

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 3068

2024-25 Courses

All Publications

  • Teaching Religion and Film AAR Teaching Religious Studies Watkins, G. J. edited by Watkins, G. J. Oxford University Press. 2008
  • The Stanford humanities lab: creating a digital, western wheel of life MATERIAL RELIGION Watkins, G. 2006; 2 (2): 260–61

    View details for DOI 10.2752/174322006778053735

    View details for Web of Science ID 000245205400016