Paul Cassell
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AZ Center 370D 455 N. 3rd St. Phoenix, AZ 85004
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Mail code: 0604Campus: Tempe
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Paul Cassell is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at Arizona State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Science, Philosophy, and Religion from Boston University. His scholarship examines the interplay of human culture, cognition, and the emergence of religious and social structures, with a focus on developing a systems-based theory of religion that draws on emergence theory. He is the author of Religion, Emergence, and the Origins of Meaning (Brill, 2015) and has published in Religions, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Religion, Brain & Behavior, and The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion. He is affiliated with ASU Jewish Studies and the Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity at ASU.
- Ph.D. Religious Studies (Science, Philosophy, and Religion), Boston University. Dissertation: A Semiotic and Emergent Theory of Religious Communities. Supervisor: Wesley Wildman
- M.Ed. Secondary Social Studies Education, University of Virginia.
- B.A. Echols Scholar; minors: Mathematics and Religious Studies, University of Virginia
Cassell's current research explores the evolutionary, biological, and cultural roots of religion in human prehistory, and he is interested in grounding confessional theology within emergent accounts of religion.
Dr. Cassell is a Core Faculty member of the ASU Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, which investigates social dynamics across diverse contexts, ranging from genomes to entire organisms, and from individuals to cultures.
He also participates in the Emergence@ASU research group, sponsored by Beyond: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, which addresses foundational questions regarding the origins and nature of life.
Dr. Cassell is affiliated faculty with the Center for Jewish Studies.
His scholarship examines the interplay of human culture, cognition, and the emergence of religious and social structures, with a focus on developing a systems-based theory of religion that draws on emergence theory. He is the author of Religion, Emergence, and the Origins of Meaning (Brill, 2015) and has published in Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Religion, Brain & Behavior, and The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion. He is affiliated with ASU Jewish Studies and the Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity at ASU.
Courses
2027 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
2026 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
2026 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
2025 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| LST 470 | Liberal Studies Seminar |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| MLS 503 | Ethics, Science, and Culture |
| MLS 503 | Ethics, Science, and Culture |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
| IDS 301 | Becoming Interdisciplinary |
| LST 370 | Dimensions of Liberal Studies |
Dr. Cassell was a Series 7-licensed stockbroker with the Vanguard Investment Group in Scottsdale, AZ.