Faculty
Nikki Bado Fralick
Associate Professor
Religious Studies
423 Catt Hall
Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-0054
Email:nikkibf@iastate.edu
Home Page: www.public.iastate.edu/~nikkibf/
Education
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Research and Teaching Interests
Introduction to World Religions
Religions in America
Women and Religion
Buddhism
Theory and Method in Religious Studies
Introduction to Women's Studies
Feminist Theories
Seminar on Goddess Spirituality
Introduction to Folklore
Honors Course on the DaVinci Code
Selected Publications
Research in Progress
"Why Witches Still Scare Scholars." Being considered
for publication in The Pomegranate: The International Journal
of Pagan Studies.
Selected Publications
"With this Very Body: What Kukai Has to Teach Us about
Ritual Pedagogy." Educations and Their Purposes: A Philosophical
Dialogue among Cultures, University of Hawaii Press.
Coming to the Edge of the Circle: A Wiccan Initiation Ritual.
New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals.
New York, London: Routledge Press, 2004. Frank A. Salamone, Editor.
Nikki Bado-Fralick, Sabina Magliocco, and Dan Smith, Associate Editors.
"Mapping the Wiccan Ritual Landscape: Circles of Transformation,"
in Folklore Forum, 33.1/2 (2002): 45-65.
"A Turning on the Wheel of Life: Wiccan Rites of Death,"
in Folklore Forum, 29.1 (1998): 3-22.
Courses Syllabi
Philosophy
316 - Fall 2005
Professional Acitivity
American Academy of Religion:
New Religions Movements Chair (Midwest Region), 1999-
Past President (Midwest Region)
Ritual Studies Co-Chair (National), 2001-
American Folklore Society
Journal of Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft, Editorial Board
National Women's Studies Association Journal, Advisory Board
