Portrait of Dr. Joseph Laycock

Dr. Joseph Laycock

  • Associate Professor at Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Expert Witness, TGH Litigation LLC. March 1, 2025 - Present.
  • Organizer, Religious Studies Program Coordinator. January 20, 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. August 20, 2020 - Present.
  • Member, Research Committee. September 1, 2017 - Present.
  • Member, AAR Guide Star for Undergraduate Religious Literacy. 2016 - Present.
  • Editor, Nova Religio. September 1, 2016 - Present.
  • Member, Steering Committee, New Religious Movements Section, American Academy of Religion. January 1, 2016 - Present.
  • Participant, Committee for Creating a New Major in Religious Studies. September 1, 2014 - Present.

2026

  • I submitted a 3,000 word document raising concerns about the methodology and outcome of this inquiry, Inquiry into the recruitment methods and impacts of cults and organised fringe groups, Parliament of Victoria. January 26, 2026.

2017

  • Reviewer / Referee, Palgrave MacMillan. February 2017.

2016

  • Reviewer / Referee, University of California Press. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, University of New Mexico Press. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Routledge. 2016.
  • Member, Advisory Board, ABC-CLIO World Religions database. January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016.