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Rosalind I. J. Hackett is a Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee. She holds adjunct roles in Anthropology and is an Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape. Her research focuses on African religions, religious pluralism, gender, and media, with current projects on sound as religion and indigenous religious regulation. She has held visiting roles at Harvard Divinity School and University of Groningen.
Education includes a Ph.D. in Religious Studies (University of Aberdeen, 1986), M.Phil. in History and Philosophy of Religion (University of London), and B.A. Honours in French and Religious Studies (University of Leeds, 1973).
Her research interests include new religious movements, religious diversity, and the intersection of religion with human rights, media, and globalization. She co-edited influential works like Proselytization Revisited (2008) and New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa (2015). Recent work explores sound’s role in religious practice, particularly in gender and indigenous contexts.
Rosalind has received an honorary Nigerian chieftaincy title (2019) and served as IAHR President (2005–2015). She is active in ACLARS and CIPSH, advising governments and organizations on African religious trends. She directed the Gulu Study and Service Abroad Program (2011–2014) and promoted international perspectives through campus initiatives.
