Rate Professor Josef Sorett

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Josef Sorett earned his BA from Oral Roberts University and his PhD in African American Studies from Harvard University in 2006.

Research Interests: His research explores religion, race, and culture in the Americas, with a focus on African American religious history.

Appointments: Professor of Religion and African American Studies; Dean of Columbia College since 2022.

Publications: Authored Spirit in the Dark: A Religious History of Racial Aesthetics (Oxford University Press, 2016).

Additional Contributions: Frequent contributor to media outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post, and NPR.