Chad Thralls, Ph.D.

Teaching Fellow
Core Curriculum

Chad Thralls is a Teaching Fellow in the Core Curriculum. His research interests include Christian contemplative spirituality and mysticism, spirituality and place, and comparative theology (especially Christianity and Zen Buddhism).

Dr. Thralls brings his research interest in contemplative spirituality into the classroom. In all of his courses, he offers instruction on how to meditate and begins each class session with meditation, which offers students a moment to pause in the middle of their demanding daily schedules.

Undergraduate and graduate courses he has taught include History of Christian Spirituality 1 and 2, Christian Mysticism, Contemporary Christian Spirituality, Meditation: East/West, and Zen Buddhism.