Roy Whitaker
On Sabbatical (Spring 2025)
Office: AL-670 | Email: [email protected]
Dr. Whitaker obtained a master’s degree at Princeton Theological Seminary and Harvard Divinity School and a Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate University. As a scholar of contemporary religion, his current research interests include new, emergent, and alternative forms of religiosity and spirituality in Black America. In his free time, Dr. Whitaker enjoys hiking, tennis, half-marathons, and live concerts.
- Philosophy of religion
- Hip hop religion
- Comparative religion
- “World Religions” (REL-S 101)
- “Hip Hop and Religion” (REL-S 356)
“Diaspora Sound: The Movement of Transnational Hip-Hop (Freestyle Remix)” in Amir Issaa’s This Is What I Live For: An Afro-Italian Hip-Hop Memoir.