1. EDEN CONSENSTEIN
160 Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
ec1938@nyu.edu
EDUCATION
M.A Religious Studies, New York University, June 2015 GPA: 3.97 (expected)
Thesis Advisors: Angela Zito and Adam Becker
Forthcoming Master’s thesis will examine the representation of American religious
minorities on reality television shows including Sister Wives, Breaking Amish and Long
Island Medium.
B.A University of Toronto, June 2011 overall GPA: 3.3
Specialization in Religious Studies subject GPA: 3.7
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Departmental Fellowship, New York University, Religious Studies Program,
Fall and Spring 2014
Departmental Fellowship, New York University, Religious Studies Program,
Fall and Spring 2013
Undergraduate degree conferred “with distinction,” University of Toronto,
June 2011
TEACHING
Religious Studies Program, New York University, Course Assistant
Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion, Professor Patton Burchett, Fall 2014.
§ Led a weekly tutorial group of undergraduate Religious Studies majors and minors
and attended lectures twice weekly.
§ Graded weekly reading responses. Assigned readings included classic works by
Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Karl Marx, Michel Foucault and Talal Asad.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Making Mass Market Meditation.” Ways of Knowing: Third Annual Graduate
Conference on Religion, Harvard Divinity School, October 2014.
“Charles Poyen, American Mesmerist.” 20th
Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate
Conference: In/ Tangibility: The Mystical, The Material and the Messy In Between,
Concordia University, March 2014.

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Eden Consenstein, pg 2
ONLINE PUBLICTIONS
“We Don’t Go Weird: Sister Wives Takes the Strange out of Polygamy,” The Revealer:
A Review of Religion and Media. April 8 2014.
www.therevealer.org/archives/19216
“New Age Now,” Volume One Brooklyn. March 27 2013.
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2013/03/27/new-age-now/
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Interfaith Center of New York
Education Programs Assistant Fall 2012- Summer 2013
§ Managed enrollment and logistics for courses about New York City’s religious
diversity aimed at public employees. Projects included the Annual Religious
Diversity and Social Work series and programing about religion in public schools.
§ Copy edited and wrote abstracts of syllabi generated during the 2012 Religious
Worlds of New York Summer Institute, an annual teacher- training course on
teaching religion in high schools and middle schools, sponsored by the National
Endowment for the Humanities.
Strategic Analysis Intern Summer 2012
§ Researched interfaith organizations nationwide to identify Interfaith Center of
New York’s unique concerns and national niche.
§ Interviewed donors and program participants to identify areas for improvement
and synthesized responses into a comprehensive report for the board of directors.
§ Administered large- scale online surveys of past program participants and
reported results to senior staff.
University of Toronto Libraries
Student Archive Assistant Winter 2009- Spring 2011
§ Used preservation techniques to appropriately store rare books, newspapers,
VHS, vinyl and film, updated online system to reflect correct storage locations.
§ Scanned and archived back issues of academic journals.
The Saeculum
Editorial Board Member Fall 2008- Spring 2011
§ Selected student submissions for publication in Religious Studies undergraduate journal.
§ Chose artwork and identified a monthly theme based on selected submissions.
§ Worked with authors to copy edit and improve work before publication.
PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS
American Academy of Religion