Madeline Duntley came to BGSU in 2005 as a tenured Associate Professor with a joint appointment in Sociology and American Culture Studies. Madeline teaches & publishes in the areas of Sociology of Religion; Japanese American religions; Ritual & Religious Studies theory; Religion in American Culture; Native American religions; Witchcraft; New Religions/New Religious Movements/New Age; religion and marginality; Global Christianity; sacred garments & fashion; popular religion and visual culture. She is currently completing a transatlantic study of Benjamin Franklin and other 18 th century religious misfits and their efforts at ritual reform. She has received research and teaching grants and fellowships from the Louisville Institute/Lilly Endowment, Young Scholars of American Religion/Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.