Morgan Shipley

Morgan Shipley (Ph.D.) is the Inaugural Foglio Endowed Chair of Spirituality and Chairperson for the Department of Religious Studies at Michigan State University. With a particular interest in how spirituality overlaps with compassionate modes of being and efforts to enhance human well-being and flourishing among people who self-identify as nonreligious or spiritual but not religious, Dr. Shipley’s research focuses on the nature of contemporary spirituality, specifically as the ways humans orient themselves to questions of meaning, purpose, and belonging.