Sumner Twiss

Who is Sumner Twiss?

Dr. Sumner Twiss is Distinguished Professor of Human Rights, Ethics, and Religion at Florida State University, where he holds a joint appointment between the Department of Religion and the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights. He has also served as a Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University. He is a leading authority on theories of religion and comparative religious ethics, and serves as Co-Editor of the Journal of Religious Ethics and Senior Editor of a book series, Advancing Human Rights.

He is the recipient of numerous awards, including Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Society for Values in Higher Education; Fellow of the Institute of Society, Ethics, and the Life-Sciences; National Endowment for the Humanities Award to co-direct a Summer Seminar for College Teachers; and a Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Award for International Scholarly Exchange.