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= M. Gail Hamner = M. Gail Hamner is an American scholar, author and a professor at Syracuse University. She currently resides in Syracuse, New York, United States. Hamner is self-described as a Professor of Religion, while also an affiliate in the Faculty of Women and Gender Studies and Film and Screen Studies.

Education
M. Gail Hamner attended Duke University whereupon she finished in 1985 to receive her Undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Biology. She then went on to complete her Masters of Philosophical Theology at Boston University School of Theology in 1989. M. Gail Hamner then went on to obtain her Ph.D in 1985 at Duke University in Religion.

Career
After obtaining her Ph.D, M.Gail Hamner worked at Duke University in which she attended as a Lecturer for the Department of Religion in 1997.

This job was only temporary, and she moved onto Syracuse University the following year. She became an Assistant Professor for the Department of Religion and kept that position up until 2005. Hamner went on to becoming an Associate Professor of Religion at Syracuse University from 2005 until 2013. In 2013, Hamner was then moved up to a Full Professor in her department while still remaining at Syracuse. Hamner still remains there presently.

Affiliated Faculty
Hamner is involved with few faculties at Syracuse. In 2008, she became affiliated with the faculty of Women and Gender Studies. She is also affiliated with the faculty of Film and Screen Studies as of 2015.

University Service Committees
Hamner is part of many different committees at the University of Syracuse. The different committees include:


 * University Classroom Committee (1998-2001)
 * University Curriculum Committee (2005-2007)
 * Faculty Senate (2005-2007) and again (2016-2017)
 * Appointment and Promotions Senate Subcommittee (2016-2017)

Books and Publications
M. Gail Hamner is the author of two books. In 2003, Hamner released her first book American Pragmatism: A Religious Genealogy with the help of Oxford University Press. In this first book, Hamner argues how uniquely American pragmatism really is through the usage of religiosity in America.

In 2012, Hamner published her second book Imaging Religion in Film: The Politics of Nostalgia, through Palgrave Macmillan Publishing. In her second book, Hamner offers a new way to understand religion through film by demonstrating it in ways that do not necessarily correspond with religion. For example, through issues happening in modern day society.

She is now in the process of writing her third manuscript.

Controversies
In 2016, M. Gail Hamner faced backlash for not playing an Israeli film in front of her students and colleagues at a conference. She released an apology through the Syracuse University following the controversy.