Dr. David Feltmate is Professor of Sociology at Auburn University at Montgomery. He is a sociologist of religion by training and researches the intersections of religion, popular culture, and ideology in the United States of America with a particular focus on humor. Dr. Feltmate is the author of two books on religion and humor; Drawn to the Gods: Religion and Humor in The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy (New York University Press 2017) and Religion and Humour: An Introduction (Routledge 2024) and various articles and edited book chapters. He is also the editor of the Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, the series editor for the Wiley series in Religion and Popular Culture, and a co-chair of the Religion and Popular Culture Unit at the American Academy of Religion. Dr. Feltmate teaches courses at all levels to AUM students, including Introduction to Sociology (SOCI 2000), Social Problems (SOCI 2010), Human Sexuality (SOCI 2050), World Religions (RELI 2010), Social Theory (SOCI 3000), and Sociology of Religion (SOCI 4360) to undergraduate students and Social Theory (SOCI 6000) and World Religions and Terrorism (HSEM 6320) at the graduate level. He has also taught a variety of special topics courses, such as Religion and Popular Culture and Cults and New Religious Movements. He is also a martial arts instructor at The Martial Arts Center in Pike Road, AL.