Professor Stockman obtained his Master's degree and doctorate in
Religious Studies from Harvard University, where he specialized in history of
religion in the United States. He is the author of The Bahá'í Faith in
America, volumes 1 and 2, which cover Bahá'í events in the United States
from 1892 to 1900 and 1901 to 1912 respectively; Thornton Chase: The First
American Bahá'í; `Abdu'l-Bahá in
America, a volume that reviews `Abdu'l-Bahá’s 8-month journey across North
America; the Bahá'í Faith: A Guide for
the Perplexed, which is an introductory text and part of Bloomsbury’s
“Guide for the Perplexed” series; various articles and book reviews on Bahá'í
history and theology published in
a number of journals, including The
Journal of Baha’i Studies, Baha’i Studies Review, World Order, Iranian Studies,
Nova Religio, and Religion; and numerous encyclopedia articles on the
Bahá'í Faith, including articles in the Bahá'í Encyclopedia.
He has lectured on
Bahá'í topics across the United States
and in Europe, Russia, Ukraine, and Israel,
and is a frequent contributor to Bahá'í panels at the American Academy
of Religion. He was an instructor of religious studies at DePaul University in
Chicago 1990-2012 and currently teaches religious studies at Indiana University
South Bend. He has been Director of the Wilmette Institute, the Bahá'í online
educational agency, since 2000. He has served on the editorial boards of the
Bahá'í Encyclopedia Project, Journal of
Bahá'í Studies, and World Order magazine