Seth Schermerhorn

Vice President of the Board of Directors

Seth is Associate Professor & Director of American Studies at Hamilton College. He is the author of Walking to Magdalena: Personhood and Place in Tohono O’odham Songs, Sticks, and Stories, which was co-published by the University of Nebraska Press and the American Philosophical Society in 2019. He is also the co-editor of Movement and Indigenous Religions, which was published by Routledge in 2024. He is the founding editor of Indigenous Religious Traditions.

“I started working with BCA in 2019 as a consultant as BCA was making Pilgrimage to Magdalena, an award-winning film that is, hands down, the best and single most accessible introduction to the Magdalena pilgrimage. It’s been a wonderful experience and I’m honored to become more deeply involved in BCA’s work as a board member.