Dr. Kent Hallman teaches a number of Sociology courses, directs Sociology Minor, and is the Program Director of the Humanities & Social Sciences Program at Cumberland University. He has cross-disciplinary background in Sociology and Theology/Religious Studies. Having lived in several countries, Dr. Hallman contributes to academic works in several languages, has lectured at a number of universities in Europe and in the United States, and held positions in higher education, healthcare and ministry. Dr. Hallman is passionate about teaching, and his research interests include the sociology of ethnicity/race, culture, religion, folklore, sociolinguistics and diaspora, as well as Jewish Studies and Romani Studies.

His direct ancestors were subjects of ethnological research by a founding social scientist in 19th century Europe, inspiring Dr. Hallman to engage in his own sociological and ethnographic research on religion, culture and identity among diasporic minorities connected to the Middle East, South Asia, Europe and the Americas.