Background
Sherkat, Darren Edward was born on December 31, 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Mehdi and Geraldine Francis Sherkat.
Sherkat, Darren Edward was born on December 31, 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Mehdi and Geraldine Francis Sherkat.
Bachelor in Sociology, University Tulsa, 1987. Master of Arts in Sociology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1991.
Assistant, associate professor sociology and religious studies Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1991—2001. Professor sociology Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, since 2001.
Married Alison Christina Watts. Children: Ashley Amber, Jackson Sherkat Watts, Owen Sherkat Watts.