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Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger is an American academic.

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger was born to Ramoth Isabel ((née Lowe) and Edward Burkhalter, who were both missionaries for the Mennonite Commission on Overseas Mission.[1] Raised in India, she studied at Woodstock School (class of 1970) in Landour, a hill station in the state of Uttarakhand.[2]

In 2014, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Religion.[3]

Her husband Michael Flueckiger has worked as a physician at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital.[1][4] Her brother-in-law Jonathan P. Larson is a memorist who wrote Making Friends Among the Taliban.[1][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ramoth Burkhalter's work lives on in India". Mennonite Mission Network. September 1, 2010. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "Hanifl Centre's 2022 Alumni Trek". Quadrangle. Woodstock School. 2022. p. 65.
  3. ^ "Joyce Flueckiger". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "Michael Flueckiger". Georgia Bikes. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  5. ^ "Making Friends Among the Taliban". Menno Media. Retrieved December 25, 2024.