
简介
Diana Walsh Pasulka是一位美国作家,也是北卡罗来纳大学威尔明顿分校的宗教学教授。她因在宗教、技术和文化交叉领域的研究而广受认可,尤其关注对不明飞行物(UFO)和外星生命的信仰如何与历史上的宗教运动相呼应。她的作品将学术严谨性与大众好奇心相结合,使她成为学术界和主流媒体都争相邀请的发言人。
作为《American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology》和《Encounters》的作者,Pasulka已成为解读现代未知遭遇如何重塑精神格局的重要学者。她经常出现在Lex Fridman Show和The Joe Rogan Experience等知名播客上,她的见解也曾被《纽约时报》报道。她目前的重点仍是教学、写作以及就探索超自然现象的项目提供咨询。
早年生活与背景
Diana Walsh Pasulka在加州一个世俗家庭长大,母亲是犹太人,父亲是爱尔兰罗马天主教徒。这种混合的宗教背景激发了她对信仰体系的早期好奇,尽管她的家人在家中并不信教。她曾形容自己的童年富有智力上的刺激,但并非特别精神化。
她选择了明确的学术道路追求高等教育:在加州大学戴维斯分校获得文学学士学位,随后在伯克利的Graduate Theological Union获得文学硕士学位,并在雪城大学获得哲学博士学位。她的博士论文研究了宗教历史和现象,为她后来关注超自然现象和技术奠定了基础。在加入北卡罗来纳大学威尔明顿分校教职之前,她曾在多所高等院校任教,并发展了关于炼狱和上升叙事的 M88 体育研究,这构成了她第一本书的基础。
她的早期学术生涯因2009年获得Teaching American History Grant而备受瞩目,她担任该项目首席研究员三年。这段经历磨练了她将历史宗教概念与当代文化问题联系起来的能力,为她后来探索UFO信仰奠定了基础。
职业发展
Pasulka的突破性进展出现在2014年,她出版了《Heaven Can Wait》,这是一项关于炼狱的研究,考察了来世和前往其他世界的旅程的观念是如何演变的。这本书确立了她作为一位愿意以学术严谨性来处理形而上学话题的学者的地位。
2015年至2019年,她担任北卡罗来纳大学威尔明顿分校哲学与宗教系主任,这一职位扩大了她在该领域的影响力。2019年,她出版了《American Cosmic》,书中论证了UFO信仰是一种新的宗教运动。这本书在学术界之外引起了广泛共鸣,吸引了硅谷和更广泛公众的关注。她的续作《Encounters》(2023年11月)深入探讨了创造、幻象和非人类智能的模式,进一步巩固了她的声誉。
Pasulka曾在Guggenheim NYC等场所展示她的研究成果,并为《招魂》(The Conjuring) 等电影提供咨询。她还出现在Lex Fridman Podcast和The Joe Rogan Experience上,将她的作品传播给数百万听众。截至2026年,她继续教学和写作,并通过媒体露面和公开演讲,使她的研究触及新的受众。
职业生涯年表
公众形象与风格
名气与粉丝圈
Diana Walsh Pasulka is not currently ranked in iFANN's published lists, no Global Top 1,000 placement, no Top-100 scope ranking. As of August 2026, the Global Fame Engine has evaluated her, but she holds no numeric position, a status shared by many academics whose influence runs deep in niche circles without translating into global search and media metrics.
Her fandom, such as it is, has no formal name. There is no documented fanbase, no organized campaigns, no fan-coined nicknames. What she has instead is a loyal audience of podcast listeners, readers, and conference-goers who treat her as a kind of intellectual guide, people who found her through American Cosmic or a viral interview and stayed for the way she makes the strange feel scholarly. They don't call themselves anything, but they show up: they buy the books, they fill the lecture halls, they send the clips to friends who still think UFOs are a joke.
In the absence of a fandom structure, her public moments have become the lore. The Jacques Vallée anecdote, Vallée handing her a book on Satan during a meeting, has become a story her listeners retell, a perfect capsule of her willingness to walk into the weirdest corners of her field. And the 2026 media cycle that repeatedly framed her as the voice of 'UFO religion', from the Washington Post to El País, has made her a recurring character in the national conversation, even if no one has given her a fan club.
趣闻与传奇
Pasulka has been called a "celebrity crush" by Lex Fridman, a playful nod to her frequent podcast appearances. She often quotes David Bowie's line that "the internet is an alien life form," which she finds fitting for her research. She has also referenced the movie Fight Club when describing the secretive researchers she calls "the invisibles" or the "UFO fight club." In her personal life, she is a practicing Roman Catholic, a detail that informs her perspective on religious phenomena. She has visited purported UFO crash sites in New Mexico and explored Vatican archives for her work. She is also the mother of five adult children, balancing a demanding academic career with a large family.
One story that has become part of her public mythology involves Jacques Vallée handing her a book on Satan during their interactions, a moment she has recounted in interviews, illustrating the unexpected intersections of her research with occult themes. Another defining moment came in 2026, when mainstream outlets repeatedly framed her as a prophet of "UFO religion," with the New York Times publishing her opinion piece asking "What if the Government Believes in U.F.O.s More Than You Do?", a high-profile peak in her media presence.
著名语录
“Belief in UFOs is very similar to that of the early Christian community.”
“The internet is an alien life form.”
家庭与个人生活
重要关系
恋情与交往史
2026年薪资与身价
奖项与荣誉
代表作
American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology
2019 · 作者
Encounters
2023 · 作者
Heaven Can Wait
2014 · 作者
关键词
来源
速览
- 职业
- writer, university teacher, religious studies scholar
- 性别
- 女
- Education
- B.A. University of California, Davis; M.A. Graduate Theological Union; Ph.D. Syracuse University
- Children
- 5
个人资料
- 子女
- 5
- 教育
- B.A. University of California, Davis; M.A. Graduate Theological Union; Ph.D. Syracuse University
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