Religious & Theological Studies
Kecia Ali
Associate Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Stanford University; MA, PhD, Duke University
Nancy Ammerman
Chair, Department of Sociology; Professor of Sociology of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences and School of Theology
BA, Southwest Baptist University; MA, University of Louisville; MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Linda Barnes
Associate Professor, School of Medicine and College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Smith College; MTS, Harvard Divinity School; MA, PhD, Harvard University
John H. Berthrong
Deputy Director, Division of Religious & Theological Studies; Associate Professor of Comparative Theology, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
BA, University of Kansas; MA, Chicago Theological Seminary; PhD, University of Chicago
Alejandro Botta
Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Diploma de Estudios Avanzados, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain); Licenciatura en Teología, Instituto Universitario ISEDET (Argentina); Licenciatura en Historia, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina); BTh, Instituto Bíblico de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Christopher B. Brown
Assistant Professor of Church History, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, PhD, Harvard University; MDiv, Concordia Seminary
Gina Cogan
Assistant Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Georgetown University; MA, New York University; PhD, Columbia University
Alice Cronin-Golomb
Associate Professor of Psychology; Director, Vision & Cognition Laboratory; Director, Center for Clinical Biopsychology at Boston University, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Wesleyan University; PhD, California Institute of Technology
Katheryn Pfisterer Darr
Professor of Hebrew Bible, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Kentucky Wesleyan College; MA, PhD, Vanderbilt University
M. David Eckel
Assistant Dean and Program Director, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences; and Associate Professor, School of Theology
BA, MA, University of Oxford (England); PhD, Harvard University
Christopher H. Evans
Professor of History of Christianity and Methodist Studies, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
AB, Syracuse University; MDiv, Boston University; PhD, Northwestern University
Walter E. Fluker
Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Ethical Leadership, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Trinity College; MDiv, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary; PhD, Boston University
David Frankfurter
Director of Graduate Studies, Division of Religious & Theological Studies; William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of the Appreciation of Scripture
BA, Wesleyan University; MTS, Harvard Divinity School; MA, PhD, Princeton University
Paula Fredriksen
Professor of Religion; William Goodwin Aurelio Chair Emerita of the Appreciation of Scripture, College of Arts & Sciences and School of Theology
BA, Wellesley College; Theology Diploma, University of Oxford (England); PhD, Princeton University (on leave through Sept. 2013)
Michael A. Grodin
Director, Project on Medicine and the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies; Professor of Bioethics & Human Rights, School of Public Health; Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry, School of Medicine and College of Arts & Sciences
MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Shahla Haeri
Director, Women’s Studies Program; Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
John Hart
Professor of Christian Ethics, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Marist College; STM, MPhil, PhD, Union Theological Seminary
Ray L. Hart
Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences and School of Theology
BA, University of Texas; BD, Southern Methodist University; PhD, Yale University
Emily Hudson
Assistant Professor of Religion
BA, University of Texas; MA, St. John’s College Graduate Institute; MA, University of Chicago; PhD, Emory University
Steven T. Katz
Director, Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies; Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Rutgers University; MA, New York University; PhD, University of Cambridge (England)
Jonathan Klawans
Director, Division of Religious & Theological Studies; Associate Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
MA, New York University; PhD, Columbia University
Deeana Klepper
Associate Professor of Religion and History, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Northland College; MA, PhD, Northwestern University
Jennifer W. Knust
Associate Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences; Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, School of Theology
BS, University of Illinois; MDiv, Union Theological Seminary; MA, PhD, Columbia University
Frank J. Korom
Professor of Religion and Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, University of Colorado; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Lance Laird
Associate Professor of Family Medicine & Pediatrics, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences and School of Medicine; Director, Boston Healing Landscape Project; Director, Masters Program in Medical Anthropology and Cross Cultural Practice
BA, University of Virginia; MDiv, Baptist Seminaries in Kentucky and Switzerland; ThD, Harvard Divinity School
Christopher I. Lehrich
Assistant Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, PhD, University of Chicago
Hillel Levine
Professor of Sociology and Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Queen’s College; MHL, Jewish Theological Seminary of America; MA, New School for Social Research; PhD, Harvard University
Diana Lobel
Associate Director of Graduate Studies, Division of Religious & Theological Studies; Associate Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Oberlin College; MTS, Harvard Divinity School; PhD, Harvard University
Henry Marcucella
Professor of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, Northeastern University; AM, PhD, Boston University
Thomas Michael
Assistant Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Portland State University; MA, PhD, Harvard University
Susan Mizruchi
Professor of English, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Washington University; PhD, Princeton University
Mary Elizabeth Moore
Dean, School of Theology; Professor of Theology & Education, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, Southern Methodist University; MA, PhD, Claremont School of Theology
Robert C. Neville
Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology, College of Arts & Sciences and School of Theology
BA, MA, PhD, Yale University; DD, Lehigh University
Alan Olson
Professor of Religion and Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, St. Olaf College; MDiv, Luther Theological Seminary; PhD, Boston University
Anthony Petro
Assistant Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Georgia State University; MA, The University of Chicago; PhD, Princeton University
Stephen Prothero
Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Yale University; MA, PhD, Harvard University
Teena Purohit
Assistant Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Kenyon College; MA, Harvard Divinity School; PhD, Columbia University
Shelly Rambo
Assistant Professor of Theology, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Houghton College; MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary; STM, Yale Divinity School; PhD, Emory University
Dana L. Robert
Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and Mission, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences; Co-Director, Center for Global Christianity & Mission
MA, PhD, Yale University
Jon H. Roberts
Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, University of Missouri; AM, PhD, Harvard University
Chris R. Schlauch
Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology & Religion, and Psychology of Religion, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences; Coordinator, Counseling Psychology and Religion, Division of Religious & Theological Studies
BA, Rutgers University; MDiv, Yale University; PhD, University of Chicago
Adam Seligman
Acting Chair and Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences; Research Associate, Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs
BA, State University of New York; MA, Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies; PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
C. Allen Speight
Director of Graduate Admissions, College of Arts & Sciences; Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences; Director, Institute for Philosophy & Religion
BA, St. John’s University; PhD, University of Chicago
George Stavros
Executive Director, Albert and Jesse Danielsen Institute; Clinical Director of the Counseling Psychology & Religion Program; Assistant Professor of Pastoral Psychology and Religion, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
BS, Purdue University; MDiv, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology; PhD, Boston University
Bryan Stone
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Theology; James K. and Eunice Matthews Chair; E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences; Co-Director, Center for Practical Theology
BA, Southern Nazarene University; MDiv, Nazarene Theological Seminary; PhD, Southern Methodist University
James Christopher Walters
Associate Professor of New Testament & Christian Origins, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MAR, Harding University; MTh, Harding Graduate School of Religion; PhD, Boston University
Kirk Wegter-McNelly
Assistant Professor of Theology, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Central College; MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary; PhD, Graduate Theological Union
Karen B. Westerfield Tucker
Professor of Worship, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Emory and Henry College; MDiv, Duke University; MA, PhD, University of Notre Dame
Elie Wiesel
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities; Professor of Philosophy and Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
MA, Université Paris I (France); LitD, LHD, LHebD, PhD, LLd (hon
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Wesley J. Wildman
Professor of Theology and Ethics, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Flinders University (Australia); BD, University of Sydney (Australia); PhD, Graduate Theological Union
Claire Wolfteich
Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Spiritual Formation, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences; Co-Director, Center for Practical Theology
BA, Yale University; MDiv, PhD, University of Chicago
Michael Zank
Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
STM, Speyer am Rhein (Germany); PhD, Brandeis University
Affiliated Faculty
Clifford Backman
Associate Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, University of Minnesota; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Alisa Bokulich
Director, Center for Philosophy & History of Science; Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
PhD, University of Notre Dame
Tian Yu Cao
Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Beijing University (China); PhD, University of Cambridge (England)
William C. Carroll
Professor of English, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, Oberlin College; MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Dennis Costa
Associate Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature; Head of Italian Section, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Fordham University; MA, Cornell University; MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Jeffrey P. Coulter
Professor of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Durham University (England); MA, PhD, Victoria University of Manchester (England)
Daniel Dahlstrom
Department of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Xavier University; MA, PhD, St. Louis University
Charles Dellheim
Chair and Professor, Department of History, College of Arts & Sciences; Director, Kilachand Honors College
BA, State University of New York, Binghamton; MA, PhD, Yale University
Barbara Diefendorf
Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Juliet Floyd
Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Wellesley College; PhD, Harvard University
Aaron Fogel
Associate Professor of English, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Columbia College; BA, MA, University of Cambridge (England); PhD, Columbia University
Aaron Garrett
Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
PhD, New School for Social Research
Irene Gendzier
Professor of Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, Barnard College; MA, PhD, Columbia University
Abigail Gillman
Director of Undergraduate Studies and Assistant Professor of German and Hebrew; Head of Hebrew Program, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Yale; PhD, Cornell University
Thomas Glick
Professor of History and Gastronomy, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, PhD, Harvard University; MA, Columbia University
Erik Goldstein
Professor of International Relations and History, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Tufts University; MA, MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; PhD, University of Cambridge (England)
Charles Griswold
Director of Graduate Studies and Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Trinity College; MA, PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Robert Hefner
Director, Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs (CURA); Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, PhD, University of Michigan
Nicholas Huckle
Senior Lecturer in French, Head, French Language Program, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Sheffield University (England); MA, Boston University; PhD, Brown University
Victor Kestenbaum
Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences; Associate Professor of Education, School of Education
AB, EdD, Rutgers University; MAT, Trenton State College
T. Jefferson Kline
Professor of French, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Oberlin College; MA, PhD, Columbia University
Charles Lindholm
Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, PhD, Columbia University
Jeffrey Mehlman
Professor of French, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, Harvard University; PhD, Yale University
Krzysztof Michalski
Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences; Director, Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (Austria)
PhD, Uniwersytet Warszawski (Poland)
Augustus R. Norton
Professor of International Relations and Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, University of Miami; PhD, University of Chicago
Bruce Redford
Professor of History of Art & Architecture; Professor of English, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Brown University; BA, King’s College, University of Cambridge (England); PhD, Princeton University
Stanley Rosen
Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, PhD, University of Chicago
Stephen P. Scully
Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Classical Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, New York University; MA, University of North Carolina; PhD, Brown University
Rosanna Warren
Emma Ann MacLachlan Professor in the Humanities; Professor of English; Associate Professor of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
BA, Yale University; MA, Johns Hopkins University
Roye E. Wates
Professor of Music, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Birmingham-Southern College; PhD, Yale University
Robert P. Weller
Chair and Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Emeriti
Peter L. Berger
Professor Emeritus; College of Arts & Sciences and School of Theology
BA, Wagner College; MA, PhD, New School for Social Research
Geoffrey Hill
University Professor Emeritus; Professor Emeritus of Literature and Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, DLitt (hon), Hon Fellow, Keble College, University of Oxford (England)
Livia Kohn
Professor Emerita of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences; Associate Director, Division of Religious & Theological Studies
Dr habil, Georg-August Universität Göttingen (Germany); PhD, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn (Germany)
Carter Lindberg
Professor Emeritus of Church History, School of Theology
AB, Augustana College; BD, Lutheran School of Theology; PhD, State University of Iowa
Herbert W. Mason
Professor Emeritus, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, AM, PhD, Harvard University
Merlin L. Swartz
Professor Emeritus, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Eastern Mennonite College; BD, Goshen College; PhD, Harvard University
