Religious & Theological Studies

Kecia Ali
Assistant 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, School of Theology
BA, Southwest Baptist University; MA, University of Louisville; MPhil, PhD, Yale University

Linda Barnes
Associate Professor, School of Medicine
BA, Smith College; MTS, Harvard Divinity School; MA, PhD, Harvard University

John H. Berthrong
Director, Division of Religious & Theological Studies; Associate Professor of Comparative Theology, School of Theology
BA, University of Kansas; MA, Chicago Theological Seminary; PhD, University of Chicago

Carole R. Bohn
Retired; Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, and Religion, School of Theology; Faculty Advisor, The Danielsen Institute
MTS, Harvard University; MEd, EdD, Boston University

Alisa Bokulich
Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
PhD, University of Notre Dame

Alejandro Botta
Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible, School of Theology
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

James Burns
Assistant Professor, School of Theology
BA, MA, University of St.
Thomas; MDiv, St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity; PhD, Northeastern University

Chai-sik Chung
Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics, School of Theology
BA, Yonsei University; BD, Harvard University Divinity School; PhD, Boston University

Gina Cogan
Assistant Professor of Religion
BA, Georgetown University; MA, New York University; PhD, Columbia University

Alice Cronin-Golomb
Associate Professor of Psychology
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; Director, Core Curriculum, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences and School of Theology
BA, MA, University of Oxford (England); PhD, Harvard University

Paula Fredriksen
William Goodwin Aurelio Professor 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

Michael Grodin
Professor and Director, Law, Medicine, and Ethics Program, School of Public Health;
Professor of Psychiatry, Sociomedical Sciences, and Community Medicine, School of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences

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 Theology & Philosophy of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences and School of Theology; Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
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
Associate Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
MA, New York University; PhD, Columbia University

Deeana Klepper
Chair, Department of Religion;
Associate Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
MA, PhD, Northwestern University

Jennifer W. Knust
Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, School of Theology and College of Arts & Sciences
BS, University of Illinois; MDiv, Union Theological Seminary; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Frank Korom
Professor of Religion and Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, University of Colorado; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Christopher I. Lehrich
Director, Graduate Studies, Division of Religious & Theological Studies; Assistant Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, PhD, University of Chicago

Hillel Levine
Professor of 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 Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Oberlin College; MTS, Harvard Divinity School; PhD, Harvard University

Michael Lyons
Chairman, Psychology Department; Director, Center for Clinical Biopsychology; Professor of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, C.W.
Post University; MA, PhD, University of Louisville

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

Mary Elizabeth Moore
Dean, School of Theology; Professor of Theology & Education, School of Theology
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, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, St. Olaf College; MDiv, Luther Theological Seminary; PhD, Boston University

Stephen Prothero
Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Yale University; MA, PhD, Harvard University

Teena Purohit
Assistant Professor of Religion
BA, Kenyon College; MA, Harvard Divinity School; PhD, Columbia University

Shelly Rambo
Assistant Professor of Theology, School of Theology
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; Co-Director, Center for Global Christianity & Mission
MA, PhD, Yale University

Chris R. Schlauch
Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology and 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
Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, State University of New York; MA, Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies; PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)

Andrew D. J. Shenton
James R. Houghton Scholar of Sacred Music, Assistant Professor of Sacred Music, School of Theology; Assistant Professor of Music, College of Fine Arts and College of Arts & Sciences
BMus, London University; MM, Yale University; AM, PhD, Havard University

C. Allen Speight
Director of Graduate Admissions, College of Arts & Sciences; Associate Professor of Philosophy & Humanities, 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; Assistant Professor of Pastoral Psychology, School of Theology

Bryan Stone
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Theology; 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 and 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
BA, Central College; MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary; PhD, Graduate Theological Union

Karen B. Westerfield Tucker
Professor of Worship, School of Theology
BA, Emory and Henry College; MDiv, Duke University; MA, PhD, University of Notre Dame

Elie Wiesel
University Professor; Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities; Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
MA, Université Paris I (France); LitD, LHD, LHebD, PhD, LLd (hon
)

Wesley J. Wildman
Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics, School of Theology
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; Co-Director, Center for Practical Theology
BA, Yale University; MDiv, PhD, University of Chicago

Deborah Youngman
Assistant Professor of Developmental Studies and Counseling
BA, Pitzer College; MA, Lesley College; EdD, Boston University

Michael Zank
Associate Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
MTHS, Evangelical Church of the Palatinate Speyer am Phein (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

Anthony Barrand
Associate University Professor; Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, University of Keele (England); PhD, Cornell University

Klaus E. Brinkmann
Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
PhD, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Germany)

Tian Yu Cao
Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Peking 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, 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
Professor and Chair of Philosophy Department, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Xavier University; MA, PhD, St. Louis University

Charles Dellheim
Professor, Department of History, College of Arts & Sciences
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

Leslie Epstein
Director, Creative Writing Program, Department of English; Professor of English, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, DFA, Yale University; MA, University of California, Los Angeles

Juliet Floyd
Associate 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 Chair and 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
Assistant Professor of German and Hebrew, 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

Eric Goldstein
Chairman and Professor of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Tufts University; MA, MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; PhD, University of Cambridge (England)

Garth W. Green
Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Religion, School of Theology
BA, University of Arizona; MA, Catholic University of Louvain; MA, PhD, Boston University

Charles Griswold
Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Trinity College; MA, PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Wolfgang Haase
Professor of Classical Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
PhD, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Germany)

Shahla Haeri
Director, Women’s Studies Program; Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Robert Hefner
Director, Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs (CURA); Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, PhD, University of Michigan

Jaakko Hintikka
Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
Cand Phil, Lic Phil, PhD, Helsingin Yliopisto (Finland)

Nicholas Huckle
Preceptor in French, 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

Jefferson T. Kline
Professor of French, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Oberlin College; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Charles Lindholm
University Professor; Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, PhD, Columbia University

Jeffrey Mehlman
University 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)

Susan Mizruchi
Professor of English, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Washington University; PhD, Princeton University

Augustus R. Norton
Professor of International Relations and Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, University of Miami; PhD, University of Chicago

Elizabeth Prodromou
Assistant Professor, Department of International Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Tufts University; MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; MA, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bruce Redford
University Professor; Professor of Art History; Professor of English, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Brown University; BA, King’s College, University of Cambridge (England); PhD, Princeton University

Jon H. Roberts
Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, University of Missouri; AM, PhD, Harvard University

Stanley Rosen
Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy
BA, PhD, University of Chicago

Stephen P. Scully
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; Associate University Professor; Associate Professor of English; Associate Professor of Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures, College of Arts & Sciences and Graduate School
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 Weller
Professor and Chair of Anthropology Department
PhD, Johns Hopkins University

James R. Wiseman
Director, Center for Archaeological Studies; Professor of Archaeology, Classical Studies, and Art History, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, University of Missouri; AM, PhD, University of Chicago

Emeriti

Louis Aikman
Professor Emeritus of Education
BS, Central Normal College; MS, Indiana State University; EdD, Columbia University

Peter L. Berger
University Professor Emeritus; Professor Emeritus of the Sociology of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences and Graduate School, School of Theology; Director, Institute for the Study of Economic Culture; Director, Institute for Religion and World Affairs
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 Mason
University Professor Emeritus; Professor Emeritus of Religion and History, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, AM, PhD, Harvard University

Merlin Swartz
Professor Emeritus of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Eastern Mennonite College; BD, Goshen College; PhD, Harvard University