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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tKecia Ali<\/h6>\n\t\t
Director of Graduate Studies, Director of the Muslim Studies Program; Professor of Religion, Islamic studies<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tAndrea M. Berlin<\/h6>\n\t\t
James R. Wiseman Chair in Classical Archaeology, Professor of Archaeology and Religion<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tDaigengna Duoer<\/h6>\n\t\t
Assistant Professor, Buddhism and East Asian Religions<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tDavid Frankfurter<\/h6>\n\t\t
Professor of Religion; Aurelio Professor of the Appreciation of Scripture, ancient Mediterranean religions; Jewish and Christian literature<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tMargarita Guillory<\/h6>\n\t\t
C. Allyn and Elizabeth V. Russell Professor of Religion and Culture; Professor of African American and Black Diaspora Studies<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tPhilip Haberkern<\/h6>\n\t\t
Associate Professor of Religion and History<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tLaura Harrington<\/h6>\n\t\t
Senior Lecturer, Buddhism in America; Indo-Tibetan Buddhism; material culture<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tJames Howard Hill, Jr.<\/h6>\n\t\t
Assistant Professor<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tApril Hughes<\/h6>\n\t\t
Director of Undergraduate Studies; Associate Professor of Religion, Religions of China<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tSteven Katz<\/h6>\n\t\t
Professor of Religion; Alvin J. And Shirley Slater Chair in Jewish Holocaust Studies, Judaica; Holocaust Studies; philosophy of religion; comparative mysticism<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tJonathan Klawans<\/h6>\n\t\t
Chair; Professor of Religion and Jewish Studies, religion and religious literature of Judaism in late antiquity, Forgery and Authenticity; Theory and Method for the Study of Religion<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tYair Lior<\/h6>\n\t\t
Senior Lecturer, Comparative Religion; Theory of Religion; Scientific Approaches to the Study of Religion<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tDiana Lobel<\/h6>\n\t\t
Associate Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies; Associate Director of Graduate Studies, classical and medieval Jewish studies; comparative philosophy and religious thought<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tTeena Purohit<\/h6>\n\t\t
Associate Professor of Religion, South Asian Studies and Islamic studies<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tAdam Seligman<\/h6>\n\t\t
Professor of Religion; Research Associate at the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tMichael Zank<\/h6>\n\t\t
PROFESSOR OF RELIGION, JEWISH, AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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