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Faculty

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Rushain Abbasi

Rushain Abbasi

  • Islamic Studies
Anna  Bigelow

Anna Bigelow, Director of Graduate Studies (DGS)

  • Islamic Studies
  • South Asian Religions
Elaine Fisher

Elaine Fisher

  • South Asian Religions
Charlotte  Fonrobert

Charlotte Fonrobert

  • Jewish Texts and Traditions
  • Late Antiquity
James  Gentry

James Gentry

  • Buddhist Studies
  • South Asian Religions
Kathryn  Gin Lum

Kathryn Gin Lum, Department Chair

  • American Religions

Paul Harrison

  • Buddhist Studies
  • South Asian Religions
John  Kieschnick, Director of Graduate Studies (DGS)

John Kieschnick

  • Buddhist Studies

Lerone A. Martin

  • American Religions
Ariel Evan Mayse

Ariel Evan Mayse, Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)

  • Jewish Texts and Traditions
  • Religion, Ethics & Philosophy
Michaela   Mross

Michaela Mross

  • Buddhist Studies
Michael  Penn, Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)

Michael Penn

  • Late Antiquity

Barbara Pitkin

  • Religion, Ethics & Philosophy

Brent Sockness

  • Religion, Ethics & Philosophy
Alexis  Wells-Oghoghomeh

Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh

  • American Religions
Lee  Yearley

Lee Yearley

  • Religion, Ethics & Philosophy

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Sarah Willburn

  • Religion, Ethics & Philosophy

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Yixiu Jiang

  • Buddhist Studies

Jason Schwartz

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Carl W. Bielefeldt

Carl W. Bielefeldt

Arnold  Eisen

Arnold Eisen

Bernard Faure

Bernard Faure

Hester Gelber

Hester Gelber

Linda Hess

Linda Hess

Thomas  Sheehan

Thomas Sheehan

  • Religion, Ethics & Philosophy

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Robert Gregg

Robert Gregg (1938-2023)

Van Austin Harvey (1926-2021)

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