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Meet the Religious Studies Faculty

The concentration in Religious Studies draws upon Knox faculty expertise in several areas related to religion and theology—history, black studies, political science, sociology, anthropology, sociology and philosophy. Their academic fields are listed below, with additional information and e-mail contacts on each person's linked profile page.

Lance Factor, Chair
George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1970
"I take seriously the search for an environmental ethic that will treat animals and habitats as possessing significant worth."

Penny Gold
Professor of History
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1977
"One of the joys of teaching is to inspire students to ask their own questions, and to see them through the process of finding answers."

Sue Hulett
Richard P. and Sophia D. Henke Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1979
"My research focuses on changing American roles in the new world order."

William Young
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1992

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Frederick Hord
Professor of Black Studies
Ph.D., Union Graduate School, 1987
"My most immediate projects are in the areas of Black Studies theory, African American literary criticism, Black psychology traditions, and the status of Blacks in Latin America."

Duane Oldfield
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1992
"The book analyzes the ways in which social movements of the Left and the Right make sense of, politicize, and form alliances to deal with the processes frequently labeled with the term 'globalization.'"

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