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Religious Studies Faculty

Our faculty can help you understand the people of the world through their religious beliefs and histories.

Meet Your Professors 

Robert Geraci, Knight Distinguished Chair for Study of Religion and Culture and Professor of Religious Studies

Robert Geraci

Knight Distinguished Chair for the Study of Religion and Culture

Visiting Assistant Professor Scott Harris

Scott Harris

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and History; Faculty Liaison to the First-Year Experience

Michal Ran-Rubin

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies & Anthropology-Sociology

Assistant professor of history Danielle Steen Fatkin

Danielle Steen Fatkin

Associate Professor of History

Jovi Geraci

Jovi Geraci

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Associate professor of political science Duane Oldfield

Duane Oldfield

Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Social Service

Chair & Professor of Philosophy Brandon Polite

Brandon E. Polite

Chair & Professor of Philosophy

Professor of biology Judith Thorn

Judith Thorn

Associate Dean for Curriculum and Assessment; Professor of Biology; Chair of Economics

Emeritus Faculty

Nancy J. Eberhardt
Szold Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of Anthropology

Penny Gold
Burkhardt Distinguished Chair Emerita in History

James Thrall
Knight Distinguished Chair Emeritus for the Study of Religion and Culture