Faculty & Staff
Announcements
Spring 2024 Faculty Office Hours
Important Contacts
Drew Thomases - Department Chair
Associate Professor
Office: AL-662B
Email: [email protected]
Areas of interest: Anthropology of religion, South Asian religions, globalization
Cindy Tu - Administrative Coordinator
Office: AL-662 | Phone: (619) 594-1003
Email: [email protected]
Roy Whitaker - Advisor
Associate Professor
Office: AL-670
Email: [email protected]
Areas of interest: Africana and European Philosophies of Religions; African American Religious Studies; New, Emerging, and Alternative Black Religions and Spiritualities
Current Faculty
Rebecca Bartel
Associate Professor
Office: AL-665
Email: [email protected]
Areas of interest: Christianity, religion and political economy, Latin American and Latino/a religions
Angela Feres
Lecturer
Office: AL-636
Email: [email protected]
Areas of interest: Reformations, History of Christianity, Medieval Christianity, World Religions
Risa Levitt - On Leave
Professor
Email: [email protected]
Areas of interest: Hebrew Scriptures, Judaism, Ancient Near East
Brad Kirkegaard
Lecturer
Office: AL-664
Email: [email protected]
Areas of interest: Bible, Early Christianity, archaeology of religion
Scott Meltzer
Lecturer
Office: AL-636
Email: [email protected]
Areas of interest: Judaism, Bible
Kirk Sandvig
Lecturer
Office: AL-664
Email: [email protected]
Areas of interest: World Religions, Japanese Religions, Christianity in Japan
Sthaneshwar Timalsina - On Leave (Fall 2023-Spring 2024)
Professor
Office: AL-638
Email: [email protected]
Areas of interest: Religions of India, Tantra, Religion and the Body
Esra Tunc
Assistant Professor
Office: AL-672
Email: [email protected]
Areas of interest: Islamic studies; religion and racial capitalism; anthropology of religion
Emeriti Faculty
Christine R. Downing
Professor Emerita, Ph.D., Drew University (1966)
Email: [email protected]
Christopher J. Frost
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Boston University (1971)
Email: [email protected]
John L. Gillman
Lecturer Emeritus
Email: [email protected]
Wilburn Hansen
Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Stanford (2006)
Email: [email protected]
Linda D. Holler
Professor Emerita, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University (1981)
Email: [email protected]
Pam Fox Kuhlken
Lecturer Emerita, Ph.D., U.C. Riverside (2004)
Email: [email protected]
Rebecca Moore
Professor Emerita, Ph.D., Marquette University (1996)
Email: [email protected] | Website
Irving Alan Sparks
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University (1970)
Email: [email protected]
Lori Stewart
Lecturer Emerita
Email: [email protected]