Faculty and Staff

 

Office Hours Fall 2007 (.pdf)

 

Staff

Melissa Bolthouse
Administrative Coordinator
Office: AL-662, Phone: 619-594-5185, Email: mbolthouse@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Current Faculty

 

Pat Boni
Lecturer, Ph.D., Temple University (1982)
Religion and literature, religion and society, religion and psychology, world religions.
Office: AL-664, Phone: 619-594-7223, Email: pboni@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Rita Cefalu
Lecturer, M.A. Westminster Seminary (1994), M.A. Wheaton Graduate School (2004)
Bible, World Religions
Office: AL-636, Phone: 619-594-1767, Email: rcefalu@san.rr.com

 

Bernard Cooke
Lecturer, STD, Institut catholique de Paris (1956)
Bible, Christianity.
Office: AL-636, Phone: 619-594-1767, Email: Turn53122@aol.com

 

John L. Gillman
Lecturer, Ph.D., University of Louvain (1980)
Early Christianity, New Testament, world religions.
Office: AL-672, Phone: 619-594-2723, Email: jlgillma@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Wilburn Hansen
Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Stanford (2006)
Medieval and modern Japanese religions, Buddhism, Shinto, Asian American Religions, Buddhism in America.
Office: AL-668, Phone: 619-594-6956, Email: whansen2@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Linda D. Holler
Professor, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University (1981), Professor
Environmental and social ethics, religion and science, comparative religion.
Office: AL-655, Phone: 619-594-5179, Email: lholler@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Mary L. Kelly
Lecturer, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University (1993)
American religious diversity, women and religion, feminist ethics and theology.
Office: AL-672, Phone: 619-594-2723, Email: mkelly@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Brad Kirkegaard
Lecturer, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania (2007)
Bible, Early Christianity
Office: AL-672, Phone: 619-594-2723, Email: bkirkega@mail.sdsu.edu

Risa Levitt Kohn
Professor & Director of Jewish Studies, Ph.D., University of California San Diego (1997)
Hebrew Scriptures, Judaism, Ancient Near East.
Email: rkohn@mail.sdsu.edu 

 

Scott Meltzer
Lecturer, A.B., Harvard University (1991)
Judaism, Bible.
Office: AL-636, Phone: 619-594-1767, Email: scottymeltz@hotmail.com

 

Khaleel Mohammed
Associate Professor & Advisor, Ph. D., McGill University (2001)
Islam, Qur'an, Islamic Law, Comparative Religion.
Office: AL-674, Phone: 619-594-3108, Email: khaleel.mohammed@sdsu.edu

 

Rebecca Moore
Associate Professor and Chair, Ph.D., Marquette University (1996)
History of Christianity, New Testament, Religion in America, New Religious Movements, Jewish-Christian Dialogue.
Office: AL-662B, Phone: 619-594-6252, Email: remoore@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Howard R. Mueller
Lecturer, Ph.D., University of London (1977)
Philosophy of religion, Oriental and existential philosophy.
Email: hrm1@cox.net

 

Yehuda Shabatay
Lecturer, DHL, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America (1973)
Bible.
Office: AL-672, Phone: 619-594-2723. Email: yshabata@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Lori Stewart
Lecturer, M.A., Pacific School of Religion (2001)
World religions.
Office: AL-636, Phone: 619-594-1767, Email: lstewar@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Samy S. Swayd
Lecturer & Director of the Institute of Druze Studies, Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles (1993)
Islamic studies, comparative mysticism, American religious diversity.
Office: AL-636, Phone: 619-594-1767, Email: sswayd@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Jesse J. Thomas
Lecturer, Ph.D., Northwestern University (1967)
Religion and society, primal religions, psychology.
Office: AL-664, Phone: 619-594-7223, Email: jthomas@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Sthaneshwar Timalsina
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Martin Luther University (2004)
Religions of India, Tantra, Religion and the Body.
Office: AL-638, Phone: 619-594-6650, Email: timalsin@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Julius Tsai
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Stanford University (2004)
Religions of East Asia, Daoism, Ritual Studies.
Office: AL-670, Phone: 619-594-8613, Email: jtsai@mail.sdsu.edu 

 

Roy Whitaker
Lecturer, M.A., Harvard University (2002)
World religions, Christianity, African American Religion.
Office: AL-664, Phone: 619-594-7223, Email: roywhitaker@post.harvard.edu

 

Emeritus Faculty

 

Allan W. Anderson
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Columbia University (1962)
Religion and spirituality, philosophy and psychology of religion.

 

Christine R. Downing
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Drew University (1966)
Religion and psychology, religion and literature.
Email: crsrvr@mail.orcasonline.com

 

Maurice S. Friedman
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Chicago (1950), Professor Emeritus, m
Modern Jewish thought, religion and literature, philosophy of religion.
Email: friedma3@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Irving Gefter
Assistant Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Brandeis University (1976)
Hebrew scriptures, Talmudic Judaism.
Email: gefter@mail.sdsu.edu

 

G. Ray Jordan, Jr.
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Southern California (1957)
Psychology and phenomenology of religion, Oriental religions, world religions.

 

Issa J. Khalil
Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Chicago (1972)
Patristics, New Testament, history of Christian thought.

 

Irving Alan Sparks
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University (1970)
World religions, Jewish and Christian origins, Hellenistic religions.
Email: iasparks@sciences.sdsu.edu