John David Dawson:
Professor of Religion

Modern religious thought; theology and literary theory; history and theories of biblical interpretation; religion, ethics, and public life.

Tracey Hucks:
Associate Professor of Religion

History of religion in America; African American religious history in the United States; African religions in the Americas.

Hank Glassman:
Associate Professor of East Asian Studies.

East Asian Buddhism, Japanese History
Areas of Specialization: Buddhist Literature, Religion in Culture, Gender History.

Ken Koltun-Fromm:
Associate Professor of Religion.

Modern Jewish thought, conceptions of self and identity, material religion, cultural studies.

Naomi Koltun-Fromm: Chair
Associate Professor of Religion.

Jews and Judaism in Late Antiquity, comparative hermeneutics in Rabbinics and Patristics, Hebrew Bible, and Gender in Judaism.

Anne McGuire:
Kies Family Associate Professor in the Humanities
Associate Professor of Religion.

History and Literature of Early Christianity; Gnosticism; Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean; Gender and Religion; Feminist Interpretation of Scripture.

Travis Zadeh:
Assistant Professor of Religion.

Islamic intellectual history; scriptural hermenutics; philosophy and theology; comparative literature and literary theory.