Religion Faculty, Staff, and Students
Department Chair
Gareth Fisher
Associate Professor and Department Chair
gfisher@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.3861
Directors
Philip P. Arnold
Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
pparnold@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.3861
James W. Watts
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
jwwatts@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.5713
Faculty
Philip P. Arnold
Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Center for Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice
Religion
Email: pparnold@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Arun Brahmbhatt
Assistant Professor
Religion
Email: ajbrahmb@syr.edu
Zachary J. Braiterman
Professor
Religion
Email: zbraiter@syr.edu
315.443.5719
Gareth Fisher
Associate Professor and Department Chair
Religion
Email: gfisher@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Ken Frieden
B.G. Rudolph Professor of Judaic Studies
English
Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Religion
Email: kfrieden@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Mariaelena Huambachano [Quechua, Peru]
Associate Professor
Religion
Email: mhuambac@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Jeanette S. Jouili
Associate Professor
Anthropology
Religion
Email: jsjouili@syr.edu
315.443.3861
William Robert
Professor
Religion
Email: wrobert@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Marcia Robinson
Assistant Professor
Religion
Email: mrobin03@syr.edu
315.443.5726
Joanne Punzo Waghorne
Professor
Religion
Email: jpwaghor@syr.edu
315.443.5715
James W. Watts
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Religion
Email: jwwatts@syr.edu
315.443.5713
Emeritus
Virginia Burrus
The Bishop W. Earl Ledden Professor Emerita
Religion
Email: mvburrus@syr.edu
315.443.3861
John D. Caputo
Thomas J. Watson Professor Emeritus, Religion and Humanities
Religion
Email: jdcaputo@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Ronald R. Cavanagh
Associate Professor
Religion
Email: rrcavana@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Ann Grodzins Gold
Thomas J. Watson Professor Emerita
Anthropology
Religion
Email: aggold@syr.edu
315.443.5717
M. Gail Hamner
Professor Emerita
Religion
Email: mghamner@syr.edu
315.443.5716
Tazim . R Kassam
Associate Professor Emerita
Religion
Email: tkassam@syr.edu
315.443.3861
David L. Miller
Watson-Ledden Professor Emeritus, Religion
Religion
Email: dlmiller@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Patricia Cox Miller
The (Bishop) W. Earl Ledden Professor Emerita
Religion
Email: plmiller@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Edward F. Mooney
Professor Emeritus
Religion
Email: efmooney@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Richard B. Pilgrim
Associate Professor Emeritus, Religion
Religion
Email: rbpilgri@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Ernest Wallwork
Professor Emeritus, Religion
Religion
Email: eewallwo@syr.edu
315.443.5720
Affiliated
Joan Bryant
Associate Professor
African American Studies
Email: jobryant@syr.edu
315.443.4399
Albrecht Diem
Associate Professor
History
Email: adiem@syr.edu
315.443.0785
Carol Faulkner
Professor
History
Email: cfaulkne@syr.edu
315.443.9500
Sharon Moran
Associate Professor, SUNY-ESF
Email: smoran@esf.edu
315.470.6690
Shannon A. Novak
Associate Professor
Anthropology
Email: snovak01@maxwell.syr.edu
315.443.4347
Glenn Peers
Emeritus Professor, Art History
Art and Music Histories
Email: gapeers@syr.edu
Scott Manning Stevens [Akwesasne Mohawk]
Associate Professor, Director - Center for Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice, Director - Native American and Indigenous Studies
English
Humanities Faculty
Email: scsteven@syr.edu
315.443.8785
Margaret Susan Thompson
Professor
History
Email: msthomps@syr.edu
315.443.5882
Staff
Jacqueline Borowve
Graduate Records Coordinator
Religion
Email: jborowve@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Margaret Butler
Operations Specialist
English
Philosophy
Religion
Email: mmbutl01@syr.edu
315.443.9485
Graduate Students
John Abercrombie
PhD Candidate, Communities and Identities
Religion
Email: jdabercr@syr.edu
315.443.3863
Faqiat Afolake Adeaga
Ph.D. Student, Communities and Identities
Religion
Email: faadeaga@syr.edu
Andi Alfian
Ph.D., Communities and Identities
Religion
Email: aalfian@syr.edu
Fatma Ates
PhD Student, Communities and Identities
Religion
Email: faates@syr.edu
315.443.3863
Allie Berger
PhD Candidate, Communities and Identities
Religion
Email: alberger@syr.edu
315.443. 3863
Rachel Carpenter
PhD Candidate, Texts and Contexts
Religion
Email: rkcarpen@syr.edu
315.443.3863
Ahmet Çelik
PhD Candidate, Critique, Image, and Politics
Religion
Email: acelik@syr.edu
315.443.3863
Kalvin Cummings
Ph.D. Student
Religion
Email: krcummin@syr.edu
Oluwapelumi Dada
Ph.D. Student
Religion
Email: omdada@syr.edu
Bailey Dineen
Ph.D. Student, Critique, Image, and Politics
Religion
Email: btdineen@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Michael Froid
Ph.D. Student, Critique, Image, and Politics
Religion
Email: mtfroid@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Katherine (Kara) Hayslip
Phd Candidate, Communities and Identities
Religion
Email: kmhaysli@syr.edu
Yifan Jiang
Ph.D. Student, Communities and Identities
Religion
Email: Yjian151@syr.edu
Shrutika Lakshmi
Ph.D. Student, Communities and Identities
Religion
Email: slakshmi@syr.edu
Mitchell Moreau
PhD Candidate, Texts and Contexts
Religion
Email: mmoreau@syr.edu
315.443.3863
Vaidehi Paneri
PhD Student, Communities and Identities
Religion
Email: vpaneri@syr.edu
Naimi Patel
PhD Student, Communities and Identities
Religion
Email: npatel25@syr.edu
Jess Posner
Ph.D. Student, Critique, Image, and Politics
Religion
Email: jlposner@syr.edu
315.443.3861
Carlos Andrés Ramírez Arenas
PhD Candidate, Critique, Image, and Politics
Religion
Email: cramir03@syr.edu
315.443.3863
Dillon Andrew Sampson
PhD Candidate, Communities and Identities
Religion
Email: dsampson@syr.edu
Linden K. Smith
PhD Candidate, Texts and Contexts
Religion
Email: lsmith52@syr.edu
315.443.3863
Paige Spencer
PhD Candidate, Texts and Contexts
Religion
Email: pespence@syr.edu
Gal Stav-Alfasi
PhD Candidate, Communities and Identities
Religion
Email: gstavalf@syr.edu
315.443.3863
Jess Willsbrough
Ph.D. Student, Communities and Identities
Religion
Email: jryarbro@syr.edu
315.443.3861