Barbara Rossetti Ambros
Department Chair, Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Religions of Asia
Regions: East Asia
Traditions: Buddhism and other religions of Asia
Methods: Ethnography
Topics: Animals and Religion, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Space and Place

Youssef Carter
Assistant Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Islamic Studies
Regions: Middle East/Africa, North America
Traditions: Islam, Religions of the Black Atlantic/African Diaspora
Methods: Critical Theory and Continental Philosophy, Ethnography
Topics: Anthropology of Religion, Mysticism, Race and Ethnicity

Juliane Hammer
Associate Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Islamic Studies
Regions: Middle East/Africa, North America
Traditions: Islam
Methods: Critical Theory and Continental Philosophy, Ethnography
Topics: Gender and Sexuality Studies, Race and Ethnicity

Lauren G. Leve
Associate Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Religion and Culture, Religions of Asia
Regions: South Asia and the Himalayas
Traditions: Buddhism and other religions of Asia, Contemporary and Global Christianities
Methods: Critical Theory and Continental Philosophy, Ethnography
Topics: Anthropology of Religion, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Materiality and Embodiment

Evyatar Marienberg
Associate Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Regions: Europe and the Mediterranean, Middle East/Africa
Traditions: Catholicism, Judaism
Methods: Ethnography, Textual Interpretation
Topics: Gender and Sexuality Studies, Jewish Studies, Religion and Law

Todd Ramón Ochoa
Associate Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Religion and Culture, Religion in the Americas
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean, North America
Traditions: Religions of the Black Atlantic/African Diaspora
Methods: Critical Theory and Continental Philosophy, Ethnography
Topics: Anthropology of Religion, Materiality and Embodiment, Race and Ethnicity

Brendan Jamal Thornton
Associate Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Religion and Culture, Religion in the Americas
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Traditions: Contemporary and Global Christianities, Religions of the Black Atlantic/African Diaspora
Methods: Ethnography
Topics: Anthropology of Religion, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Race and Ethnicity

Waleed Ziad
Assistant Professor

Field(s) of specialization: Islamic Studies
Regions: Middle East/Africa, South Asia and the Himalayas
Traditions: Islam
Methods: Ethnography
Topics: Mysticism, Space and Place